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U.Va. students mobilize vote

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Fourth years sacrifice academics, extracurriculars, jobs, embrace upcoming presidential election

By Emily Hutt

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University students welcomed a chance to enjoy the first hints of fall Monday, putting behind them last weekend’s stormy weather.

As the 2012 presidential election approaches, pundits are speculating about whether young voters will turn out in large numbers, as they did four years ago. Some students, however, who have chosen to devote their time this semester to work on political campaigns and with political organizations, have no doubts about the importance of the youth vote.

To them this election takes precedence over academic and personal commitments. These students have committed to internships in campaign offices, and some have even taken this semester off to focus entirely on

campaigning, said fourth-year College student James Schwab, president of the University Democrats.

“Every election is important but this year especially,” Schwab said. “It’s important that we hold [leaders] accountable.”

Fourth-year College student Gracie Burger, who interns for Organizing for America — a grassroots organization promoting the policy goals of the Obama administration — knows just how critical this year’s election is. Burger quit one of her jobs and is taking fewer classes to compensate for the increased time commitment working on a Please see Elections, Page A3

Collaborators launch contest OpenGrounds, Vonage competition requests social messaging ideas, offers $25,000 prize money

By Monika Fallon and Anna Milligan

Cavalier Daily Senior Writer and Staff Writer University students hoping to voice their ideas about the future of social messaging will now be able to, thanks to a partnership unveiled Monday night between the University’s OpenGrounds initiative and national communications company Vonage. OpenGrounds aims to bring together thinkers and researchers in a studio space on the Corner.

The competition asks students to pitch their ideas about the next generation of social messaging. The top three ideas will share the $25,000 prize money to implement their ideas with

Vonage’s help.

“It allows Vonage to tap into the collective knowledge that we have in the University,” said Assoc. Architecture Prof. Bill Sherman, the director of OpenGrounds.

The announcement of the winners is not the end, though. The winners will have to commercialize their ideas as part of the competition, said Marc Lefar, the company’s chief executive officer.

“I’m hopeful that we will see things that include ways to interface, that we might see hardware, that we might hear and see ideas that go beyond basic general social messaging,” Please see Contest, Page A3

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University students gathered on the steps of the Rotunda Monday evening to hear about OpenGrounds’ and Vonage’s new social messaging competition, which would commercialize the winners’ concepts.

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University receives $18.5 million for five years to develop self-powered nanotechnologies; N.C. State houses health research center

cognitive disease

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Foundation awards grant Minorities risk

By Joseph Liss

Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Leader The National Science Foundation has awarded the University a five-year, $18.5 million grant to fund a research center for self-powered health devices in partnership with three other schools, the University announced last week in a press release. The center will be headquartered at N.C. State. University researchers, working with N.C. State, Penn State and Florida International University, hope to use innovations in nanotechnology to create tiny health monitoring devices powered by the human body, said Veena Misra, an electrical engineering and computer sciences professor at N.C. State and the lead researcher on the project.

Members of the public will be able to keep tabs on their physiology using, for example,

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a chest patch or a wristband they would wear like a watch.

“We want to make an impact in global health challenges … that work[s] to empower the user,” Misra said.

The University will receive about $2.5 million of the total grant to fund three engineering researchers, seven graduate students and numerous undergraduate study opportunities, said John Lach, a professor of electrical and computer engineering.

University researchers, led

by Benton Calhoun, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, will work to design a systems circuit to efficiently harness energy from the human body, Misra said.

Under Lach another group of researchers will create devices doctors and nurses will be able to use for patients with asthma, heart conditions and other ailments.

The teams expect to have working demo devices ready by the second year of the project so they can use the remaining three years to improve the product design, Misra said.

“We have a pretty aggressive timeline,” Misra said.

Because the $18.5 million in funding comes from taxpayers, Misra said the researchers were focused on building America’s edge in nanotechnology for medical devices and creating opportunities for collaborations with industry and startups.

“The way these centers are structured, there is very strong industry ecosystem, [so] any ideas that come out of the center can then be translated to the marketplace,” Misra said.

The foundation could renew the grant for an additional five years, but the project must be self-sustaining after 10 years.

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Research has established that African Americans and other minority groups are more likely to suffer vascular problems, which are associated with the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. But primary caregivers may not be adequately identifying warning signs of dementia, according to a University statement released last week.

The problem is the subject of the bulk of the research done by Assistant Nursing Prof.

Ishan Williams, who recently won a $40,000 one-year grant for the study, funded by the Alzheimer’s and Related Disease Research Award Fund.

Williams wants to determine whether untreated vascular problems make it more likely for mild cognitive impairment to develop into advanced dementia in African Americans.

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“If we can better understand what vascular risk factors are more strongly associated with mild cognitive impairment of early dementia, we can develop specific strategies to prevent — and protect — some of our most vulnerable populations,” Williams said in the statement.

Should Williams’ hypothesis prove true, primary-care physicians could preemptively test African Americans with vascular problems for early signs of cognitive degeneration. “[Our study] will boost our ability to understand the critical features that might predict, and ultimately delay the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease,” Williams said.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | The Cavalier Daily

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TODAY High of 78˚

TONIGHT Low of 53˚

TOMORROW High of 81˚

TOMORROW NIGHT Low of 54˚

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Get your sunglasses and sneakers ready! The next several days will contain copious amounts of sun and comfortable temperatures as a high pressure system stays over most of central Virginia until early Saturday morning. Enjoy highs in the upper 70s along with lows down near 50. Northwesterly winds will remain between 5-10 mph, a gentle fall breeze, for most of the week. Take advantage of this beautiful weather while it lasts.

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Elections | ‘There’s a lot at stake,’ Griffiths says Continued from page A1 political campaign entails.

It’s not just Obama supporters who are committing their time to elect their candidate of choice. At the Romney for President campaign, interns averaged 5,000 calls a week, fourth-year College student Kate Martin said. Martin com-

pleted her economics major during the summer to allow her to work as much as possible on the Romney campaign during peak campaign season.

