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Three Cavaliers grab Olympic gold Swimmers McLean, Perdue medal with winning relay teams; Sauerbrunn helps U.S. win women’s soccer

By Ian Rappaport

Cavalier Daily Sports Editor

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Former Virginia athlete Matt McLean swam in the qualifying heat of the men’s 4x200-meter relay team.

As millions of Americans watched NBC’s coverage of the London Olympics this summer, three current or former Virginia athletes returned home from the games toting suitcases one gold medal heavier.

Swimmers Matt McLean, a 2011 graduate, and senior Lauren Perdue participated on the U.S. men’s and women’s 4 x 200meter relay squads, respectively, during the qualification rounds.

Meanwhile, 2007 alumna Becky Sauerbrunn made three appearances off the bench for the gold medal-winning U.S. women’s soccer team, including key minutes during the taut waning moments of the Americans’ semifinal and gold medal game victories.

“There’s no bigger honor than to represent your country at the pinnacle of the sport,” McLean

said. “That just made it a great experience.”

McLean and Perdue gave way to stars such as Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Missy Franklin in the finals rounds, but they made their mark by winning their respective qualifying heats. In the process, they helped secure the preferred lane assignments in the middle of the pool for the finals, giving their more famous teammates a slight advantage.

Swimming second behind leadoff man Charlie Houchin, McLean came up big with a 1:46.68 split to maintain Houchin’s lead for Davis Tarwater and Conor Dwyer . Their time of 7:06.75 set the stage for Phelps, Lochte, Dwyer and Ricky Berens to nab gold in the evening final, Phelps’ record 19th career Olympic medal, and Virginia’s first medal of the Olympics.

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Board seeks to move forward

President Teresa Sullivan was reinstated just over two weeks after her resignation in June.

Dragas forms Special Committee on Strategic Planning, offers brief apology for Sullivan ouster

By Monika Fallon

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor After attending its annual retreat last Wednesday, the Board of Visitors has turned its attention away from the eventful summer and toward the future of the University. The University needs to move forward, Board members agreed, but the traditions

that the community value cannot be lost.

President Teresa Sullivan abruptly announced her resignation in June in a University-wide email, referencing an unspecified “philosophical difference of opinion” with the Board of Visitors. After enduring

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June 19

Sullivan resigns, rumors fly about forced ouster

by Board of Visitors.

June 8

Rector Helen Dragas informs President Teresa Sullivan that the Board wants her to resign.

Courtesy Tyler Frankenberg

Please see Board, Page A2 Vice Rector Mark Kington resigns amid growing public outcry. College Prof.

Bill Wulf resigns in protest of the Sullivan ouster.

June 18

Board convenes Rotunda meeting, names McIntire School Dean Carl Zeithaml interim president.

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June 29

1,500 students rally at the Rotunda, demand Sullivan’s reinstatement.

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June 26

The Cavalier Daily receives emails indicating the Board forced Sullivan to resign because of disagreements over online education.

Aug. 7

Gov. Bob McDonnell reappoints Dragas to the Board.

University COO Michael Strine resigns after just a 13-month term.

July 17

Board votes unanimously to reinstate Sullivan as University president.

University announces partnership with Coursera for online education starting fall 2013.

Aug. 15-16

Board meets in Richmond, Va. for annual retreat.

Judge denies Huguely retrial motion Love’s $30 million civil suit insufficient reason for retrial, Hogshire says; sentencing hearing scheduled for next week

By Donald Sensabaugh Cavalier Daily Associate Editor

Last semester a murder trial rocked the University community, and this week a Charlottes-

ville Circuit Court judge denied former University student George Huguely’s request for a retrial. Huguely was found guilty of grand larceny and the seconddegree murder of lacrosse player

and University student Yeardley Love, after a three-week trial in February.

Huguely’s defense attorney argued this week that Judge Edward Hogshire’s undisclosed

knowledge of Sharon Love’s plans to file a $30 million wrongful death civil case against Huguely violated the Brady Rule, which requires the prosecution to disclose information that

would be favorable to the defendant, if requested to do so, or if it is “obviously helpful” to the defendant’s case, according to Please see Huguely, Page A2

Noise ordinance unaltered Lou’s List survives City Council rejects increased penalties for loud parties

Proposed changes to the City’s noise ordinance would have quadrupled the fine for first-time offenders to $1,000.

summer critiques Popular course-index website remains active despite University criticism

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Cavalier Daily News Editor Incoming first years and returning students can breathe a collective sigh of relief as

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the start of the semester festivities will not be curtailed by a harsher city noise violation policy.

Charlottesville City Council last Monday evening shot down

proposed changes to the city’s noise ordinance that would have increased penalties for offenders.

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Lou’s List, the popular University course index website, came under fire from University administration this summer for allegedly overloading the Student Information System, the University’s official course index and registration website.

“We need to discuss another option for getting this data,” Teresa Wimmer, senior director of Enterprise Applications, told Physics Prof. Lou Bloomfield in a July 30 email that Bloomfield

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published on Lou’s List. Bloomfield is the creator and operator of Lou’s List.

Bloomfield said the overload wasn’t caused by his software, but rather could be attributed to another individual’s attempts to scrape data from the University’s system.

“I haven’t changed my datamining programs for months, so today was no different from last week or last month,” Bloomfield responded in an email to Wimmer on the same day. At the time in question, Lou’s List operations were maintaining just “0 or 1 active session on SIS,” he added. This means that Lou’s List was mining the same data as 0 or 1 active users on

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Board |O’Brien calls for self-evaluation of Board’s actions Continued from page A1 more than two weeks of community outrage — in the form of alumni emails, a faculty resignation and several rallies — the Board reinstated Sullivan.

Neither the Board, nor Rector Helen Dragas — who many held responsible for the attempted ouster — offered a clear explanation of the debacle.

Aside from a brief apology by Dragas at the start of the retreat, the Board did not address the controversy. Instead, the Board passed the majority of the twoday retreat discussing ways to

improve its management of the University.

Associate English Prof. John O’Brien said he wished the Board had, before moving forward, attempted to evaluate itself and the ability of individual Board members to manipulate the Board as a whole.

“It looks like [the Board’s] goal is to contain things and try to move on,” O’Brien said. “I think it’s in their and the University’s best interest to do so.”

The Board also discussed its strategy for maintaining a competitive edge over other successful institutions by retaining

top faculty and exploring online education.

To achieve the Board’s goals, Dragas formed the Special Committee on Strategic Planning to ensure the University’s reputation, standards of education and retention of top-tier faculty remain strong. The committee, co-chaired by recent additions to the Board, Frank Atkinson and Lin Rose, presented its first proposal in letter-form to President Sullivan last Wednesday.

The letter outlines a plan to evaluate the University and any threats to its success. The committee will also develop

initiatives to strengthen the University’s standing as a top-tier institution.

Atkinson and Rose proposed in their letter that Sullivan also create a steering committee to implement the Board’s plans, because the Board meets so infrequently. They suggested that the committee be spearheaded by higher education consultants.

University spokesperson Carol Wood said that although Sullivan hasn’t formally responded to the letter, she is “already working to put out a call for an outside consultant for the plan-

ning initiative.”

Similar strategic initiatives are in place at many of the University’s schools, Wood said, and Sullivan intends to work those into the broader University plan.

Any planning attempts should also try to acknowledge the diversity of opinion and background at the University by incorporating other groups such as students, parents, alumni, staff, faculty and hospital patients in any decisions, O’Brien said.

“No one from the Board has been talking about that, and that’s a real lapse,” he said.

Huguely | Defense prepares for Aug. 30 sentencing hearing Continued from page A1 the legal definition.

Love’s civil suit contends that Huguely “failed to use ordinary care, leading to an accident for which he was responsible that resulted in the injuries and death of Love.”

But Hogshire, in a letter released Monday, said the reason the defense had no knowledge of Love’s civil suit was because of poor planning on their own

part.

“Without question, had defense counsel believed prior to trial that information about an imminent civil suit would have aided the defense, they would have devoted significant time and resources to ascertain all they possibly could about this suit,” he said. “Their inaction in this regard speaks to their strategic assessment only, not to any Brady violation.”

This retrial request is among

many Huguely’s attorneys have made in the last few months.

Huguely’s defense lawyers, Francis McQ. Lawrence and Rhonda Quagliana, will be in court again next week for a sentencing hearing that will determine the length of his prison sentence. The jury recommended Huguely serve 26 years in prison, a sentence Hogshire can choose to lower, but not increase.

Lawrence and Quagliana have

repeatedly made unsuccessful attempts to delay Huguely’s sentencing hearing.

If the sentencing hearing proceeds as planned next week, University Law Prof. Richard Bonnie said the defense’s chances of securing a retrial look grim.

“It is very rare that a trial judge would order a retrial when the trial has already been held and a sentence given,” Bonnie said. It is likely the defense will appeal if it cannot secure

a retrial before the sentencing hearing, he added.

The defense’s prospects could get worse with the information that comes to light in Love’s civil suit, said Criminal Defense Attorney Lloyd Snook III. “The defense is worried that if Huguely is deposed in the civil trial he would be exposed to a far more rigorous cross examination than in the criminal case and that could create evidence in the event of a retrial” he said.

Noise | Councilors advocate “more stringent enforcement” Continued from page A1 Jim Tolbert, the city’s director of Neighborhood Development Services, proposed the change.

Neighborhood Development Services is a City department that aims to maintain a high quality of life for Charlottesville residents.

The new regulations would have resulted in first-time violators facing up to six months of jailtime for hosting rowdy house parties, and second-time offenders spending up to a year in prison and paying a $2,500 fine.

New regulations would have

also quadrupled the fine for firsttime noise violators to $1,000.

In addition, the new regulation would have required police to charge the “person operating or controlling a noise” or the “owner, tenant, resident or manager physically present on the property.”

Council challenged this aspect of the proposal, as members said it would have been difficult to identify the offending party, as the regulation would have given perpetrators an incentive to take turns claiming responsibility for the noise so that no individual

received more than one offense.

Several Council members were also wary of the change because they said it would have been unfair to tenants or residents who moved in to a residence that had already been issued a noise warning during the previous 12 months when they were not living there.

Rejecting the proposal, Council chose instead to support “more stringent enforcement of the current ordinance,” Clerk of Council Paige Barfield said.

“Right now [Council members have] a report that showed that

the number of complaints they’d received versus number of actual citations [given] were pretty out of whack,” Barfield said.

The noise ordinance as it currently stands forbids a sound level in a residential zone in excess of 55 dB(A) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. when measured at or outside the boundary of the property, Police Lieut. Ronnie Roberts said in an email.

To better enforce current noise ordinance regulations, Charlottesville Police will only issue one warning per residence per year,

and the second noise complaint will automatically result in the enforcement of the ordinance, Roberts said.

Police will try to avoid penalizing tenants unfairly by referencing contact information for the previous noise complaint, Roberts said.

“We understand there will be cases like this and our officers will deal with each case on an individual basis,” he said.

Barfield said Council intends to revisit the policy in December to evaluate the effectiveness of more regular enforcement.

Classes | Students send more than 300 emails supporting site Continued from page A1 SIS. Bloomfield said his website often reaches 150 to 200 active sessions during pre-registration and registration, and could handle 10 times that amount of users without serious delay.

University staff wasn’t satisfied with Bloomfield’s response, however. They also contended that students no longer use Lou’s List to choose classes.

“We have surveyed the stu-

dents and they have stated that they are not using your system as frequently as they had been, primarily because of the changes we made to SIS for easier browsing and integration,” Wimmer said July 31.

Bloomfield created the site in 2009 and has dedicated about 500 hours outside his paid duties at the University to provide SIS data in a more readily accessible format for students and faculty.

After the email exchange with

Wimmer, Bloomfield said on his website that he was “finally wore out.”

On July 30, he issued a plea to students, explaining he was under “severe pressure” from University administration to shut the site down and that he intended to do so if he did not receive enough positive feedback from students.

On his page, he explained the situation, saying, “Since maintaining Lou’s List requires a fair amount of volunteer work and

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it frequently gets me into trouble, I am considering shutting it down in early September.” He asked students, “If you would like me to continue operating Lou’s List, however, please let me and the UVa Administration know soon.”

Wimmer denied asking Bloomfield to terminate the site, calling the situation a “misunderstanding.”

“Mr. Bloomfield was never approached about taking down Lou’s List,” she said. Instead, ITS

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wanted to discuss “how Lou’s List could potentially get its data more efficiently from SIS.” Bloomfield said within just a few hours he had received more than 300 emails of support.

“While I read only a fraction of those emails, every one I’ve read has voiced strong support for Lou’s List and encouraged me and the University to keep it going,” Bloomfield said in his email. “It’s kind of amazing to see how much people care.”

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Opinion Friday, August 24, 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

Matthew Cameron Editor-in-Chief Aaron Eisen Kaz Komolafe Executive Editor Managing Editor Gregory Lewis Anna Xie Operations Manager Chief Financial Officer

Dollars and cents

“Helen Dragas, you could have resigned like your followers. You did not. This is suspect at best. Your reputation??? I wouldn’t buy anything with your name on it!

Resign!”

Perseverance of the faculty and president during this summer’s crisis should be appreciated despite continuing challenges Normally it’s the kids who cause trouble when the parents aren’t home, but students arriving at the University will find the place ransacked. Not only are Grounds under construction, but several University officials left following the ouster of President Teresa A. Sullivan. Things got out of hand this summer; the fact the house still stands is in large measure due to the resident faculty and staff whose presence is often overlooked. Their vigilance is especially admirable considering that a prime anxiety during our president’s ouster was the fear of our faculty leaving.

Meeting with the Board of Visitors at its first gathering since her reinstatement, Sullivan at the Board retreat last week indicated a renewed commitment to addressing faculty goals. Recruiting and paying premier faculty were two concerns of the president, who vowed to present a plan for improving faculty salaries when the Board meets again in September.

This issue has been aired and re-circulated. In a May 2 strategic memo, Sullivan warned of the financial challenges hindering the University from retaining our best faculty; most notably, the freeze in state employee salaries effective in Virginia since December 2007. She repeated this message while out of office, warning that “deans and provosts at every peer institution are setting aside funds now to raid the University of Virginia” for the chance to hire our faculty. That same day, inside the Rotunda, University Rector Helen Dragas demanded we “combat the increasingly intensive raid on our talented faculty.”

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Their shared rhetoric showed a common understanding of economic problems, even if there existed a “philosophical difference” in method.

To justify her removal of Sullivan, Dragas consistently cited the University’s poor response time in addressing dynamic changes. For instance, in one statement the Rector pointed out that faculty concern about compensation did not subside from 2009 to 2012. The state-mandated wage freeze had not thawed all that time, however, and besides fringe benefits and merit bonuses the University had been able to do very little.

Through all this, the recent Board meeting could read like a promising sign. Sullivan committed to have a four-year plan for faculty salaries back to the Board in September. This gesture indicates a newfound urgency for Sullivan, who will work on deadline but maintain an incremental approach. Still, given flagging state appropriations and the continued freeze, it is difficult to see what this memo could actually do for the faculty, besides being good publicity for the administration and Board.

Nevertheless, Sullivan and the faculty who have remained despite the pay freeze and turmoil have revealed a titanic patience in outlasting transient crises. Too often, students and administrators here for the short term look to explode on the scene, and the way our faculty and staff endured through the summer should be a lesson for all. Now if only Sullivan would write a four-year plan for the first years.

“FOIA request too,” responding to Krista Pedersen’s Aug. 11 article “Emails show Dragas had plans for one term”

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Incoming students should know that mistakes are a college prerequisite

N MIDDLE school I was sure criticisms in addition to those of that I had met the love of the public.

University Rector Helen Dragas my life. In fact, I was so certain it was her that I wrote my stated her “heartfelt apologies first crush a letter detailing my for the pain, anger and confusion that has swept plans for us to get marANDREW KOURI the Grounds” in ried and move to Zurich, OPINION COLUMNIST an email to the where we could raise a family of precocious, multilingual University community, which children. Unfortunately, my Alps- contrasted with her first email to centric plan did not carry the the community just twelve days same appeal to this girl, who sat earlier in which she said she had across from me in history class. made a “clear choice to act in the The same day, she taped a folded best interest of all concerned.” On sheet of lined notebook paper a much more complex and conseon my locker, disclosing that she quential scale, I relate the mistake by the Board to my humiliation in would rather “be friends.”

I had erred, and for the follow- middle school.

The glue between my hasty deciing week I kept pondering the mistake: What could I have done sion to publicize my first crush differently? Why did I not think and the Board’s blunder is that about all the possible ramifica- the resulting reflection period after the mistakes builds an expetions that are now so obvious?

This past summer the Board of rience cushion to draw from Visitors publicized via email to during future challenges. The students and faculty its intent next time I approached a pretty to find a new leader to replace girl, I drew from my knowledge President Teresa Sullivan, and gained through reflection of misthen revoked the decision a little takes, resisting the temptation to more than two weeks later. The blurt whatever came to mind.

As I read over the July 16th debacle was nothing short of a public relations nightmare. “Joint Statement from the Rector Media nationwide tracked the and President of the University of saga and speculated on the future Virginia,” I noticed that both President Sullivan and Rector Dragas of the University.

Regardless of whether the rein- reminded us, “Recent events statement was a mistake or not, caused the respect that U.Va it is certain that the Board’s col- generates to acquire a new level lective decisions were avoidable of energy, focusing widespread blunders. Similar to how you and attention on our future.” What I admonish ourselves when we both the rector and president know we have erred, I imagine have uncovered through this misthat the Board faced heavy self- take and accompanying reflection

is important knowledge about the University for the future.

Some have speculated that the ouster of President Sullivan was to appease donors and put the University in a better financial situation. This investment came with risks, which were evaluated improperly and so caused the debacle.

Newcomers to the University will absorb from lecturers, peers and parents how often students are encouraged to “take risks” and “push the envelope” during their limited time here. With all risks, the potential for failure exists by definition. The obvious benefits of the risks are the fruits from a successful investment, but I assert we are encouraged to take risks for other reasons as well.

When the joke you tell, the interview you have, or the test you take does not go as you had hoped, perhaps the situation being played over and over in your mind is a consolation prize presenting itself as an opportunity to learn.

If the risk you take works to your disadvantage initially, diligently attending to your thoughts during the ensuing guilt, embarrassment or shame will stuff a cushion of experience with knowledge that may pay dividends far exceeding your original expected reward.

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Universities should learn from the miscommunication present in the case of Tyler Clementi

LMOST two years have must suffer.

But in this case, that is not the passed since 18-yearold Rutgers student Tyler right approach. Clementi was Clementi committed suicide. no doubt a victim, his death Over the summer, roommate no doubt a tragedy, but there is no clear eviDharun Ravi served KATHERINE RIPLEY dence that Ravi 20 days of his 30 day aimed to ruin prison sentence, for OPINION EDITOR Clementi’s life, bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and various or that he hated him because other charges for his role in the he was gay. The media tried to events leading up to Clementi’s portray Ravi as the perpetrator of a hate crime, but some death.

According to ABC News, the of the facts were grossly exagprosecuting attorneys of the gerated. For instance, he never case found the sentence too recorded his roommate having short and intended to appeal it. sex with a man before posting Ravi must also undergo 3 years the video on the Internet. Ravi of probation, complete 300 also rejected a plea deal which community service hours, and would have awarded him no pay a $11,000 fine, in addition jail time, because he would not to taking mandatory counsel- agree to the condition of having ing. The prosecution wanted a to admit he hated gays, according to an interview with Ravi on heavier term in prison.

That is what the justice system 20/20. The true facts of the case, is about, isn’t it? We punish the which can be found here in The criminals responsible for the Huffington Post’s timeline of deaths of innocents by locking events, suggest that Clementi’s them away in jail so that the death was not caused by hate, families and friends of the vic- but rather by Ravi’s immensely tims can sleep more easily at poor judgment and failure to night and have the satisfaction give his roommate the respect of knowing that another life has and privacy he deserved. Those been damaged almost as much blunders should be at the heart as theirs have. We have this of this case and should be examdesire for an equalization of ined as universal human flaws pain. We have suffered, so you which need to be mended, not

the malicious deeds of one knew he was comfortable with, young man who needs to be even if he could choose anyone, male or female. He certainly did jailed.

Rutgers has already responded not feel optimistic about acquiring a more to Clementi’s comfortdeath with a “This was something which able situpilot program ation than allowing for Ravi and Clementi clearly gender-neu- lacked. They used social media h e h a d with Ravi. tral housing. to express themselves rather This is a The goal is to ensure that than talking face to face about clue as to what the students can the issues between them.” real probfind roomlem is, mates they and what feel comfortable living with, so students will the real goal for Rutgers and be less likely to find themselves all other colleges should be. in a situation similar to Clem- Rather than just giving students enti’s. While this program does the opportunity to room with give students a greater oppor- whomever they want, colleges tunity to find a suitable living should aim to construct an companion, it does not do any- environment in which every thing to address the problems student, whether pre-selected of all the unsuitable candidates. or randomly assigned, will be a According to The Huffington respectful roommate.

The University could actually Post, Clementi had posted on an online discussion forum that set an example in this goal. if he asked for a room change The Grounds for Discussion he would “probably just end program that all first years up with somebody worse than attend features a mock conflict him [Ravi].” As a freshman, it is between two roommates, one of conceivable that Clementi may whom is gay, the other of whom not have known anybody in his does not accept this. The sketch class coming into Rutgers and ends with the beginning of would not have been able to an open-minded conversation arrange to have a roommate he between the two roommates,

highlighting the most important aspect of any relationship: communication. This was something which Ravi and Clementi clearly lacked. They used social media to express themselves rather than talking face to face about the issues between them.

All colleges could potentially make use of a program like Grounds for Discussion to encourage open conversation and respect among students.

Resident advisors can play a crucial role in continuing the discussion in a smaller setting with the students who are sharing rooms, halls or suites, and they must take care to regard their fellow residents’ rights to privacy. All people, no matter their sexuality, desire to live without worrying about the scrutiny of others or their lifestyles becoming spectacles.

Such a basic human desire should not be denied by the ignorance and insensitivity of others. Let us learn from Clementi’s death. Let us work together to make sure that does not happen again.

Katherine Ripley is an opinion editor for The Cavalier Daily.

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Emory University sacrificed its moral reputation by forging scores for the sake of an academic ranking

HE COLLEGE admissions ertheless, the idea that schools process has never been may be willing to lie to the public more competitive than in order to attract academically it is today, and schools are stronger students is unsettling. constantly looking for an edge Emory was duping the public for years — what over other contendif other schools ALEX YAHANDA ers when vying for are currently top students. MoreSENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR doing the over, college ranking lists have really become same?

In college sports, when a propowerful tools for future students who are looking to narrow gram violates NCAA standards down their prospective school or unfairly recruits athletic lists. To improve its image, it talent, a punishment is usually turns out, a school may be will- handed down to the school. As ing to advertise to students in recent examples, Pennsylvania State University’s and the Unideceitful ways.