Campaigning requires more than just endless calls, however. Fourth-year College student Camilla Griffiths, a fellow for Obama for America, said her duties of organizing, can-

vassing and registering voters require full-time dedication.

But this year’s election is an important one, Griffiths said.

“There’s a lot at stake for the youth in this election,” she said.

And University students know that. The College Republicans enjoyed record turnout at their last information session, said

Rory Stolzenberg, vice chairman of the College Republicans and fourth-year College student.

Stolzenberg’s own involvement in the Romney campaign has increased in recent weeks.

“Getting student volunteers out to the campaigns ... is the way to win [this] election,” he said.

But there are still those who believe political engagement among youth has decreased since 2008.

Politics Prof. Larry Sabato said in an email that although residual effects of the surge in student activism from four years ago linger, turnout of 18-24 year olds will decline, as will support for Obama.

Contest | University to announce winners in November Continued from page A1 Lefar said. Third-year Com-

merce student Lance Guthrie said he would probably participate but that he had not heard

very much about the competition beforehand.

OpenGrounds will announce

the contest’s finalists at the end of November. First, second and third place winners will be

awarded $15,000, $7,000 and $3,000 respectively to fund their ideas.

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Collaborative Leadership A conversation with Jeffrey Walker and Harry Harding Thursday, September 13 12—1:30pm, Garrett Great Hall Lunch provided Jeffrey Walker is the former Chairman and CEO of CCMP Capital (CCMP). CCMP is the $12 billion successor to JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), JPMorgan Chase & Co's global private equity group with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Walker is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. He served on the board of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation for twelve years, serving as Chairman for three, and is Chairman of UVA Council on Foundations. He graduated with a BS from the UVA and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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Opinion Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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

—Thomas Jefferson

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Climbing up the walls Students should heed the University’s warnings about scaling the Rotunda scaffolding Dumb kids, apparently thinking the University lacked for a playground, have taken to climbing the Rotunda scaffolding during late hours at night.

Whether as part of the parkour fetish, or an extension to typical Lawn-streaking duties, scaling the Rotunda has become something of a dangerous habit. Now the University is shelling out more than $100,000 for additional measures to guard against such ascent. The University will continue to pay, and eventually, so will an unfortunate student, until we do the more courageous thing and acknowledge how pointlessly reckless it is to go up the side of old buildings.

The administration should not be faulted for providing too much security. Nor is the Rotunda typically guarded so heavily – Dean of Students Allen Groves said in an email last week that only one police officer was present during the summer rallies for University President Teresa Sullivan that took place in a similar area. The University has only escalated measures to keep up with our stubborn mischief.

The scaffolding was first erected for the use of construction. Then a green net was placed over it to make things harder for students who thought they were spider-men. Students were still undeterred.

Next, the University placed motion-sensor lights to reveal climbing students in twilight. This technology having failed, the University resorted to oldfashioned human footpower and hired private security. Hours for this patrol were increased because

students would outwait the guard. Throughout this, Sullivan and other officials have been calling for us to come down.

There are really no reasons why students should want to climb the Rotunda. On their first trespassing, they face a warning and charges from the University Judiciary Committee; on their second, arrest. As Sullivan pointed out, there are better places to climb, including the bouldering wall at the recreation center, not to mention any of the mountains encircling town. If you want a view, there are better views; if you want fun, there are better times to be had.

What grappling up the Rotunda does offer is danger. Some might say the scaffolding is stable and used daily by workers. But those construction personnel are experienced and above all working in daylight. The structure itself has less to do with safety than the nature of the people who use it. If students are misguided enough to want to climb the Rotunda, chances are they will use equally poor judgment when mounting the thing and slip.

A student fell to his death from the Physics Building in March 2011. So the University is not just playing in loco parentis; it is legitimately concerned, there is a history here, and the length it has gone to ramp up security is not to thwart but instead to protect us.

Ultimately, the only appeal for climbing the Rotunda would be thinking it’s a cool thing to do; should someone tell you as much, don’t be stupid enough to believe it.

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Featured online reader comment “As the board notes, the University was rowdy before all of them came here. The increased enforcement is because the suggested ‘civil conversation’ has been tried repeatedly. The 55 dB limit is at the property line.

Improve the soundproofing and move the parties inside.

University students living in residential neighborhoods need to grow up a little and become good neighbors. I live thee houses down from a house routinely rented by students. In the past few years they’ve had several parties that extended in to the evening, and were even outside, and never once did the noise get objectionable.

It is possible for students, and student parties, to coexist.

Those arguing that the limits, and enforcement are inappropriate are behaving like the self-entitled children that students are stereotyped to be. Those who continue to violate reasonable noise limits are simply rude.”

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A question of honor

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Despite efforts in education and the workplace, Middle Eastern women fall victim to extreme definitions of honor

A R L Y L A S T cases of rape, virginity loss and w e e k , a w o m a n extramarital affairs. Whatever i n E a s t e r n T u r k e y “honor” actually means, one s e v e r e d t h e h e a d o f h e r thing is for certain: This parrapist before hanging it in the ticular brand favors men over women. village square So, according to to show to the DENISE TAYLOR her statement, the community. The OPINION COLUMNIST woman beheaded woman, already a her rapist not out mother, stated that she had to kill the “one toying of anger, but out of a quest to with [her] honor” to reclaim her restore her honor. By brutally respect and so that her children asserting her victory in a public could go to school without being setting, she preemptively struck a society that may have cast ridiculed.

What is unique about this case dishonor upon her for her own is that the victim’s retribution rape. To report to the police — was far more than an act of ven- however civic — would have geance. The woman in question maintained the “stain” on her was as much a victim of rape as honor, and to keep quiet would she was a victim of “honor”: a have been to do nothing. In cornerstone principle in Islamic other words, her reporting would have caused her at least societies.

And as evidenced in this case, as much discredit as his crime, the notion of “honor” can coex- and possibly even more.