Emory University, it was versity of Southern California’s recently reported, had been football programs may come to releasing fabricated data about mind. Unfortunately, there is no its students for nearly a decade. equivalent to the NCAA which Student SAT and ACT scores were could deal punish schools for not reported correctly, along fraudulent admissions data. with student GPAs. The bottom Emory has fired those who were 10 percent of students were responsible for falsifying inforomitted from calculations, and mation, but it seems as if the sometimes previously accepted school will be exempt from any high school students who did not other external consequences. It attend Emory were used to pad is grossly unfair that the school should not be hindered at all by average student scores.

Emory conducted an internal its decade-long deception.

To compare, giving improper investigation regarding this misreporting, and concluded that benefits to certain elite athletes some higher-ups, such as the is much more benign than inflatpresident and non-admission ing statistics in order to climb deans, were not aware of the up well-publicized college rankschool’s transgressions. Nev- ing lists. Those rankings and

numbers are used to advertise serve as an impetus for the closer a school to a massive audience monitoring of advertised school and are among the more power- data, both from within schools ful tools which a school has in and from outside of them. As recruiting strong classes. For the competition for students becomes even lying to the world for so “One also cannot help but more intense, long, Emory feel bad for some current more schools will surely should at the students at Emory, if for succumb to least have to no other reason than the t h e t e m p t a emphatically tion of making explain to fact that their school’s hemselves future classes academic integrity is now tlook better on that its previbeing questioned.” paper. ously strong To that end, reputation the Univerwas the result sity should be careful. Forbes of dishonesty.

One also cannot help but feel recently ranked the University bad for some current students of Virginia as the best public at Emory, if for no other reason university in the nation. The U.S. than the fact that their school’s News and World Report’s annual academic integrity is now being college rankings list last had the questioned. It would be unrea- University ranked in the top 30 sonable to call for any student of national universities, as well. compensation, though. Emo- According to UVa Today, the Uniry’s data was not so inflated to versity’s accepted students have ensure that students who picked become more accomplished the school would receive a worse with each subsequent class. The education than if they had gone school’s academic future, howelsewhere. Even though Emory ever, is still not guaranteed to be inflated its academic data, its so successful.

To help combat an uncertain students still scored very well.

This instance of a top-tier academic future, the University academic institution publicly announced in July that it would acknowledging its academic begin offering free, publicly dishonesty nonetheless should accessible online courses in Fall

2013. Online courses, in this case offered through a partnership with a company called Coursera, were a contentious point of debate during the attempted ouster of President Sullivan earlier this summer. Coursera was started at Stanford University and has since partnered with numerous elite universities in an effort to make course material available to the public at large. According to University Rector Helen Dragas, it is important that the University “experiment with many new initiatives in order to see what works and what doesn’t.” The Coursera classes will be a good way to spread the University’s name, as well as exhibit its academic resources.

Obviously the University is an excellent institution, and it will no doubt work hard to remain so. Hopefully, though, it will be through legitimate channels, such as the use of Coursera. The University will have to resist the pressure to resort to trickery and lies like Emory.

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

He can be reached at a.yahanda@cavalierdaily.com.

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The University should reject the “need-aware” admissions policy adopted by other schools

INCE its founding, the offers scholarships to students University has advanced based on need. The UniverJefferson’s dream of an sity has traditionally offered educated public by providing scholarships to all students who high-caliber higher education. have demonstrated a need. Yet more and more Part of the Universistudents are ty’s success can perFARIHA KABIR demonstrating a haps be attributed OPINION COLUMNIST greater need for to the fact that only financial aid. In the most qualified can attend, regardless of wealth fact, Mark Kantrowitz, publisher or background. This establishes of Finaid.com and Fastweb.com, a “need-blind” admissions policy has commented that FAFSA submissions have increased in the for domestic students.

With the economic downturn, past couple of years. This brings however, there have been some into question whether or not concerns voiced among Univer- the AccessUVa scholarship prosity leaders that a policy which gram could be sustained under does not encourage collaborative a “need-blind” policy where efforts between the Admissions possibly the majority of students Office and Student Financial offered admission would need Services needs reform. At the some form of a scholarship, moment, the Admissions Office especially in the long term if the and Student Financial Services number of students demonstratmake their decisions indepen- ing need continues to rise.

Despite the idealistic nature dently. More specifically, there has been concern regarding the of a “need-blind” policy that sustainability of the AccessUVa meets the financial needs of all scholarship program, which students, I do think it is impor-

I concede that with budget tant for the University to continue such a policy. While there shortages and economic troubles, has been no specific move to it is difficult to continue a policy replace the “need-blind” policy, like “need-blind” and a program there have been suggestions like AccessUVa. At the same time, it is because that the University focus “[T]he University should at of the down on providing least remain one of the few economy that we need to merit-based aid. In addi- institutions to offer a chance protect such tion, many at education regardless of a d m i s s i o n policies. With other instisuch factors. ” other universitutions have ties increasing adopted a “need-aware” admission policy, their tuition and making it more which is a system that, according difficult for students to pursue to UVa Today, “recognizes that higher education, the University [schools] cannot afford financial should at least remain one of the aid for an unlimited number of few institutions to offer a chance at education regardless of such students.”

Under a “need-aware” system, factors. For years, the University the school may admit a greater has been open to those who demnumber of students who can onstrate a passion for learning afford to pay tuition without regardless of their backgrounds. the aid of scholarships or loans To deny students entry for facrather than students who may tors besides academic qualificabe equally qualified but perhaps tions goes against foundational lacking the funds to attend the beliefs of the University.

Furthermore, while receiving school without aid.

admittance to the University is important, it is also vital that students are provided the resources to both enroll and continue their education. Independent of the admissions process, if the financial aid program becomes more merit-based, then it will not only limit the number of incoming students receiving aid, but may also prevent students from continuing their education here despite having the academic qualifications — not everyone who has the academic credentials is going to receive scholarships.

While I do not oppose the University making admission reforms, I do feel it is imperative that we continue to provide the best education for the best students, regardless of other conditions.

Fariha Kabir is an opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily.

She can be reached at f.kabir@cavalierdaily.com.

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Faculty plan new course documenting University presidentʼs ouster This summer’s events inspire media studies class by Education Prof. Walter Heinecke, Assistant Director John Alexander

By Mai Le | CAVALIER DAILY STAFF WRITER For most members of the University community, June 26 — the date of University President Teresa Sullivan’s reinstatement — marked the end of a tumultuous summer.

But for two University professors, who are planning to use this summer’s events as inspiration for a media studies class this fall, it was only the beginning.

Even as the streams of powerfully worded emails dried up; impassioned rally attendees drifted away from the Lawn; and #UVA stopped trending on Twitter, John Alexander, assistant director of the Sciences, Humanities and Arts Network of Technological Initiatives, and Education Prof. Walter Heinecke, had started contemplating the class titled “Documenting U.Va.’s Future: Oral History of the Ouster and Reinstatement.”

“This particular episode that happened in June is something

that has a lot of relevance to students’ own immediate lives,” Heinecke said. “It’s their university, their education.”

To tell the story of the attempted ouster and subsequent reinstatement, “Documenting U.Va.’s Future” will blend traditional elements of humanities courses, such as readings and class discussions, with an interactive oral history process in which class participants will interview members of the University community about their experiences with the Sullivan saga.

Students, faculty and the Charlottesville community will all be able to enroll.

The new course was partly inspired by an email conversation between Alexander and fourthyear College student Grace Aheron, who works closely with Alexander through Dialogue Across U.Va.

To move forward from the controversy, students need the kind of closure brought about by engaging conversation and constructive dialogue, Aheron said.

“We definitely all felt the urge to do something in order to help the community process and heal in a positive way rather than a divisive way,” she said.

And to do so, they need to involve the entire community, which Alexander and Heinecke plan to do through interviews.

Students will learn the policy issues at the core of the controversy before interviewing any interested members of the community to create oral histories of the event, which will be housed in the Special Collections Library.

In this way, these individuals’ stories will become interwoven with the media coverage of Sullivan’s ouster, allowing students to

The best year yet

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dreaded packing for this year — my final year at U.Va. — more than I had for any other year. I would’ve much rather kept watching a Laguna Beach marathon or gone out for fro-yo for the 900th time this summer than pack my things.

My belongings were scattered throughout every room of our house, and the task was entirely daunting.

During MTV’s unnecessarily long commercial breaks, I thought about my preparation for first year. This time three years ago, my clear bins were neatly filled and organized to the brim. I was wearing old t-shirts I hated, because my favorites were packed neatly away. This year, my clear bins sit empty next to the duffel bag I haven’t unpacked since I arrived home in May. In the months before I left for U.Va. for the first time, I was overly stressed about packing and wanted to make sure I had everything I’d ever need. But what if one bottle of nail polish remover isn’t enough to make it until fall break?

What if a cold front comes in and I need my parka in September? At the time, these seemed like entirely legitimate concerns.

In fact, all the things I worried about seemed entirely legitimate. I worried about living with a complete stranger. I worried about how everything I

meticulously packed would fit in one room, let alone one half of the room. I worried about the absence of air conditioning in what seemed more like a jail cell than a bedroom.

Turns out, I survived — thrived even. I didn’t need bottles of nail polish remover or even a parka.

Some days my roommate and I barely spoke, but all of our stuff fit between those cinderblock walls. I grew accustomed to the heat, which actually only lasted a few weeks, escaping from it by hiding out in buildings with air conditioning.

In packing for that first year, I presumed everyone had his stuff, literally and figuratively, more together than I did. I thought almost everyone was following in the footsteps of their older siblings, in a recently blazed trail. An only child, I relied on my older friends, who only asked I pay it forward when it was my time.

Yet when I arrived on Grounds that first year, my fears only grew. The people I met knew exactly what classes they wanted to take and which activities they wanted to pursue.

Even worse, it seemed as if everyone I met had a life plan. Everyone seemed to be pre-med or pre-comm.

To be honest, I didn’t really even know how the ”Comm School” differed from any of the other schools.

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Since that first year I’ve learned two important things — well, maybe a few more, but for the sake of this column, only two that matter. Both are cliché but equally true and valuable.

The first is that no one really knows what he or she is doing. Many fourth years have an even less developed life plan than when they began their first year. People invent plans just to have them – and to keep their moms happy. As one of those fourth years without a plan, I’m telling you from experience it’s okay to be undecided and to get lost.

My other piece of advice is something I wish I’d realized my first year. I wish I’d known that it would all be okay — that it would be more than okay; it would be amazing.

First years — you’re going to make friends, tons of them, if you give people a chance. You’re going to find roommates for the next year, and this will happen before you feel like you really know people, but that too will be okay. You’ll fail at least one assignment — maybe because you forgot, or you went out, or you’re too afraid to ask your T.A. for help. But that too will be okay.

It’s not just true for first years; it’s true for students of every year. No matter what you’re getting ready to tackle this year — a difficult class like Orgo (translation: Organic Chemistry, a.k.a. slaughter of your GPA), a roommate you’re not stoked to live with, or a challenging position in a club — your semester and year are going to be awesome, because here’s the thing: Any year here is better than the best year anywhere else.

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Find the Wertland block party: Wertland Street comes alive one night during the weekend before the start of classes. Refreshed from the summer holiday, students fill houses and pour out into the streets during this annual back-to-school bash, a must-see for first years and fourth years alike.