Even though the woman now ist with the principle of civil law in even the most modern Islamic faces a murder trial, several nations. Though its true defini- in Turkey and elsewhere have tion varies from one scholar to cited her brutality as something another, most Islamic societies that had to happen in order for use “honor” as a benchmark in cases like this to be recognized.

As Americans, we are careful Once these are achieved, we tell about touching on these topics, ourselves that the culture will for fear of offending a culture reflect it.

But as we see here, the discrimor making crude generalizaination goes tions. While much deeper it is true that “In order to fully than that. the majority of understand the East, No amount Turkey’s popuof schooling lation, along the Western perception could have with those of of Eastern society must restored this most other take into account that woman’s Middle Eastern countries, does the status of women will honor in her c o m m u n i t y. not operate not improve with justice, N o r w o u l d under strictly education or intervenhave any line Islamic notions of gender roles, tion. Rather, a permanent of work.

Contrary the U.S. is still change in the culture is to the Westuneasy as to needed.” ern belief, how it should education address the and custom behavior.

Here in the United States, we aren’t mutually exclusive. In have a skewed notion of what fact, women living under Islatrue freedom is for Islamic mist governments in Iran and women. Philanthropic efforts Saudi Arabia are encouraged to like those of Greg Mortenson pursue careers, participate in give us the idea that everything government and have some of will be “fixed” once Muslim the same rights as men have on woman have equal opportuni- paper. But although they may ties in work and education. seem completely liberated, sto-

ries like this have shown us that many Middle Eastern women remain socially, culturally and sexually restricted. The truth is that many Islamic women face no real progression, just a carefully formed neopatriarchy.

And in the case of the Turkish woman, the neopatriarchy persists. Though her crime was clear in the eyes of the state, by killing her rapist she attempted to gain back the honor she had lost: a cause, which, for her, was well worth the time in prison.

In order to fully understand the East, the Western perception of Eastern society must take into account that the status of women will not improve with justice, education or intervention. Rather, a permanent change in the culture is needed.

For Middle Eastern women, only a freedom from “honor” will be a freedom from the system.

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

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

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A fourth-year trustee advises students to maintain their physical well-being

N THE United States, stop opposed to driving to find the lights transition from red last Corner spot. Play pick- up t o g r e e n . I n Ge r many, basketball or drop in on a traffic lights are red and yellow Zumba class. Run through the simultaneously, just before Engineering Way straightaway, climb up Mount turning green.

McCormick, breeze From high school MICHAEL R. BOONE through the Lawn to college, we FOURTH-YEAR TRUSTEE Portico, circle experience a the Rotunda, and similar start, one cruise back down McCormick. with a forewarning.

You are in the cockpit enter- I just discovered this fulfilling the first curve of college, ing route this year. Find what which is often the first leg of works for you. Make sure not independence for “racers.” to miss joining an intramural Naturally, we are “lead-footed,” squad to build the committaking blind hairpins of rigor- ment. Motivate yourself with ous courses and leadership friends and music. My favorite opportunities. Pursuing an quick pick activity is to shoot undergraduate degree at the free throws late at night at the University rivals racing in a AFC. Regardless, stay fit; it is Formula One Championship. proven to help you think and My best prescription in taking, feel better.

Eat and drink well: refuel. not just reaching, your next series of checkered flags, is to Your diet is critical to sustaining you in hours of lecture. take care of yourself.

Exercise. These are your time Put down the cheeseburger trials. Make physical activity a and fries and step away from routine weekly component. Do the dining hall pizza. Trust not let the slump of inactivity me; it will be there tomorrow overcome you. Quick alterna- and every day until graduatives include walking or riding tion. Don’t be afraid to become your bicycle to the Corner as acquainted with the salad bar.

Try new entrées. Most impor- They parallel checking your tantly, read the nutrient facts. rearview mirror and rallying Eat regularly at consistent times the pit crew along each circuit. to curb a healthy appetite. Pack I advise you to do so often. a snack (or two) to help supple- Make time for yourself. Famous cosmetic comment between pany, L’oréal, meals. Finally, what I struggle “My best prescription in c a p t u r e s i t best: “Because with most: drink taking, not just you’re worth w a t e r . Wa t e r reaching, your next it.” You’re not cleanses, fills a n d p r o c e s s e s series of checkered flags, a n t i - s o c i a l ; you’re worth the non-pyramid is to take care of it. food garbage we yourself.”

I never realintake. ized until my Clean up: scrub, third-year rinse and repeat.

Reflect what you represent how indispensable my quiet and desire to accomplish. This time was. You need it daily. For one is kind of a given, but five minutes, stop what you are friends, some of you “podium doing and take a break. Think. position-ers” still amaze me. Pray. Read. Be Grateful. Reflect.

Keep it fresh and crisp. Don’t Take rest. On that note, I take dress up what needs a good deserved, uninterrupted “holy old fashioned wash up. Your naps” on Sunday. You were not body will thank you for the 15 created equal to the Energizer minute shower and so will your Bunny. Take a mental time-out.

Finally, find community. Comentourage, your pedestrian peloton. Washing, and inex- munity stabilizes your cornertricably linked grooming, are ing in the difficult Nürburgrings, accelerates you through both necessities.

In U.S. Army lingo, these last the AVUS straightaways, and two tips are “key and essential.” anchors you in all courses. You

do not have to conform to the drafting syndrome, hanging out with only those that physically race around you near dorms or in class. I challenge you to get involved. Reach out to new people. Find people with whom you share interests. Forge a commitment. Make friends; love them and invest in them. I strongly urge you to hang tight with your crew when the pressure builds, when you hydroplane off track and overcorrect with a mistake.

As an extension of that, learn from upperclassmen, professors and other wise counsel. Be mindful of who rotates in your co-pilot seats. Take advantage of the wealth of knowledge and experience that synergistically “revs” the University every day.

As Jerry Seinfeld would agree, “the wheels are in motion.” You can take your next checkered flag with confidence. Stay the course, gripping the steering wheel tight. Ready! Set! Go! Michael R. Boone is a fourthyear trustee.

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MEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

After downing Duke 1-0, defense seeks second-straight shutout Tuesday night

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Cavs battle the Mount Virginia faces Team tries to overcome Northeastern loss, snap William & Mary’s five-game winning streak

By Matt Comey

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team continues its road stint Tuesday night as it faces unbeaten William & Mary at Williamsburg.

The Cavaliers (5-2) return from a weekend trip to East Lansing where they split games against two ranked opponents. In both games the Cavaliers dominated the pace offensively but converted just four of their 42 shots into goals.

“This past weekend was a little bittersweet,” coach Michele Madison said. “We were creating a lot of attack, which is what we needed to do, but we

needed to get a higher percentage attack.”

Virginia opened with a Friday afternoon game against No. 20 Michigan State. The Spartans (3-3) showed off their defensive prowess, limiting the Cavaliers to only one goal during regulation despite numerous offensive opportunities. Redshirt senior Paige Selenski scored the lone goal 90 seconds into the game, but the Cavaliers were ultimately held to fewer than two regulation goals for the first time all season.

“If you look at the stats, we’re dominating and we’re getting penetration in the circle, but Please see Field Hockey, Page B3

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Senior forward Will Bates scored in the 58th minute against Duke Saturday, netting the game’s lone goal and his first of the year. Bates missed the last six games of 2011 after suffering a season-ending ACL injury.

By Ben Baskin

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Virginia men’s soccer team continues its six-game homestand Tuesday night as it welcomes Mount St. Mary’s to Klöckner Stadium at 7 p.m.

After winning two of the first three games on their home pitch, the Cavaliers (2-2, 1-0 ACC) do not plan on changing much as they prepare for the Mount.

“It’s the same thing week in and week out,” senior forward Will Bates said. “We’ll take it the same way as always. We don’t really change a whole lot depending on who the opponent is.”

The Cavaliers come off a tight 1-0 victory against Duke last Friday night. The hard-fought

contest proved a propitious ACC opener for the young squad.

“My first reaction [to the game] is, holy smokes,” coach George Gelnovatch said. “It’s great to get three points in [the ACC]. It’s a good start to the conference.”

Virginia rode the strength of its defense as it held the Blue Devils to six total shots, only two of which were on goal. The Cavalier backline sustained injuries to starters Sean Murnane and Zach Carroll but continued to thwart the majority of Duke’s combination plays.

The stellar defense gave Virginia’s attack, which looked strong in possession all game, more than enough time to find the back of the net. In the 58th minute, after a cross into the box from sophomore forward

Chris Somerville, freshman forward Marcus Salandy-Defour, with only one defender to beat, smartly found Bates open to his left for the go-ahead score.

Bates missed the final six games last season with an ACL injury, and the goal was the first of his season. It was also the 35th in his Cavalier career, leaving him only two shy of top-10 in the school’s history.

The finish was clinical and proved Bates’ knee has fully recovered — a good sign for the Cavaliers.

“I feel fine striking the ball any way now,” Bates said. “I don’t have any pain, whether it’s inside of the foot, outside of the foot, or top of the foot.

Nothing’s bothering me anyPlease see M Soccer, Page B3

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Junior back Elly Buckley scored a golden goal in double overtime to hand Virginia a 2-1 win against Michigan State at East Lansing Saturday.

Guilty until proven innocent In our legal system, we place a “Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, burden of proof on the accusing non qui negat.”

I am not a Latin scholar, and party before we find a defenI doubt most of you are either, dant guilty. Unfortunately for Lance Armstrong, but we all know the U.S. Anti-Dopthat phrase.

SEAN MCGOEY ing Agency seems Translated, it to operate predomforms the backbone of one of our most impor- inantly in the court of public tant judicial principles – the opinion.

If you follow sports news, you presumption of innocence. Let me give you the English version probably already know that in and see if you recognize it a June, the USADA charged Armstrong with doping and moved little better: “Innocent until proven guilty.” to have Armstrong stripped of all prizes he has won dating Seem familiar?

back to 1998, including seven Tour de France championships.

The USADA also immediately suspended the seven-time Tour de France winner from any cycling, track and field or running events organized or sanctioned by federations that follow the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Armstrong had begun preparing an appeal to the ban but later withdrew his appeal, an action many have seen as an admission of guilt.

Despite dropping the appeal,

Armstrong has spoken out loudly against the ruling, calling it a “witch hunt,” a “vendetta” and claiming the USADA is out to “dredge up discredited” evidence, despite the fact that the Justice Department chose to drop its criminal doping investigation of Armstrong which was based on the same evidence.

He might have something there.

The first and most important problem with these charges is that Lance Armstrong still has yet to officially fail a drug test.

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Sophomore Tori Janowski tallied 17 assists, 10 digs and a season-high 22 kills to record Virginia’s first triple-double since 2010.

He has been accused of doping by numerous other cyclists but has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

He has never been proven guilty.

Does this mean he never used them? Absolutely not. But negative results suggest the USADA may be grasping at straws in an attempt to make an example of a well-known figure accused of breaking the rules. An appeals panel recently overturned NFL Please see McGoey, Page B3

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Janowski shines despite defeats The Virginia women’s volleyball team lost its first two matches at the Virginia Commonwealth University Invitational this weekend before closing the tournament with a winagainst Appalachian State.

The Cavaliers (4-5, 0-0 ACC) went the full five sets against VCU Friday but fell 15-13 in the deciding game.

The Rams (9-1, 0-0 ACC) took the first game 25-20, but the Cavaliers answered with consecutive 25-19 wins. After winning the fourth set 25-22, VCU opened the fifth with a 7-1 lead.

Virginia roared back to tie at 11-11 but could not complete the comeback.

Sophomore Tori Janowski made the most of a disappointing day for the Cavaliers, recording Virginia’s first triple-double since

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2000. She earned 17 assists and 10 digs to accompany a seasonhigh 22 kills.

After a draining tilt with VCU, Virginia lost 3-0 to Georgetown (6-2, 0-0 Big East) in its first match Saturday.

Freshman Kayla Sear led the team with nine kills, but the Cavaliers committed five more service errors than their opponents.