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Grab some Bodo’s and catch up with friends on the Corner: Returning to Charlottesville means being reunited with Bodo’s Bagels, the Corner’s bagel-lover’s paradise. Why not combine two of our favorite things while taking in the sights and sounds of the Corner?

Check out the fall concert scene: We’re surrounded by numerous concert venues in the Charlottesville area. Outdoor concerts like those at the Charlottesville Pavilion are the perfect remedy to the end-of-summer blues (Pretty Lights hits the stage at the Pavilion on Aug. 30).

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Haunted house makes good story

The outhouse-style bathroom setup oving in has always been a time of great stress for me. I in the basement, with the toilet paper over-think things. I shove and hanging from a string and the noticestuff clothes and toiletries and furnish- ably absent door is, of course, a nice ings into my boxes and suitcases until touch of character. As is the “glass they weep and beg for mercy. On top garden” of broken bottles next to of it all, I have panic attacks about the porch, which also housed what whether people are going to make fun was either a dead squirrel or an old toupee. of me for how much I bring.

The attic is my favorite room.

I thought, after first year, I would no When I went upstairs to explore, I longer suffer from these symptoms. I wouldn’t let myself be brought down hoped to find a cute, open space which by an overstuffed truck bed or a father could perhaps, with a chair and a table turned grumpy after carrying one too and a cup of tea, be the perfect place to read a book. many bags. I was wrong.

Instead, I was greeted by rusted nails This year, after waging an exhausting battle with my keys to unlock the jutting up through the floor and raffinicky bolts, I toppled into my new ters, bits of feathers and cloth sticking to some of them, floating in the eerie house.

Gasping for breath, it looked as if I half-breeze.

In one corner, the floor ominously had carried my suitcase through the Mojave Desert, not walked the 10 steps dips in a questionably human-sized from the car. My entrance was not depression, threatening to give way graceful, not put-together. It looked the second some unlucky squirrel scurlike I was evading an angry mob, ries across it. This area happens to be rather than happily opening the door directly above my bed.

In another corner, to the next phase of my the chimney pipe is life.

Reality Check coated in a mateWhen we — my currial that, in a cerrent roommates and I tain light, bears an — toured this house last unfortunate resemwinter, it was a disaster. blance to blood.

There is no way around I decided I it. Supposedly five boys wouldn’t be taking lived there, but you my morning coffee could have fooled us. It up there anytime looked more like one of soon. those abandoned cabins Rather, my you see on the news; roommates and I one that the wolves decided the attic’s had claimed after the sole use would be untimely demise of its as a haunted house previous inhabitants. at Halloween; we But we declared it perwouldn’t have to fect. I imagine we each EMILY CHURCHILL do anything to it, spent the summer enviafter all. sioning how the house If my entrance to the house is any would have magically transformed into a livable environment by the time indication of the events of this upcoming year, there are likely quite a few we got back.

In a way, it had. One of my room- grimaces and pitiable situations in mate’s family members had worked store for me.

In a way, I think my move-in matched tirelessly to clean the place up, to cover the mysterious stains on the wall, and the house itself: not perfect, not graceto set up air conditioners which would ful, but a haphazard, awkward leap counter the years of accumulated boy- into something completely unknown which will, no doubt, result in a good smell.

But there is only so much they could story or two.

Welcome back, U.Va. Let’s make this a do to tidy-up the deeper recesses of the year full of good stories. house.

Don’t forget to check The Cavalier Daily’s summary of this fall’s local art scene.

Look up the trolley schedule and head downtown: Whether you’re grabbing a bite at Miller’s, lacing up your skates at the ice rink or shopping at the boutiques, there’s always plenty to do downtown. Saturday mornings boast a special treat — enjoy strolling through rows of vendor tents filled with seasonal produce, authentic Mexican tacos, homemade granola, fresh roasted coffee and gorgeous flowers at the Farmers’ Market every Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon.

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Go on a run around Grounds or take a fitness class: Newsweek magazine recently named U.Va. “The Hottest School for Physical Fitness.” Live up to the reputation as an inshape member of the student body by taking advantage of the area’s fitness classes, races and yoga studios.

Each week, the downtown Lululemon studio offers Thursday

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community can also join the discussion.

“We want to encourage community members to take the class and work side by side with students, in a similar way in which [the] events in June unfolded,” Heinecke said.

By involving the entire community, students will be able to interact with the community at large, Aheron said.

Both professors said this course will not be about discovering the truth behind this summer’s events, or about critiquing the Board of Visitor’s actions — it’s about telling the story from all sides. “[We are] reaching out to everybody that was involved, including the president and Board of Visitors, [to see] if they want to present or speak on issues that are related,” Heinecke said.

reflect on the interviews they have conducted and produce papers analyzing their importance.

“The process of experience and reflection is a rich and effective way that the students can explore what is meaningful to them,” Alexander said.

The course requirements set Alexander and Heinecke’s class apart from other media studies classes, a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed to students. “[This course] is just a really interesting concept, going around to people and finding out their stories,” fourth-year College student Mary Wines said. “I am fascinated to see what lots of different people thought about this one particular event.”

It’s not just University students who will be able to take part in this class.

Members of the Charlottesville

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“Miles on the Mall” and Saturday yoga classes.

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Find a new study spot: Before the hustle and bustle of the Fall semester begins, take a walk around Grounds and scout out this year’s perfect study spot.

Could it be the bench in Pavilion Garden II? Or maybe that perfectly cushioned armchair in the bottom floor of Alderman Library?

Grab some pamphlets at the Activities Fair: Be sure to make an appearance at the Fall Activities Fair on Monday, Aug. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the lower Lawn and Amphitheater.

So many ways to be involved, so little time! It’s not just for first years; you’re never too old to try out something new.

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Get your hiking and swimming fix at Blue Hole: One of the closest swimming holes to Charlottesville, Blue

Hole is the refreshing reward at the end of a two-mile hike along Moorman’s River.

Devote a few hours of your Sunday afternoon to getting some fresh air in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Stake out a spot on the Lawn for Rotunda Sing: Each year during the first week of school, students and faculty gather on the Lawn to hear the sounds of the University’s various a cappella singing groups. Take in the evening’s music with one of the best views on Grounds.

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Prepare for the first kickoff of the season: The football season begins right away with the first game against Richmond on Sept. 1 at Scott Stadium.

Make tailgating plans, prepare an outfit and brush up on the “Good Ol’ Song” lyrics before game day arrives.

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Getting grounded: Student leaders offer advice to first years about adapting to life at U.Va.

By Sarah Bingol | Cavalier Daily SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Name: Johnny Vroom Year: Fourth Position: Student Council President What advice would you give to incoming first years?

Invest a lot of time in finding out what you’re passionate about.

Too often students get caught up in what they think they should be doing instead of what they really want to do. First year is the best opportunity to put your eggs into a lot of different baskets and to set the stage for your next four years.

You’re lucky if you discover a passion early on and pursue it for the rest of your collegiate career. Also, call your parents whenever you can. They miss you immensely.

What was your favorite part about first year?

It’s hard to pinpoint a single part of first year that was my favorite.

It was such a new and rich experience that every new thing I did seemed to be my favorite at the time. That being said, the nights I would spend relaxing outside of Dunglison with my dorm-mates swapping stories and generally being stupid were fantastic.

What is your favorite part about U.Va.?

The balance that this school strikes on so many levels. U.Va., for me, is the perfect mix of tradition, history and cutting edge academia.

For the most part, the students here excel academically and yet take time to develop relationships outside of the classroom and to pursue their interests. Classes are challenging enough to stimulate you, but not so hard as to discourage productive learning. The professors are world-class, and yet take time to address specific students’ concerns and make themselves accessible. I could go on and on but you get the idea… The external balance surrounding students here makes it much easier to achieve an internal balance.

Where do you like to hang out on Grounds?

Outside of Pavilion 8 on the

Lawn. When the weather is nice I’ll often venture out onto the Lawn and toss a frisbee with friends or just lay in the shade underneath one of the big trees lining the grass. It’s horrible for my productivity but an absolutely beautiful spot.

What are you most excited for this upcoming year?

I am excited for almost every part of this upcoming year. If I had to pick one thing it would be spending my last year at U.Va. with my best friends. In May we’ll likely be scattered all over the country to start work or grad school, and I’m looking forward to taking advantage of the remaining time we all have together. Of course, I’m also extremely excited

some might take more time. Some will find their best friends in their dorms, for others it might be on a random night out. First year is an opportunity to take in U.Va. for all of its excitement and adventure.

If you don’t put pressure on yourself and let yourself live in the moment, no matter where you end up after first year you will be ready for the next three.

What was your favorite part about first year?

I loved being able to do everything for the first time. Your first football game, first late night at Little John’s, first seminar, getting lost going to class your first day and the list goes on. First year is all about the experiences that are new to you now, but years after become a part of your beloved routine.

I have had since the first day of school.

be made to improve our Academical Village.

What is your favorite event of the fall semester?

I have always loved Lighting on the Lawn because it is the best way to mark the end of the semester. As I’ve gotten older, I also look forward to the Homecoming[s] football game because it is also a lot of fun to have some of the alumni back in town.

Where do you like to hang out on Grounds?

I’m a big fan of the Media Activities Center. It’s a great place to go in between class to take care of some work without the air of tension/stress that always seems to exist in the libraries.

Name: Sheridan Fuller Year: Fourth Position: President, Class of 2013 What advice would you give to incoming first years?

Feel free to engage all of your surroundings. Academically, feel free to engage your professors in casual conversation outside of class and engage course curriculum in venues outside of the lecture hall.

S o c i a l l y, feel free to engage each other. Go out of your way to meet the unique and diverse people who reside in our community. Engage, and challenge if necessary, traditions that exist on Grounds and maybe start a few of your own.

By doing these three things you will truly make the most of your Wahoo experience.

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to serve as StudCo president and to see what the organization can accomplish to make life better for students here.

What is your favorite event of the fall semester?

I love the homecomings football game each year. There is an unbelievable amount of spirit around Grounds in the week leading up to the game, and it’s great to see alumni come back to Charlottesville and relive their college days.

It also doesn’t hurt that we upset an undefeated Georgia Tech football team last year and stormed the field in a frenzy — one of my favorite memories from third year.

What is your favorite part about U.Va.?

I have always loved that U.Va. is very dynamic and always gets better. Each semester there is another set of events to look forward to. Each year you know more and have a better sense of who you are and what you like to do. It doesn’t feel like four repetitive years, but each year has its own experience and character; I think that is pretty unique to U.Va.

Name: Stephen Nash Year: Fourth Position: Honor Committee, Chair

Where do you like to hang out on Grounds?

The gardens behind the pavilions.

What advice would you give to incoming first years?

Don’t put pressure on yourself.

Some will transition quickly,

What are you most excited for this upcoming year?

Getting to take in my last year with some of the same friends

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What was your favorite part about first year?

The people! The people that I got to meet and develop strong relationships with is what made my first year (and every year after) so memorable.

What is your favorite part about U.Va.?

Studying the history that has taken place around Grounds, and working with others to continue cherished traditions, and having the necessary discourse with peers about changes that need to

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What are you most excited for this upcoming year?

I’m excited about making the most of my fourth year with all my great friends, as well starting the anxious process of preparing for life outside the serpentine walls.

What is your favorite event of the fall semester?

My favorite event of the semester, without question, is Lighting of the Lawn. It’s great to have the opportunity to come together as a community — both the U.Va. and the greater Charlottesville community — and celebrate the end of another year and the beginning of the holiday season.

What are you most excited for this upcoming year?

I’m excited about my new Residence Life staff in CourtenayDunglison. I think we are going to have a really great year. I’m also extremely happy about my student teaching placement in a kindergarten classroom. Lastly, I’m ready to make some amazing memories with my boyfriend, Nathaniel, and my best friends, Robert and Shana, that I’ve had for the past three years here at U.Va. What is your favorite event of the fall semester?

My favorite event of the fall semester is definitely the Lighting of the Lawn ceremony. The moment right before the lighting is extremely exciting and you’re almost holding your breath before the big reveal. The Rotunda looks absolutely beautiful when it’s completely lit in the darkness of the night.

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FOOTBALL

An offensive point of view

Cavaliers weigh options at quarterback; returning tailbacks, offensive lineman to play pivotal role this season

By Ashley Robertson Cavalier Daily Sports Editor

An old adage holds that “defense wins championships.” While Virginia football teams of recent memory embraced that mantra, the 2012 Cavaliers will need more this year from their experienced offense.

Last year, the team finished 8-4, making its first postseason appearance since 2007 in the prestigious Chick-Fil-A Bowl. The 2011 Cavaliers owed a substantial portion of their success to a scoring defense that ranked 46th in the country, compared to an offense that ranked 86th in points per game.

The defense graduated eight starting players, however, while the offense lost just five. With seven returning starters, the team will place an added emphasis — and expectation — on both its aerial attack and ground game.

The aerial attack When quarterback Phillip Sims decided to transfer from reigning national champion Alabama, he relied in part on advice from former high school teammates and current Cavaliers, wide receiver Tim Smith and tailback Perry Jones.

“They informed me quickly on coach [Mike] London, how he operated and his thoughts on me if I did decide to transfer,” Sims said. “They helped me a lot as far as things that I couldn’t ask directly, but I could run through them.”

In those conversations, one point resonated most with Sims: “The fact that [London] would be straightforward, honest, and wouldn’t beat around the bush with me as far as being able to play,” Sims said. “If I were able to play this year... [London] said it would be an open competition and the best man to play. I don’t expect to just be handed the job...

I want to work for what I get, and I think coach London is the type of guy that will do that.”

Although NCAA regulations specify that an undergraduate transfer must sit out

the subsequent season, Sims appealed his eligibility citing family circumstances, and the NCAA announced this summer it would allow the Chesapeake, Va. native to compete with the Cavaliers this fall.

The NCAA’s decision added another pedigreed quarterback into an already crowded competition to be Virginia’s starting signal caller. Sims left high school as ESPN’s No. 1-rated quarterback prospect after setting Virginia state records with 10,725 career passing yards and 119 touchdown passes. At Alabama, Sims lost a quarterback competition to sophomore AJ McCarron, but his potential alone required London to reexamine his quarterback depth chart.

Last year, junior Michael Rocco spent half the season cementing himself as the team’s primary quarterback.

Rocco and sophomore David Watford alternated snaps until the Oct. 27 game against Miami, when London announced Rocco would see the bulk of playing time. The team won its next four games, and Rocco seemingly solidified his spot at starting quarterback.

True to his early promise to Courtesy of Jim Daves Sims, however, London will Sophomore quarterback Phillip Sims transferred from Alabama during the summer and is contending not make decisions based on at training camp for a starting job this season. history and “is not in a hurry” to choose between Sims, Rocco and the quarterback needs time to learn and Watford. The coach said he will the offense and build chemistry with his The ground game announce his first depth chart — includ- receivers. ing a starting quarterback — Monday, “[Sims] has got a very good arm,” Although quarterback debates again a decision that “will be based on what’s London said. “There are so many things dominate camp conversation, Virginia’s been done in practice and how they can positive about what he has, the only offensive potency will likely hinge on its best lead the team,” he said. thing that’s lacking is [understanding] the ground game.

In training camp, Sims’ strong arm and system and schemes that our receivers The team returns its four premiere accuracy are evident. But it is equally evi- and linemen and everyone else knows tailbacks from last season, but unlike dent that Rocco may be the best quarter- right now... He’s very skillful, that’s for back right now. Sims must still translate sure, but David and Michael are very his natural talent into in-game success, skillful in their own right as well.”

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Baseball

Last rally falls short Virginia nearly mounts late charge but loses Charlottesville Regional

By Daniel Weltz

Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor Derek Fisher was sitting on the edge of his seat in a restaurant when he witnessed the most legendary moment in Virginia baseball’s storied

history. He did not touch his food. It was the summer after his senior year, and he just watched and hoped.

That night, the heralded 2011 Cavalier team earned its place in the program’s folklore by overcoming a 2-1 deficit with

two outs and the bases empty in the bottom of the ninth inning against University of California, Irvine. Virginia advanced to its second College World Series in school history Please see Baseball, Page B6 After watching Virginia’s 2011 postseason run on TV, sophomore outfielder Derek Fisher became an integral part of the team this past season.

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BY ZACK BARTEE tive ACC covering the title, the squad. Unfortunately, it was also the article program’s eighth in nine years.

Yet an all too familiar foe I’d never have the chance to was waiting for the Cavaliers do.

Last year was a memorable in the NCAA finals. Three-time season for Brian Boland’s team. defending national champion The squad compiled a 29-2 Southern California, undoubtrecord while dispatching 14 edly the bane of Boland’s top-20 teams en route to the coaching career, found their program’s second national way to the finals again. The championship appearance in Trojans had previously ousted

the Cavaliers in the 2009 quarterfinals, 2010 semifinals, and 2011 finals. In 2011 the Trojans pulled out a 4-3 nailbiter, winning the decisive third set of the final match and deferring the Cavaliers’ title dreams for another year.

Fast-forward to 2012. Boland and his squad were staring into the same abyss and trying to capture the same elusive first title. The Cavaliers jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead by taking the doubles point, a facet of the team’s game that had been susPlease see Bartee, Page B6

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GREEK LIFE BY MATT HENSEL

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your friends love you and think of you often. Seize the opportunity to reach out and share -- the moment you do you, you’ll realize the amazing abundance you have to give.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Affection flows easily. You get the validation you need and your feelings are returned. And the best part is that you inspire another person to reach higher goals than he or she imagined were within grasp.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The green-eyed monster of envy rears his head. This isn’t so bad after all. It shows you what you really want out of life. Welcome jealous feelings and let them motivate you to new achievements.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s important that you feel challenged now. Add to your bag of tricks. Acquire new skills. You meet valuable contacts through classes, travel and following your very powerful, intuitive inner voice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be negotiating for the good of yourself and others. Lead with your love of justice and an innate sense about what is right. If the other person isn’t cooperating, just walk away for now.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your appreciation of beauty is featured. Whether you’re checking out shop windows, museums or working on projects that require your aesthetic expertise, you’ll have more fun doing it with a partner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Realize when it’s time to switch gears from business to family.

Stop working when you say you will. Let your subconscious untangle work problems while you relax and enjoy your home.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your thirst for excitement is intense, so you’re willing to leave your cozy comfort zone in order to quench it. Someone astute notices a change in you. Could this person have a crush on you?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Feed your mind and spirit. When you feel beautiful on the inside, your outside radiates. Tonight, you are flexible and able to connect with friends on a moment’s notice. You’ll be glad you did.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). For some people, making plans and talking about them is more exciting than actually executing those plans. Enjoy the thrill of the conversation, but expect that you may be the only one to follow through.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Put away the to-do list. Cut your responsibilities down to the bare minimum. You need the rest, and you’ll feel 10 times more energetic on Monday if you take every bit of relaxation you can get.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You don’t need to be anyone other than who you are. Consider that the pressure you feel to perform, impress and dazzle your peers may be self-inflicted. You are accepted and loved exactly “as is.”

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (AUGUST 24). You’re loaded with self-confidence and charisma this year. Update your attitude and get a fresh look in September. There’s a taste of the big time in October and you’ll be working through the autumn to earn a permanent place in the arena of your choice. Your love life is a thrilling ride in the new year. Cancer and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 21, 49, 33 and 17.

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Welcome to the U.Va. Arts Scene

U.Va. prides itself on its devotion to the arts and offers a number of different venues which showcase and celebrate a wide variety of artistic media. Here, we break down some of the best places to get your art fix on and around Grounds.

Name: The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia Features: Art, Architecture, Music (collections) Location: Rugby Road across from Mad Bowl Don’t Miss: Jean Hélion, Reality and Abstraction, Aug. 31 - Dec. 16

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Previously known as the University of Virginia Art Museum, The Fralin is the hub of the University art scene, housing some of the most prized pieces in the University’s collection.

The exhibits range over a variety of decades and styles, and the likes of Frank Stella and Edgar Degas line the walls. The museum also offers a variety of internships and a decent program for students interested in Arts Administration.

Name: Ruffin Art Gallery Features: Art, Sculpture, New Media [Video] Location: Rugby Road at Culbreth Road, across from Madison House Don’t Miss: Earth. Fire. Air. Water, Aug. 31 - Sept. 21

Name: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum Features: Art Location: 400 Worrell Drive, Peter Jefferson Place, near Martha Jefferson Hospital Don’t Miss: Yhonnie Scarce, What They Wanted, Aug. 18 - Dec. 30

The center of U.Va.’s Fine Arts program, Ruffin features everything from sculptures and paintings to art based on new media. Student work is frequently showcased alongside professional exhibitions. Last year, Ruffin featured pyrotechnic artist Rosemarie Fiore within the ‘Touched by Virginia’ series. Ruffin is also a convenient place to go to drop-in figure drawing classes and find out about other arts events.

The Kluge-Ruhe is unique in that it is the only art museum in the United States that celebrates Australian Aboriginal art. The museum displays more than 1,500 objects, including paintings, artefacts and sculptures. The last featured exhibition, People of Substance, comprised site specific installations by Jason Wing. Various on-Grounds venues, such as Newcomb Hall and Brooks Hall, often feature works borrowed from the museum.

Name: McIntire Amphitheatre Features: Dance, Music, Theater Location: McCormick Road, across from Brown College Don’t Miss: U.Va. Jazz Chamber Ensemble’s end-of-year jazz extravaganza, hypnotist Tom DeLuca

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The Amphitheater, at the center of Grounds, is often the easiest place to catch free performances by a cappella groups, stand-up, improvs, jazz, and dance battles. The space is often occupied by outdoor class sessions or student groups by day but clears up in the evenings for concerts and performances.

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Name: School of Architecture Galleries (Elmaleh, Dean’s, East Wing, and Corner Gallery) Features: Art, Installation, Architecture Location: Campbell Hall, next to Ruffin, on Rugby Rd. Don’t Miss: Michael Petrus, Framing India photography collection, until Sept.

In addition to the other galleries’ varying range of displays, the School of Architecture’s Elmaleh Gallery hosts around five exhibitions per semester. The Dean’s gallery utilizes found materials for its lighting and display. Pieces range from student-made urban planning projects to the works of visiting artists.

Name: Harrison Institute & Albert H. Small Special Collections Library Features: Art, Books Location: McCormick Road, between Alderman Library and Newcomb Hall Don’t Miss: Flowerdew Hundred: Unearthing Virginia’s History, ongoing

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The Harrison Institute & Small Library displays work from some of the University Library’s most prized collections. Permanent exhibits include Flowerdew Hundred, which features the architectural remnants of Virginia’s early inhabitants.

Other notable exhibits have showcased rare American bestsellers editions and historical documents from the Revolutionary period. A room on the bottom floor is often used for poetry readings.