Virginia salvaged the weekend later that day with a 3-0 victory against the Mountaineers (2-8, 0-0 Southern), 25-18, 25-21, 25-20.

Sophomore Morgan Blair set a new career high of seven blocks, and Janowski earned a doubledouble with 13 kills and 16 assists on her way to being named to the All-Tournament Team.

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Life of Brian History Prof. discusses upbringing, academia, University community

Interview with Professor Balogh, September 9, 2012 Sheila Bushman

Cavalier Daily: Tell me about yourself.

Professor Balogh: I was born in Coral Gables, Florida. I

still root for the Miami Hurricanes, and I also root for U.Va., even when they play the Miami Hurricanes. My parents were professional musicians. Growing up, I was required to play piano and French horn. They wanted me to be a talented musician but said they would shoot me if I became a professional musician. I love playing tennis, and I have played since I was a kid. I played basketball with my colleagues in the history department, until about five years ago when they retired my jersey. I love attending college sports. I’ve gone to almost every U.Va. football game. I live in the country; my objective is to never actually walk on grass, but I think it’s pretty out there.

CD: Tell me about your family.

PB: I have three kids. They’re all scheduled to graduate this

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o continue the trend of have known each other since masking my own life crises conception.

These were the friends with as journalistic endeavors, I decided to write about my whom my brothers and I choexperiences attending a wed- reographed a Spice Girls dance routine ding this weekend. Or — and here lies the root of the life – yes, I said brothers – and crisis — realizing there are only frolicked through childhood. so many more weddings I can For Christmas we still alternate realistically attend before I am houses each year and particiexpected to be the one freaking pate in the best Secret Santa out that the roses are not rose-y since Michael Scott’s “The Office” rendition. enough and that It’s a Punderful Life For all intents and the tablecloths purposes, they are fall two shades ELIZABETH STONEHILL family. short of beige.

So when my Maybe this brothers, the bride’s sister and isn’t a life crisis or a journalisI decided to predict the timing tic endeavor. Instead, I think of our respective marriages, I I just regurgitated the plot of believe it says something that “27 Dresses.” But I’m going they all pegged me to be last. to proceed in the hopes that For full disclosure, this conversomeone out there can relate, sation happened only after the and because my four faithopen bar had been a-flowin’ ful readers – my parents and for at least five hours. We also editors, of course – expect a changed around our list almost completed column.

20 times in between gawking Aside from my cousin’s wedat our parents dancing to Nelly ding, which happened when and replenishing our drinks.

I was in ninth grade, this But still — last? weekend’s ceremony was the In a way, it makes sense. My first wedding I have attended twin brother and I are the with my family. The bride is the daughter of our best family Please see Stonehill, Page B4 friends, so we five children

spring. They’re 24, 22 and 21. My oldest kid goes to VCU and is in the school of fine arts studying ceramics. He also is a budding hiphop star, or so he thinks. My middle son is at U.Va., studying history, and my daughter’s a senior at Longwood, doing a semester abroad in Leiden, Holland. All three of my kids are adopted; they’re all African-American. My wife is an artist; she’s white. It’s been an incredibly enriching experience to be a minority in my own family.

CD: How long have you been at the University, and what was your career path to get here?

PB: 21 years. It was unusual. I worked in government for seven or eight years.

My first real job was doing the welfare budget in Massachusetts for the first caucus administration in Boston. I worked for a politician and ran welfare programs in NYC. I loved working for the government, but I discovered I loved jobs where I was both doing and figuring out how to do them. No one in government actually told me what to do.

I didn’t start graduate school [at Johns Hopkins] in history until I was 30. When I went to graduate school, everyone said, that’s crazy; there are no jobs in history. I expected to come back as the best historian sanitation officer. I was lucky to get a job at Harvard for four years, and I was even luckier to get this job at U.Va. CD: What classes do you teach here?

PB: The two lecture classes that have been most popular are “Viewing America, 1940 to the Present” and “Digitizing America.” In the first, there’s a particular emphasis on how people have viewed history through films, and in the second there’s an emphasis on how digital media has changed how we look at each other as Americans. Both of these classes also provide a general history from 1940 to the present. I also teach a graduate course. It’s been a while since I’ve taught an undergraduate small class.

CD: What are your research interests?

PB: A couple years ago, I published a book called “A Government Out of Sight,” [about] the mystery of national authority in 19th-century America. That was a change for me, because

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PB: Peter Onuf, Ed Ayers and I do a weekly radio story as the American History Guys.

We’ve been in 30 of the 50 major public radio markets on topics like the history of college sports, running this week, to political conventions. Peter is the 18th century guy, Ed is the 19th century guy and I’m the 20th century guy. We take phone calls from around the world. We’ve had about a million and a half downloads. It’s a great way to try to make history accessible and interesting for those who otherwise wouldn’t spend time reading books about history.

CD: What’s your favorite teaching experience/story?

PB: When I was just starting Viewing America, I started it as a start class and limited it to 30 students. Because it was a small class, discussion was important. I had a student who didn’t say a word but she came and met with me during office hours. She was African American from a military family, and there was pressure on her to go to professional school and earn a lot of money. We convinced her to do a little historical research on Charlottesville land records in the 19th century in the summer. She went and got her Ph.D. at Yale and now she’s an assistant professor of history at the University of Michigan. It was nice to see a shy, smart person go into history when she could have Please see History, Page B4

25 things I wish I knew as a first year

ear Class of 2016, Some of you reading this column are already in love with college, Grounds and all things U.Va. Others are probably like I was – you’re adjusting, but you’re missing senior year of high school when you were a big fish in a small pond.

Whichever camp you fall into, I know one thing: You don’t have this place figured out yet and #FirstYearProblems are part of your daily lives, not to mention Twitter feeds.

But fear not: as a reward for picking up The Cavalier Daily or reading it on our amazing new website, I surveyed 834 of my closest (Facebook) friends about things we as second, third and fourth years wish we had known as first years. People will tell you that because I am a fourth year, this is “my year” at the University.