Name: Drama Building (Culbreth and Helms Theatres) Features: Drama, Dance, Film Location: Past Ruffin and Campbell Halls, on Culbreth Road Don’t Miss: Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, directed by Marianne Kubik, Oct. 4-6 and 10-13 The stages of the Drama Building will see five U.Va. Drama productions and two dance concerts—Spring and Fall—in the 2012-2013 year. Culbreth is also one of the venues used in the annual Virginia Film Festival., which features scores of top-notch films and guest celebrities such as last year’s Mia Wasikowska and Oliver Stone. Student organizations also perform at these theaters, and the Heritage Theatre Festival is held in Culbreth every summer.

Honey BooBoo PAGE B4 Name: Old Cabell Hall Features: Music Location: Opposite end of the Lawn from Rotunda Don’t Miss: Technosonics XIII: Music and Politics, with guest composer Mara Helmuth, Sept. 14 The Old Cabell Hall auditorium, with its 1,500-seating capacity, rests on the level above the University ’s Department of Music and Music Library. Concerts in the fall semester include the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival as well as individual performances with flute, piccolo, lute and piano. The annual Technosonics show is an innovative mixture of digital electronic music with traditional instruments. The hall also offers an opportunity to see a reproduction of “The School of Athens” by Raphael.

Name: Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library Features: Film, Digital Media Location: Connected to Campbell Hall on Culbreth Road

Courtesy U.Va. Arts Name: Kaleidoscope Room – Newcomb Hall & Brooks Hall Features: Music Location: Newcomb Hall on McCormick Road, Brooks Hall next to the Rotunda Don’t Miss: Charlottesville Jazz Society: Eddie Allen Quintet, Aug 28. (Brooks) Like Old Cabell Hall, the Kaleidoscope Room and Brooks Hall Auditorium offer small performances to enjoy after a long day of classes.

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Don’t Miss: Noah Coleman, Sisyphus, until Sept. 3 The Niche is a New Media project at the University consisting of a Macbook Pro and a flat screen monitor around which students can gather to watch digital works of art.

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by Andrew Shachat If you weren’t already overly excited to be in Charlottesville this semester, here’s a thought that will undoubtedly push your enthusiasm over the edge: live music. Charlottesville is home to one of the best music scenes any college town has to offer, and this fall’s concert lineup is shaping up to exceed expectation. Start saving your money now; there are enough great artists coming this year to break any bank.

August The end of August offers up some fantastic acts. Cover bands Zoso “The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience” (Aug. 29) and eighties hair metal band Aquanett (Aug. 25) will storm onto the stage at the Jefferson Theater,

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oozing with nostalgia. Pretty Lights (Aug. 30), easily one of the biggest acts of the semester, will return to the nTelos Wireless Pavilion to attempt to outdo the spectacular performance the band gave at the Pavilion last year. Expect an unforgettable light show from Pretty Lights as you enjoy their iconic mixture of soulful electronic and dubstep music.

Music Hall or Yellow Dubmarine (Sept. 27) at the Jefferson. Fans of indie music can check out Dan Deacon (Sept. 8) at the Jefferson, whereas fans of the mashup genre can join Girl Talk (Sept.

19) at the Pavilion. And if all you want to do is just listen to some guys jam on end, “An Evening with Umphrey’s McGee” (Sept.

5) at the Jefferson promises to be an unforgettable experience.

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September has something for everyone. If you’re into jazz, the Rebirth Brass Band (Sept. 1) and Galactic (Sept. 18) will have you all jazzed up at the Jefferson Theater. For country fans, Steve Earle (Sept. 16) will showcase his talent at the Jefferson while Don Williams (Sept. 19) takes over the Paramount Theater. If you can’t get enough reggae, check out Aer (Sept. 23) at The Southern Café &

October is packed with visits from large musical acts. The Boss himself — Bruce Springsteen — will blast the John Paul Jones Arena away with the E Street Band (Oct. 23) as they bring their distinctly American heartland rock to Charlottesville.

Making a return are the Avett Brothers (Oct. 19), who will play the Pavilion again after performing a spectacular two-

day concert there last year. Fans of cowboy boots and 10 gallon hats will surely get their tickets early for country powerhouse Eric Church (Oct. 27) at the John Paul Jones arena. Indie fans can head on over to The Southern for Electric Guest (Oct. 17) and to the Jefferson for Dinosaur Jr. (Oct. 26) to get their indie fix. Reggae fans thirsty for more after September’s acts can rejoice in Rebelution (Oct. 17) and the Easy Star All Stars (Oct. 19) coming to the Jefferson for what will be a great week of dub music. Rock band Mutemath (Oct. 8) will also make a notable appearance at the Jefferson. And don’t forget to check out Perpetual Groove (Oct. 11) to placate your monthly jam band needs.

November Even this far out, November is shaping up to be another great

month of music. Yelawolf (Nov. 13) will fill the void of hip-hop in the Jefferson Theater’s fall lineup. Electronic dance music fans desperate for more after Pretty Lights’ surely stellar show should get their tickets early for up and coming artist Big Gigantic (Nov. 27), who plays live saxophone on top of his hypnotic electronic beats and opened for Pretty Lights last year. For all the Deadheads out there, the Dark Star Orchestra (Nov. 28), a Grateful Dead tribute band, will jam on end at the Jefferson.

These are just some of the notable acts making their way through Charlottesville this fall.

More acts will be added periodically throughout the semester, so make sure to check out Arts & Entertainment for all your local music news and concert updates.

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by Ben Willis In my opinion, Will Ferrell is a comedy god. From Talladega Nights to Anchorman, the vast majority of projects he touches turn to gold. Unfortunately, his new film, The Campaign, gets the best of him.

Even with the talents of the wonderfully absurd Zach Galifianakis at his side, Ferrell cannot save this woefully inconsistent and shockingly mean-spirited farce.

The Campaign follows the exploits of two determined candidates who are running for United States Congress in a small-town district of North Carolina. Ferrell is Cam Brady, a charismatic blowhard who is running for a fourth consecutive term. His tagline is “Guns, Jesus, Freedom,” and he wears it on his sleeve. But in reality he is a womanizing adulterer who abuses his power at every turn.

Galifianakis, on the other hand, plays Marty Huggins, an unassuming but massively ignorant tour guide who is given a chance to run against Brady. Huggins seeks to bring honesty back to the political process, but he is easily manipulated by the Motch Brothers, who buy off politicians for their own personal gain. The candidates’ respective campaigns get nasty, and the movie turns into a down and dirty brawl where nothing is off limits.

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inconsistent humor. For every hilarious scene, there are three that fall flat.

Many of the jokes involve offputting sight gags and overly crass language that feel forced.

Now, I have no problem with crude humor as long as it serves a comedic purpose; movies like The Hangover and Wedding Crashers have a deft grasp on their vulgarity and could turn gross moments into the highlight of the film. But The Campaign just throws disgusting humor at us without caring whether we laugh or not.

The Campaign also never gets its tone right. The greatest comedies use the humor of their premises to send a message fitting of the motivations of their characters.

But this movie has director Jay Roach abruptly switching from an unabashedly mean tone to a cloying and idealistic one. In the second part of the film, Roach suddenly tries to say something meaningful about politics, and in the process he loses even the intermittent humor we were treated to in the initial scenes.

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Some of these faults could be forgiven if the characters were funny or interesting, but even Ferrell and Galifianakis only have occasional scenes that show off their considerable talents.

Ferrell’s character is so unpleasant that I often found myself cringing rather than laughing. And Galifianakis plays Huggins as such an idiot that it’s hard to root for him either, even though he is the film’s closest thing to a protagonist.

In addition, the supporting players are largely disposable.

Dan Akroyd and John Lithgow as the Motch Brothers literally have no jokes and just serve as annoying villains. Meanwhile, Dylan McDermott is plain creepy as Huggins’ ruthless campaign manager. Not one character stole the show, and that was a real shame.

While you will certainly find worse comedies out there, you will also find much better ones more worthy of your time. The Campaign is a nasty film that will leave you shaking your head wondering what went wrong.

HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO:

BITTERSWEET “HONEY” LEAVES BAD AFTERTASTE

by Katie Cole Outrageous and disturbing series seem to be TLC’s new forte, and the station’s latest show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is right on par with other wacky winners like My Strange Addiction.

A spin-off of the network’s equally appalling Toddlers and Tiaras, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo follows the life of sixyear-old pageant fanatic Alana Thompson and her erratic family. Don’t get me wrong: the show is amusing, and it melts your brains as you watch — nonetheless, you question your morals afterward.

The show focuses on Honey Boo Boo and her mother June Thompson (aka Mama), who were formerly featured on Toddlers in Tiaras and are notorious on YouTube for their abnormal pageant behavior. The rest of the Thompson family serves as the icing on the cake this time around.

How did they pick this particular family for the show, you may ask? I mean, there must be at least a few thousand trailer park-bound, mud-slinging, pigowning families in America, right? Well, Alana Thompson’s family is unique. Known for catchphrases like “a dollar makes me holla” and “you better redneckinize,” Alana has already established herself as a household name.

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Pumpkin, one of Honey Boo Boo’s sisters, is known for not caring what “nobody else thinks of her,” bobbing for raw pig feet and asking her etiquette instructor about the appropriateness of passing gas at the table.

Honey Boo Boo’s other sister, Ana, has an entirely different set of issues and is pregnant at 17. Don’t worry, though, because Mama is fine with dealing with Ana’s pregnancy — she herself had her first baby at 18.

And then there is the newest addition to the family, Glitzy – their teacup pig. Glitzy is indeed a male, although the family has no issues dressing him up in pink, painting his toenails, and naming him after a type of pageant. Yet in spite of the family’s questionable treatment of the pig, the end of the program confirms that “no animals were hurt in the making of this show.” Mama even hopes to incorporate Glitzy into one of Alana’s pageant routines!

But it’s Mama who is the real star, while her husband, Sugar Bear, goes to work and puts up with his family’s ridiculous behavior.

In addition to these familial antics, if you were worried you wouldn’t be able to watch Alana drink her “go go juice” (7-Up) before bouncing around the stage, I can put your mind at ease. A good portion of the show is dedicated to Honey Boo Boo’s performances as a wannabe beauty queen.

Needless to say, Honey Boo Boo and her family put on a show, but after two episodes I couldn’t help being disgusted that TLC is once again exploiting people who have far more serious problems than attempting to “prove my family proud” in a mud jumping competition.

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A Knight’s Tale:

Popular “girls” still rule HBO

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Final chapter of Batman trilogy sets new standard for superhero films

by conor sheehey

After offering up some of the silliest sequels and most revolting remakes on record, this summer’s movie season finally managed to muster up a masterpiece July 20, as the final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Saga made its debut at movie theaters across the globe.

The film opens in the supposedly safe yet eerily uneasy Gotham City, as city officials and police officers pay homage to the seemingly untarnished legacy of the late district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), who transformed from crusading white night into two-faced psychopath in The Dark Knight, the second film in the Batman trilogy.

Dent’s terrifying metamorphosis remains a total secret, kept under wraps by the trusty Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and, of course, the Dark Knight himself (Christian Bale).

But Gotham’s period of peace, a product of Dent’s crime-crushing policies, comes to an abrupt end fairly early in this third and final film.After laying waste to the wily Ra’s al Ghul in Batman Begins and landing the psychopathic Joker a spot in prison in The Dark Knight, Bale’s Batman must now face off against Bane (Tom Hardy), a physically peerless terrorist who seeks to uproot Gotham’s elite, invigorate the ‘common man’ and then reduce the city and all of its residents to ashes. With smug calculation and brute force, this terrifyingly realistic super-villain raises the dramatic stakes of the series to an all-time high as, more than ever before, the franchise emphasizes the tragic flaws threatening to relocate Batman to a cozy spot six feet under the ground.

In spite of the doom and gloom nature of its central plot, which goes so far as to question and critique some of today’s trendiest social movements and ideologies (I’m looking at you, Occupy Wall Street), The Dark Knight Rises still makes for excellent entertainment from start to finish.

This third chapter’s cast concentrates largely on character, constructing plausible human beings as opposed to caricatures. Although no character could ever replace the maniacal glee and show-stopping silliness of Heath Ledger’s Joker, Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman supplies loads of laughs for the audience, and Hardy’s Bane provides a bone-chilling mix of dark humor and frank threats.

In fact, this commitment to character, in conjunction with the filmmakers’ knack for technical grandeur and crisply choreographed action scenes, ultimately elevates The Dark Knight Rises beyond the confines of a mere superhero movie.

Since the film wrestles with issues of economic inequality, criminal justice and revolutionary politics, among countless other hip topics, it becomes more intellectually stimulating and provocative than any Oscar contender we’re likely to see in the next couple of seasons.

While no single film can honestly claim to be the “voice of a generation,” especially in this day and age, Nolan’s final Gotham City epic certainly comes close.

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by Annie Wilmer Earning a slew of Emmy nominations and rave reviews across the board, writer/director/lead actress Lena Dunham has struck quirky comedic gold with Girls, her immensely entertaining take on the lives of young adults who seek personal and professional fulfillment in the bustling world of New York City.

Produced by Judd Apatow, the crass comedic mind behind the likes of Superbad, Knocked Up, and Bridesmaids, Girls refuses to play by the rules of the usual cosmopolitan rom-com.

The first season centers mainly on the trials and tribulations of 24-yearold Hannah, who struggles to make it as a writer in the big city after her parents cut her off financially at the start of the pilot episode. Relying on the emotional and monetary support of her gallery girl roommate Marnie (Allison Williams), Hannah loses an internship on the grounds of technological illiteracy, quits her next job because she sexually harasses her boss (after he supposedly does the same to her), and ends up working in a coffee shop.

In addition to these professional woes, Hannah is “13 pounds overweight,” which she believes to be one of her major life struggles, and her serious college boyfriend has recently come out as gay.

Although the new HBO program’s premise, which centers on four female friends making their way through life in the Big Apple, may seem at first like just another Sex and the City knockoff, the similarities between the two HBO shows start and end there.

For one thing, Girls’ leading lady, Hannah (played by Dunham herself),

First Firefly Festival lights up stage: The Killers, Black Keys headline a magical threeday music fest in Dover

by stephanie dodge There’s Lollapalooza in Chicago, Bonnaroo in Tennessee, and now Firefly in Delaware—or at least, that’s what the Firefly Festival’s organizers are aiming for.

“Welcome to the Woodlands” signs greeted music lovers from up and down the coast as fans arrived en masse to experience the three-day event.

And what a welcome it was. A perfect location, smoothly run logistics and a friendly vibe made for Firefly’s electric debut.

Advertising itself as the East Coast’s premier music experience, the first Firefly Festival, held this July at an 87-acre site known as The Woodlands, delivered just that with an outstanding lineup featuring Jack White, The Killers and The Black Keys.

Organizers clearly used Firefly’s newness as a positive rather than a negative and had learned from longstanding festivals’ mistakes. The festival’s location in Dover, the capital of “The Small

Wonder,” was almost ideal. The festival was close enough to the coast that attendees didn’t roast in sweltering heat, and buses were able to travel to the concert from as far south as Richmond. The event appealed to fans looking for the vibe of an urban day festival and those who sought out a full-on rural campout by offering day tickets and camping options.

Additionally, the stages were perfectly laid out for zero sound interference, with the woodlands separating the two halves of the festival. This lack of interference was crucial, as it would have been a huge shame to miss the amazing music that was playing. Firefly rocked and rolled for three days straight, and any music lover would have been in paradise.

Silversun Pickups, Death Cab, AWOLNATION, Bassnectar, Modest Mouse, Lupe Fiasco, Walk the Moon, Young the Giant, the Head and the Heart and many more took to the stage in the first of what will hopefully be many Firefly Festivals.

Still, as every festivalgoer knows, it’s not just the music that makes the experience, but also the people you meet and hang out with between sets.

Firefly acknowledged this outdoor concert truth by setting up meeting places, such as a vintage style arcade and an area of hammocks in the woods where people could relax between performances.

And if hunger struck you or one of your new friends, it was no problem: Firefly provided food of all prices, qualities and ethnicities.

Many of the bands acknowledged the festival’s newness, welcoming the audiences to the first Firefly Festival by saying they hoped there would be many more to come.

As I walked back from the Jack White concert through the seemingly magical woodlands—delightfully decorated with hanging lanterns—while the entire crowd sang the famous opening guitar strings of “Seven Nation Army,” I had a feeling that the bands had nothing to fear—this was only the beginning.

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has virtually nothing in common with Carrie Bradshaw, the savvy socialite at the fore of Sex and the City. As her relentlessly awkward relationship with oddball actor Adam (Adam Driver) demonstrates, Hannah is anything but a pro when it comes to romance and sex.

Thanks in large part to a messy web of relationships, Hannah makes Carrie Bradshaw seem like an absolute bore. Her friendships are all fraught with tension and disorder.

In addition to coping with a nasty split from former best friend Marnie, Hannah struggles to get along with the constantly nervous Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet), who believes that her biggest baggage is still having her virginity. Then there is the unpredictable Jessa (Jemima Kirke), who ends the season as a married woman, curiously attached to the seemingly unstable yet wealthy Thomas-John (Chris O’Dowd).

As for the rest of the show’s characters, similarly annoying obstacles stand in the way of almost all of their goals. Shoshanna, for example, who could not be more desperate to give away her V-card, cannot seem to find a suitable sexual partner.

This is despite the fact that Roy, one of the show’s supporting players, has an obvious crush on her from the start.

During the highlight of Shoshanna’s story she accidentally smokes crack instead of marijuana, only to have a panic attack and run away from Roy, her designated “crack spirit guide.”

Each character shines a new light on what it means to be a young adult trying to find oneself in today’s world; as Hannah says in the pilot, “[She] might be the voice of a generation… or at least a voice, of a generation.”

A “lively” adaptation:

All-star cast, expert direction aptly bring thrilling novel to big screen by stephanie dodge After reading Don Winslow’s Savages, watching Oliver Stone’s movie adaptation of the same name, and then reading the recently released prequel, Kings of Cool, all in 48 hours, I realized I was hooked.

The addictive qualities of both the books and the movie are not attributable to an especially intriguing story or a mind-blowing plot twist, but rather to a raw romanticism that somehow manages to take a smart, scathing look at today’s America.

Both the book and the movie are set in present day Southern California and focus on Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch), the two weed-dealing kings of Orange County.

Ben, a Berkeley-educated biologist and Chon, an exNavy Seal, suffer the fate of falling in love with the same girl, Ophelia (O, for short, played by Blake Lively).

When the Baja Cartel (whose leader is played brilliantly by Salma Hayek in the film), kidnaps O after Ben and Chon fail to cooperate with its demands, the story is sent spinning into a dizzying, electrifying plot.

And while the book and its adaptation both demand the

suspension of disbelief at certain points, this intense tale never fails to deliver fast-paced entertainment.

The story’s serious gore and raunchy sex scenes create a literary landscape of pure entertainment at its best. There is also a sense of depth that lends the tale a complementary atmosphere of intelligence. And even though the initial novel’s film adaptation and prequel fail to achieve or reproduce the soaring quality of the original, all in all, the trio definitely warrants its audience’s attention.

As viewers of the film squirm in their seats and struggle to shield their eyes from the sights of sawed-off limbs, the meaning behind the project’s title becomes imminently clear; this is not your everyday, run-of-themill romantic drama, and the camera does a remorseless job of placing the audience right in the midst of maddening violence. If gore is not for you, then be warned: Savages will make you uncomfortable.

Lively, Kitsch, and Johnson play the three leading characters adequately in the film adaptation, but the supporting performances of Hayek, John Travolta, and Benicio del Toro truly make

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the movie. These acting tours de force, combined with Stone’s vast directorial talent, elevate a sometimes dubious plot and an admittedly corny script to a point of surprisingly high quality.

In addition to the film’s acting credits, one of the best features of both the book and the movie is the wide array of pop culture and political references. Winslow will have you rolling over with laughter from his book, and fortunately, some of his great humor carries into the movie.

The film adaptation would have benefitted greatly from a higher dosage of comedy, since seeing violence and bloodshed explode onscreen almost demands complementary and calming moments of comic relief. At times, Stone’s movie strays too far from the mold of the black comedy, whereas the original novel succeeds largely because of its incisive wit.

Nevertheless, Savages works well as a film for the most part, and its hefty offering of technical and dramatic skills makes it a surefire winner for those brave souls who seek a smart piece of entertainment and aren’t afraid of a bit of blood and guts.

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Football | London to announce depth chart Monday Continued from page B1 the passing game, that surplus creates more opportunity than controversy. Senior Perry Jones and redshirt sophomore Kevin Parks compliment each other with a smash-and-dash rushing style that ranked fourth in the ACC in yards last year.

“At the running back group, we like to see ourselves as the focal point of the offense,” Jones said. “We know we have everybody that played running back last year back this year, so everybody is just going to step it

up some more this year.”

Although Jones and Parks, along with sophomores Clifton Richardson and Khalek Shepherd, created a formidable foursome in the backfield, the 2011 team’s rushing success began with the five players in front.

While Virginia rotated tailbacks, it fielded the same starting five offensive linemen for all 13 games last season. These veterans paved the way for more than 2000 rushing yards.

The Cavaliers lost All-American guard Austin Pasztor and established center Anthony

Mihota from that group, but t h e y r e t a i n s e n i o r s O d ay Aboushi and junior Morgan Moses, two tackles who can play from either side of the line.

Both Aboushi and Moses were included on the 2012 Outland Trophy Watch-list, an award that recognizes the country’s best interior linemen. The two were Virginia’s first Cavalier players included since Eugene Monroe, a later top-10 NFL draft pick, and London believes his pair of tackles can emerge as the conference’s best.

“When you have two guys that

play both positions, left and right, the notoriety they’ve garnered is based on accomplishment on the field,” London said.

“Their skill level... does make them at least in consideration for being the best pair.”

As a senior, Jones recognizes that such a strong returning core presents the offense with a unique opportunity. With such an experienced unit, Jones sees the biggest challenges as less about physical skills and starting quarterbacks, and more about ensuring the players live up to their potential.

“We feel good with the players that we have coming back on offense,” Jones said. “The thing that I want to improve on is not even anything physical, but being the leader of this team and bringing these younger guys along. I just want make sure [of] what the goals of the team are, and I want to be the person that gets to that point.”

This is the first in a four-part series previewing the 2012 Virginia football team. An analysis of the defense will run Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Swimming | 11 U.Va. athletes compete at London games Continued from page A1 “We are a very close team, and we’re all pretty good friends,” McLean said. “So to compete on a relay at that level with not only teammates but good friends is really special.”

The next day was Perdue’s turn for gold.

Perdue led off her relay with a 1:58.07 split, putting the U.S. second at the 200 mark. Teammates Shannon Vreeland, Allysa Anderson and Dana Vollmer followed, producing the best time of the qualifying round at 7:50.75. Later the same day, Franklin and Allison Schmitt teamed with Vollmer and Vreeland to break the Olympic record and allowed Perdue to earn Virginia’s second gold.

“What an unbelievable night.