But I believe it is as much your year as mine. Never again will you live so close to classes or have so many friends’ closets to raid. You don’t have to deal with the pressure of finding a job or internship because you just made a major life decision

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I’m really a 20th-century historian. I wanted to discover how we got a large government presence .

There was even more intrusion into Americans’ lives than we have today. I argued that Americans liked government but not bureaucracy. Shrewd politicians have figured out how to deliver government services out of sight. What I’m working on right now, that [the University of Pennsylvania] to publish, is “Between the Cycles: Essays on the Evolution of Governments in 20th Century America.” I write about American attitudes toward governments, the use of experts in policy making and bureaucratic politics.

homecoming won’t be such a and can enjoy it carelessly for novelty. a while. You’re the only class Maybe you love college now of students at the school that or maybe you don’t. Regardunderstands the bus route. It’s less, I promise when you’re my still socially acceptable to use the excuse “I’m a first year” for age you’re going to be looking back nostalgically on your firstgaining 15 pounds or going a year youth and you’ll wish you little too hard one night. By the had taken fuller advantage of time you’re my ripe old age, people expect you to have your it. Fortunately, the list below will help you do just that. So life together. without further There is ado, with help no guessing Urban Legends from a few repreinvolved as a sentatives of the first year—you classes of 2013, can assume 2014 and everyone is 2015, here are either your age the top 25 things or older than we wish we knew you; as a result, as first years: there is a 0 1. Go to office percent chance hours. At the end of hooking up of the semester if with someone your grade is on awkwardly the fence, it will younger than be the higher of KATIE URBAN you. the two.

When you go 2. You can take the trolley home for fall break in several downtown to the Jefferson weeks, you will be absolved Theater for great, inexpensive of all chores you formerly live music. had, your favorite meals will 3. No. 3 on the Corner has $5 appear one after the other and your laundry will be magically cleaned. Eventually your Please see Urban, Page B4

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SPORTS Two Virginia football players earned weekly ACC accolades Monday after helping the Cavaliers muster a 17-16 win against Penn State. Senior linebacker Steve Greer was recognized for posting a

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AROUND THE ACC career-high 15 tackles and two sacks. The conference also honored senior offensive tackle Oday Aboushi, who had 12 knockdowns and graded out at 92 percent .... Clemson

senior Spencer Benton serves as the Tiger’s backup place kicker but took center stage Saturday with a 61-yard field goal against Ball State. The field goal was the longest in ACC history, besting Florida

State’s 2007 record by one yard … The North Carolina men’s soccer team lost five of its top six scorers from last year’s NCAA championship team but showed few signs of growing pains Saturday

night.

The No. 1-ranked Tar Heels downed Virginia Tech 2-0 in its conference opener and moved to 4-0 on the season.

—compiled by Ashley Robertson

M Soccer | Mountaineers hope to reverse scoring woes Continued from page B1 more.”

In Tuesday night’s contest Virginia’s objective remains the same. Even though the Mount (1-3) hail from the lowly NEC and were picked to finish sixth in the conference, Virginia views this game not as a cakewalk but as a test in its continual need to protect its home field.

“We want to defend Klöckner.” sophomore midfielder Eric

Bird said. “We think that in the remaining games at home, we can get a [positive] result every single time. So that’s the goal.”

Mount St. Mary’s finished 8-7-2 last season to earn its first winning record since 2003.

The team returns its leading scorer from a year ago, sophomore midfielder Zoncher Dennis. Dennis tallied 11 goals and one assist last year but has yet to score a point this year.

The Mountaineers’ offense

has been anemic through four games this season, scoring only two total goals. It will get no easier for them to find the net Tuesday night, as sophomore keeper Spencer LaCivita has proven to be a rock in goal for the Cavaliers.

LaCivita had a historic year last season, as he became the first true freshman to start a season opener in goal in Gelnovatch’s 17 years with the team.

LaCivita started all 21 matches

in his first year and recorded the third most single-season saves in Virginia history. After missing almost the entire offseason because of a hernia surgery, everything looks on track for the sophomore stud, which bodes well for the Cavalier defense.

“Spencer has regained his form,” Gelnovatch said. “He’s doing well, and to me he’s regaining his confidence… The better he gets, the more experience we get across the back, good things

will happen” The Cavaliers only have a couple days to rest between the win against Duke Friday and the contest with Mount St. Mary’s Tuesday night, but they also realize no drastic renovations are necessary.

“We’ll look at film and look at things where we were broken down a little bit and we’ll mention those things and try to fix them,” Bates said. “But no major changes or anything.”

Field Hockey | Offense paces conferences in points, assists Continued from page B1 we’re just not finishing yet,” sophomore forward Rachel Sumfest said. “As long as we can get people in goal scoring positions and keep being relentless in the circle I think everything will come together.”

Michigan State matched the Cavaliers’ goal early in the game, which proved to be enough to send the match to overtime.

After one scoreless period in extra time, junior back Elly Buckley ended the game in double overtime with a golden goal assisted by Selenski.

The Cavaliers, however, did not fare as well against No. 14 Northeastern. The Huskies (5-0) stormed out of the gates, scoring twice in the first nine minutes of play — a deficit the Cavaliers could not erase. Redshirt senior

midfielder Michelle Vittese cut the Northeastern lead to one with an unassisted goal, but early in the second half the Huskies struck again.

“When you fall back in a game in the first few minutes you feel like you’re catching up the whole time,” junior midfielder Carissa Vittese said. “As soon as we lost the first goal I felt like it got really frantic and chaotic on the field. It definitely changed the pace of the game for us.”

As the game wound down, Buckley found the net on a penalty corner, giving the Cavaliers a chance to force overtime. Madison decided to pull the goalie, but the one-man offensive advantage was not enough to break through the Husky defense, and the Cavaliers became the third ranked team to fall to Northeastern this

season.

“It was a tough weekend,” sophomore back Maddie DeCerbo said. “We came out a little flat.

We need to start games like we want to finish them, so that’s what we’re going to work on — being relentless the entire time instead of just at the end.”

While the Cavaliers got a lot of quality offensive possessions, missed opportunities marked the weekend. Virginia outshot the two teams 42 to 17 but was unable to convert them into much-needed goals. The team’s performance on penalty corners also blighted the weekend.

“I’d like to see improvement on scoring and on our [penalty] corners,” Vittese said. “In both of the games we had a total of 25 penalty corners and we only scored on one of them. We definitely need to capitalize on

those opportunities and score more goals.”

Despite the relatively weak performance by the Cavaliers this weekend, the team still leads the ACC in points, assists and shots. Defense has been its kryptonite, however, and Virginia sits last in the conference for goals allowed.

“One of the things we talked about defensively was our initial set-up,” DeCerbo said. “That way if there is a turnover or something, we’ll be in the right position to get the ball instead of being really frantic.”

The Tribe (5-0) has enjoyed one of the most impressive starts in the nation, outscoring opponents 23-5 and boasting two shutouts. William & Mary leads the Colonial Athletic Association in goals and assists, while also ranking second in

goals allowed. The Tribe is led by senior back Christine Johnson and senior forward Allison Moran, who rank third and fourth respectively in points scored in the CAA. The Cavaliers currently ride a seven-game winning streak against William & Mary, which dates back to 2005. No Virginia team under Madison has fallen to the team.

When the new NFHCA Coaches Poll is released Tuesday night, however, it is possible that the Tribe could enter the rankings and become Virginia’s fourth consecutive ranked opponent.

“William & Mary is undefeated and very strong,” Madison said. “It’s always a hard game against them … They’re very well coached. They’ll be ready to play, so we’ll have to be ready to play.”

McGoey | USADA applies double standard with sanctions Continued from page B1 commissioner Roger Goodell’s suspensions of four players in the Saints bounty scandal, and it’s reasonable to think that Goodell was not the only sports leader to rush to judgment.

At the very least, Armstrong’s negative tests make the consequences of his ban less palpable.

If the USADA’s decision stands, each of Armstrong’s Tour de France titles would be awarded retroactively to the man who finished second that year. All seven of those titles, though, would be awarded to riders who have been linked to doping allegations in their careers.

Alex Zulle, the 1999 runner-up, was banned from the 1998 Tour and has admitted to using EPO, one of the performance enhancers Armstrong is accused of using. Ivan Basso, who finished second in 2005, served a twoyear suspension because of doping allegations. And Jan Ullrich, who would take Armstrong’s titles from 2000, 2001, and 2003, was banned from the 2006 Tour and stripped of his 2005 third-place finish for doping.

Joseba Beloki and Andreas Kloden, the 2002 and 2004 runners-up, are the only retroactive champions to stand free of punishment for doping, but both of

them were still accused at one point.

Although most USADA convictions have occurred relatively quickly after the alleged offense — à la Floyd Landis in 2006 — Armstrong’s blood samples dating as far back as 1986 have been relentlessly reanalyzed, using new detection techniques to try to sniff out the faintest trace of drugs.

If the USADA is going to re-test Armstrong’s samples with the hopes of stripping him of his titles, shouldn’t the samples of Zulle, Ullrich, Beloki, Kloden, and Basso be similarly re-tested?

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it to a convicted doper, especially if the original champion was never officially convicted… well, what’s really the point?

How can you reward someone who’s already been proven guilty at the expense of punishing someone who has not?

Perhaps the worst consequence, at least for sports fans, is that the ban reaches beyond cycling. The USADA’s decision has caused Armstrong to miss out on competing in this year’s Chicago Marathon and Ironman France triathlon, the latter of which could have qualified the Texan for the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii later this year.

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NBC reportedly altered its practice of tape-delaying the Hawaii triathlon because of the possible presence of the fourtime AP Male Athlete of the Year. The network anticipated a large crowd of people who would want to see the event live, and who could blame them?

How amazing would it have been to see perhaps the greatest athlete of all time compete in the arena of one of the most intense competitions known to man?

Unfortunately, thanks to the USADA’s refusal to presume Armstrong innocent until it proves him guilty, we’ll never know.

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History | History professor pursues radio passion Continued from page B2 done anything. I try to convince talented minority students to go to graduate arts and sciences

programs. She’s probably angry with me, because she could be a millionaire by now as a lawyer.

CD: What are your greatest

accomplishments?

PB: Experimenting through this radio show with ways to make a serious discussion of history engaging and capable of

reaching a broader audience.

Also, mentoring hundreds of undergrads and dozens of grad students and convincing a handful of talented minority

undergrads to pursue a career in history. My greatest failures are every political candidate I have ever worked for; they’ve all lost except Barack Obama.

Stonehill | Belated bride will face party problems Continued from page B2 youngest of the five, and one of us was the bride. If we stick to age-based assessment, I am totally exaggerating the significance of my last-place ranking.

But let me flesh out what it could mean.

Perhaps I give out a careeroriented, independent-woman, wears-the-pants-in-the-relationship vibe. I will not settle down because I will not want to settle down. But I also do not want to wait until I am old enough to be “that question-

able cat lady” before I embark on what is supposed to be life’s greatest adventure.

Being last also poses some serious issues because by the time my wedding rolls around, everyone will be “settled” down. I have calculated that my bachelorette party will be 3.68 times less aggressive with every year not married.

For all you scientists, I derived the formula by taking the square root of “sorry, EP, I’m pregnant” and dividing it by, “I think 30 is far too old for male genitalia to be on every

feasible party item.” The ceremony will have everyone else’s crying babies, and at that point divorce parties will probably be more fashionable. According to math and my characteristic pessimism, then, last place seems bleak indeed.

This experience also introduced another aspect of wedding life to me: the plus one.

If the toughest critic around, Virginia ABC, considers me to be a legal adult, then I do not understand why I was so surprised to see, “Elizabeth Stonehill and guest” as an

option. At first, I rejected the idea emphatically. Why would I subject myself to any more awkward introductions than already necessary at a wedding?