I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to contribute to a gold medal relay today,” Perdue said in a statement after the race. “The relay tonight was phenomenal. It was so exciting being able to cheer them on tonight and sharing the ultimate prize, an Olympic gold medal, with all six girls! Each one of us has worked incred-

ibly hard for this moment and I could not be more proud of my USA teammates.”

McLean, Perdue and Sauerbrunn were not the only Cavalier teammates competing in London. Eleven current and former Cavaliers competed in six different Olympic sports, including five athletes representing the University’s perennial powerhouse swimming program. Fellow swimmers Katya Bachrouche and David Karasek represented Lebanon and Switzerland, respectively.

Cavalier freshman Yannick Kaeser also swam for Switzerland. Seniors Paige Selenski and Michelle Vitesse played together on the 12th-place U.S. field hockey team.

In addition, 2008 alumnus Somdev Devvarman played for India in tennis, and 2010 alumna Inge Janssen rowed for the Netherlands. 2006 graduate Will Coleman competed for the United States in equestrian, a sport for which Virginia does not have a varsity team.

The swimmers’ gold medals add to an already long list of accolades Virginia has earned during swimming coach Mark

B e r n a r d i n o ’s c a r e e r .

McLean, who twice earned ACC Swimmer of the Year honors and won a national title in the 500-yard freestyle, credited the University for providing a foundation to succeed at the international level. He intends to return to Charlottesville in order to be under Bernardino’s tutelage again.

“I think the reason I did make the team is because I swam at U.Va, I would absolutely give [the proCourtesy of Tim Binning/The Swim Pictures gram] most of the credit, if not all,” McLean said. Senior Lauren Perdue earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the qualifying heat for “Mark [Bernardino] is, the 4x200-meter relay.

I think, one of the best the 2010 and 2011 ACC Swimcoaches in the country. He sports’ grandest stage. mer of the Year opted for sur“I really missed the team provided me the base, skills and knowledge that I needed and the team atmosphere, but gery to relieve the ailment. to take everything to the next Urbanchek is a great coach out She underwent the procedure in California. It was good to be in March, missing the NCAA level.”

During the year between leav- with him,” McLean said. “For Championships and putting her ing Virginia and the build-up the whole year, I wanted to do status for June’s Olympic Trials to the Olympic Trials, McLean everything I felt like I needed to in question.

But Perdue swam back into trained under Jon Urbancheck do in order achieve my goals.” shape to reach the London 2012 Perdue, on the other hand, at the Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team in California. His experi- remained at Virginia, where goal she shared with her fellow ence may epitomize the com- she has one more year of eli- Cavaliers, three of whom made mitment each Cavalier must gibility. After a difficult season the trip back to the United make to punch his ticket to battling a lingering back injury, States as Olympic champions.

Baseball |‘It was Omaha. That is what we wanted,’ Fisher says Continued from page B1 and affirmed its spot as one of the nation’s best baseball programs. As then-sophomore shortstop Chris Taylor rocked a single to center field to plate two and send his team to Omaha, Fisher exulted.

“I was going nuts in the restaurant,” he said. “I had that kind of excitement when I wasn’t even there and I didn’t even know the players personally.”

In his first season at the University, Fisher overcame a slow start to lead his team with seven home runs while playing alongside Taylor. He was selected to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Louisville Slugger Freshman AllAmerica teams.

During this year’s NCAA tournament, an anxious Fisher again sat on the edge of his seat — this time in the Cavalier dugout — as he watched the Cavaliers begin a rally that felt all too familiar. The team tried to chase down Oklahoma in a June 4 elimination game for Virginia, and freshman catcher Nate Irving hit a one-out single. Senior second baseman Keith Werman did the same. Trailing 5-1 entering the ninth inning, a single by Taylor brought the tying run to the plate with one out.

With two outs, junior third baseman Stephen Bruno sent a lazy fly ball to right field for what looked

to be the final out of the 2012 season. Instead, the ball dropped and Fisher’s mind began to race as he left the on-deck circle for the batter’s box.

“What went through my head is we’re just meant to win this game, so we’re gonna win — somehow, some way this is going to fall in our favor,” Fisher said. “When I was in the batter’s box, I was thinking, ‘Alright, this is the exact same feeling that [Taylor] had against Irvine.”

With an opportunity to cap another improbable season-saving rally and prove to the college baseball world that — no matter how inexperienced or unproven its roster is — Virginia can never be overlooked, Fisher hit a slow tapper on the ground. He bolted for first, running the most important 90 feet of his life.

But Fisher’s foot made contact with the bag an instant too late.

The ball beat him by half a step, silencing the near-miraculous comeback and sending Virginia packing for the offseason wondering what might have been. They will never know for sure.

“For everyone who steps onto this field and onto this campus, it was understood that it was Omaha; that is what we wanted to do,” Fisher said. “We wanted to win a National Championship regardless of how people viewed us in the community.”

After Virginia lost several key contributors on the pitching staff, most ACC coaches were convinced it was not a team to be feared entering the season. Starters Danny Hultzen, Tyler Wilson and Will Roberts and top position players John Hicks and Steven Proscia were all picked in the MLB Draft and departed, and the Cavaliers were ranked in a tie for third out of six Coastal Division teams in the ACC Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

A slow start to the season buoyed the perception that 2012 would be a transition year for the Cavaliers, a chance for the young nucleus to get its feet wet out of a pressurepacked environment. Virginia lost more games in the season’s first two months than they had in the entire previous season.

By early May, however, it became clear this team had more firepower than many had believed. Led by a strong core of freshmen hitters, a solid cast of veteran infielders and an overlooked stable of powerpitching arm, Virginia won its final four regular season ACC series and two-of-three games in the ACC Tournament. Making the postseason became a benchmark rather than the finish line.

“As we grew and matured as a group especially with some of our younger guys, as we learned what it took to be successful in college baseball, you started seeing that reflected in our play on the field,

and it just kept growing and growing,” Irving said.

The late-season surge and impressive showing in the ACC Tournament had given the team a belief that a deep postseason run was within their grasp. For the first time all season, the college baseball world seemed to agree.

Charlottesville was chosen as one of 16 host sites for the double-elimination Regional stage of the 64-team NCAA Tournament, marking the ninth straight year Virginia has qualified under coach Brian O’Connor and the team’s 12th appearance overall. The 2012 squad was unique among O’Connor’s previous eight tournament teams, however, in that it alone outperformed modest preseason expectations rather than just attaining its own sterling standards.

In the NCAA opener against Army, sophomore ace Branden Kline shut down the Black Knights to earn his seventh win of the season in the 9-1 victory. Just 24 hours later, the Cavaliers bowed out of the postseason as quickly as they had emerged as contenders.

With a chance to advance to a fourth consecutive Super Regional, the Cavaliers instead suffered two defeats on the same day for the first time since 2008. Two frantic comeback bids against Appalachian State and Oklahoma fell one run short after falling behind by

six and four runs respectively.

“I think if a couple of things had gone our way, a couple of bounces, a couple of plays here and there, different things may have happened,” Irving said. “I think last year’s team definitely could have competed for a College World Series. We can’t be disappointed with our effort but we can learn from the outcome.”

Several key figures from the 2012 squad played their final game in a Virginia uniform during the loss to the Sooners. Four players were drafted and signed in the MLB draft including Kline, a second-round selection by the Baltimore Orioles; Taylor, a fifthround choice by the Seattle Mariner; Bruno, taken in the seventh round by the Chicago Cubs; and pitcher Shane Halley, a 20thround selection by the Kansas City Royals. Senior second baseman Keith Werman went undrafted and signed a free agent deal with the Seattle Mariners.

Although the departures leave Virginia with holes to fill in the infield and at the top of the rotation, the postseason experience will give the sophomore-laden team a strong foundation to build on.

“That feeling when our season was actually over, I think that’s just going to be motivation for the offseason,” Fisher said. “Not just for me, but for the team.”

Bartee | Boland needs national title to complete coaching career Continued from page B1 pect for much of the season.

After doubles, however, thunderstorms delayed the start of singles for more than two hours, eventually forcing the match to move indoors. USC came back to win 4-2 and claimed its fourth consecutive national title just before 1 a.m., after an almost eight-hour match.

U.Va. returned home emptyhanded once again, and Boland faced the same question: when will he win his first national title?

Boland’s coaching prowess is unquestioned. After taking the helm of a middle of the pack ACC squad in 2002, Boland has turned Virginia into a national powerhouse. A six-time ACC Coach of the Year and the 2008 ITA National Coach of the Year, he is the active leader in ACC titles with eight in his 11-year tenure — all past Virginia coaches combine for a total of zero.

Since coming to Charlottesville in 2002, Boland boasts an astonishing 303-47 record while also never suf-

fering a losing season.

Boland built this program and did so in a very short amount of time; he clearly ranks among the best of his peers. But does he need the national title to validate his coaching career? Absolutely.

Although the always calm and collected Boland has told me that winning — or not winning — an NCAA Championship will not define him as a coach, I don’t believe for a second that he’s content going down as one of the greatest to never win the big one, like NBA Hall of Famers Don Nelson and Jerry Sloan. No great competitor settles for second place, and though Boland stresses that you can only control your preparation, not the outcome, I think he wants a championship more than he’s willing to publicly admit.

But one of the best parts about running a powerhouse program is sustained dominance, derived from the ability to reload year after year. Despite a bitter ending to last year’s season, Boland may

be poised to make his strongest push yet at the national championship.

Though the Cavaliers graduated five players, only captains Drew Courtney and Philippe Oudshoorn were regular contributors. Of the six 2012 Cavaliers singles starters, five are returning, with the only loss being Courtney on the fourth court. Senior captain Jarmere Jenkins, sophomore phenom Mitchell Frank, and junior Alex Domijan, all three highly ranked in the nation, will return to their top-three spots for the Cavaliers in 2013.

Nationally ranked junior Justin Shane will most likely move up to the fourth court, while Julen Uriguen, who was in and out of the lineup at times last year, should remain in a starting role for his senior season.

The sixth starter could be junior Ian Uriguen, Julen’s younger brother, or seniors Dino Dell’Orto or Brian Fang. But since none of the three have seen significant collegiate action, a newcomer could

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also very well fill out the starting roster.

Boland has signed possibly his best recruiting class yet, ranked first by tennisrecruiting.net. Four of the six incoming American recruits are blue chippers, including No. 2 overall recruit Mac Styslinger and No. 17 Ryan Shane, Justin’s younger brother. Jonathan Cornish from England will also join next year’s squad and is among the top international players entering college this season.

In addition to a more experienced squad, the Cavaliers will likely benefit from USC graduating two nationally ranked starters.

Both two-time NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson and former No. 21 Daniel Nguyen were four-year starters. The duo leaves behind gaping holes in the top half of the Trojan lineup, as well as in the team’s leadership.

USC returns two sophomores and two juniors to the starting lineup, while its roster is devoid of seniors. The team must turn

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to freshmen, but Max De Vroome from the Netherlands is currently listed as their only 2012 commitment.

The time has never looked better for the Cavaliers to avenge their losses and dethrone the four-time defending champs.

And if I can come to that conclusion, I know Boland must be aware of the opportunity as well.

There’s always the very real possibility of perennial contenders such as Ohio State, UCLA, Georgia, Duke or Stanford outplaying both the Trojans and the Cavaliers for the championship, especially as the latter three programs boast top-10 2012 recruiting classes. But after losing three times in the semifinals and twice in the finals during the past six years, I believe 2013 is finally Boland’s time.

I’m writing my article in advance this spring: “Virginia Cavaliers, 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Champions.”

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