“Oh, hi, old person I have not seen in 10 years and definitely do not remember, this is my date. No, we are not actually dating. Well, no, see, nowadays there is a thing called ‘hookup’ culture, so it has been harder to get a boyfriend. Okay, great to see you too!”

As I daydreamed more about the idea – because really, it was

never going to be a reality – I decided that it might make a wedding so much more fun to have a date. The whole thing is about companionship and prom-style pictures, right, so why not have my own fun with that? Alas, according to the “last” prophecy, I will have plenty of opportunity to test out the whole plus-one scene.

The final epiphany I ascertained from this night is a really specific one: Never, ever think it is a good idea to late night nom on Vegemite.

Never.

Urban | Fourth year lists secrets to successful first year Continued from page B2 dinner on Tuesdays.

4. For $5 you can get unlimited tacos at Baja Bean on Wednesdays.

5. On the last Friday of every month, the University of Virginia Art Museum hosts Final Fridays from 5:30-7:30 p.m., featuring free cheeses, fruit, crackers, bread, sweets and more for you to enjoy while you look at art. And when you’re over 21, you get free beer or wine with admittance.

6. Join the Alumni Association.

It’s free while you’re a student, and they give out bagels and blue books before exams. You also get discounts all over Charlottesville, including the University Bookstore.

7. If you show your Alumni Association membership card at Little John’s you get a free soda.

8. West Range Café by Garrett Hall is one of the best spots for a lunch date with a friend. Added bonus: the perfectly seasoned French fries. And yes, they take Plus Dollars.

9. There is a free “happy hour” class at the Aquatic & Fitness Center every Friday at 5:45 p.m.

10. Have a special pair of “frat flats” and a “fracket” that can be ruined if you go out.

11. Ladies, there is no shame in bringing your own toilet paper in your cross body bag with you to a frat house.

12. Guys, if you want a great place to pick up girls, go to an a capella concert.

13. Go to Fry’s Spring Sta-

tion for the pizza, stay for the Sookie.

14. Get involved in an organization early – a student publication, Greek life, a religious group, student government or any CIO. You’ll instantly have a group. A lot of those kids will have cars, so they can drive you places. Some of them will live in apartments, so you don’t always have to go to a frat house on Friday night.

15. Don’t just stay on University Avenue to experience the Corner. There are great restaurants and shops down Elliewood.

16. The Castle is closed on Friday nights and all of Saturday. You will always forget this fact.

17. Skip the bagels at Einstein’s

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and go for the smoothies. All of your bagels should be coming from Bodo’s anyway.

18. The main attraction at the Charlottesville Farmers’ Market on the Downtown Mall is the taco stand.

19. The black bean quesadilla from the Fine Arts Café is the best quesadilla in the world.

We’ve heard the burger is pretty good too, but we’ve never been able to go there and not order a black bean quesadilla. That’s how good it is.

20. The dessert table at Runk is deadly to your waistline. It’s best to just stay away. In the words of Joey Tribbiani: “A moment on the lips, forever on the hips.” This rule does not apply when it’s blueberry cheesecake night.

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21. The Greenberry’s locations around Grounds give away their extra food at the end of the day.

22. It is physically impossible to get things done before 10 a.m. on a Saturday. Even the dining halls realize this fact.

23. Get to know your advisors, professors and your dean. You’ll never know when you need their advice or help. Sometimes there are even donuts involved.

24. When upperclassmen offer to drive you places, they are being genuine. Don’t feel awkward asking. Everyone loves an excuse to procrastinate, especially when Target or free food samples at Harris Teeter are involved.

25. You can always retake a class, but you can never relive a party.

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OROSCOPES

ARIES (March 21-April 19. You are so used to a certain excitement level that you don’t know what to do with yourself when tranquility sets in. You find yourself striving when you could be content -- focus on the joy of what’s good in your day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re cool in any circumstance -- a gift that the universe will put to the test. An entertaining emergency could arise in the form of unexpected and hungry guests.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Peers, subordinates and bosses offer challenges to your ego, and it requires special effort on your behalf to take the high road. But if you do, you are richly rewarded.

DJANGEO BY STEPHEN ROWE

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Today is an exercise in acceptance -- of yourself, your partners and your current situation. Once you can do that, you are empowered to transform the scene to whatever you think will be ideal.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Do what you must to care for yourself on every level. You’re getting to know how much you can ask of your loved ones and still be within the realm of good graces.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s an active day -- expect surprises. Friends alternately envy and celebrate you. When you put your mind to it, you can deflect jealousy by encouraging the talents of others.

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

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are not one to ask, “What is this world coming to?” because you’re too involved in shaping it. This afternoon, you’ll be shaping it into something that brings you joy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your life is only as beautiful as it is simple. That involves giving one thing away for every one thing you buy. Organizing -- indeed, shelving and labeling -- are involved in this story.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Bit by bit, you’re putting it together. It’s not the puzzle you thought it was. Piece by piece, this work of art you call your life is becoming a picture more grand than you ever thought possible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You don’t even know who is on your side until you dive into your project. There is nary a dull moment as the planets angle to connect you with your allies in mysterious ways.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). One foot in front of the other takes us “there,” even if we don’t know where “there” it is at the start.

Since it’s all about doing the appropriate work, the destination, for now, is irrelevant.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Loved ones may try to impose their rules on you, but it’s only a matter of time before they realize it takes too much energy to control you.

Besides, you’re brilliant when others leave you to your thing.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 11). You are more capable of handling your busy life than ever before. New systems snap into place, and a grand plan goes off like clockwork even when we were hopelessly lost in Shanghai.

Laughter and shared adventure build special bonds of love through your role as an RA. Career leaps occur in May. Friends and business intersect in June. Pisces and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 36, 20, 10 and 3.

A BUNCH OF BANANAS GARRETT MAJDIC & JACK WINTHROP

(NO SUBJECT) BY JANE MATTIMOE

RENAISSANCING BY TIM PRICE

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

QUIRKS AND CURLS

MOSTLY HARMLESS BY PETER SIMONSEN

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LAST SOLUTION:

Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com

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