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City hosts first pride festival

Hundreds of Charlottesville residents gathered in Lee Park Saturday to celebrate LGBTQ communities. The City’s first ever gay pride festival was organized by Cville Pride, a community network that organizes events to promote equality in the area.

By Lavanya Yaleswarapu Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

The City of Charlottesville hosted its first ever gay pride festival Saturday afternoon in Lee Park to show support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities. The festival, which was held at the site of last year’s Occupy Charlottesville protests , drew hundreds of individuals and featured live entertainment, food from local vendors and activities for children. Most significantly, however, the event allowed members of the LGBTQ communities to express themselves in a safe environment. “It’s about time,” said Amy Marshall, president of Cville Pride, a community network that organized the festival and other events to promote awareness of LGBTQ communities. “Charlottesville presents itself as the liberal capital of Virginia but it’s just not visible.”

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Cville Pride organized the event to allow members of the LGBTQ communities to celebrate their identities and to challenge social norms. “It’s an expression of who we are. It’s about time that people know that we are here and we are just like everyone else,” said Don Davenport, vice chair for outreach and membership for LGBT Democrats of Virginia Caucus, Even though Charlottesville has a vibrant gay community, there is still a stigma to declaring publicly your sexual or gender orientation, Marshall said. Samesex marriage is constitutionally banned in Virginia, and it is also legal for employers to terminate employees based on their orientation. “You don’t know the reaction you receive when you come out” Marshall said. “The community here was okay with being underground about their orientation which makes it harder for people to come out.”

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Ga. Tech trounces Cavs

Fueled by the dazzling play of redshirt senior quarterback Tevin Washington and its vaunted triple-option offense, Georgia Tech throttled Virginia 56-20 Saturday to hand the Cavaliers their first defeat of the season. A week after surviving a 17-16 heart-thumping contest against Penn State, Virginia (2-1, 0-1 ACC) sputtered badly in its first game outside the friendly confines of Scott Stadium. The Cavaliers allowed 470 rushing yards on just 48 carries en route to surrendering the most points in a game since Illinois scored 63 in the 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl. Senior running back Orwin Smith led all rushers with 137 yards and a touchdown on six carries, and Washington finished with a team-high three rushing touchdowns for Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets’ first

offensive snap resulted in a 70-yard touchdown pass from Washington to sophomore fullback Zach Laskey on a wheel route. On Georgia Tech’s third play from scrimmage, Smith took an option pitch 77 yards to open up a 14-0 lead just 4:29 into the action. Virginia responded with one of its most impressive drives of the year, culminating in a 19-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Michael Rocco to emerging star sophomore tight end Jake McGee to cap an eight-play, 71-yard drive and pull the Cavaliers within seven at the 6:27 mark. Virginia would get no closer. Wa s h i n g t o n s p r i n t e d 6 0 yards up the middle on the first offensive play following the McGee touchdown before finishing the drive with a oneyard touchdown plunge on fourth-and-goal to make the

score 21-7 at the end of the first quarter. Two more rushing scores from Washington and backup redshirt freshman quarterback Vad Lee in the second quarter made it 35-7 at halftime. In a loss with little silver lining, the play of sophomore quarterback Phillip Sims in relief of Rocco offered one small bright spot. The highlytouted transfer looked sharp in the fourth quarter, going 6-for-8 for 56 yards and two touchdown passes. Next week may prove an even more arduous challenge as Virginia travels to Corpus Christi, Texas to face No. 16 Texas Christian. The Horned Frogs improved to 2-0 by defeating Kansas 20-6 Saturday in their Big-12 debut after leaving the Mountain West Conference this year. —compiled by Senior Associate Editor Fritz Metzinger

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Teammates help junior quarterback Michael Rocco up during U.Va.’s 56-20 loss.

BOV talks strategic plan Mead awards Sullivan’s forced resignation, reinstatement lead to committee’s creation By Anna Perina

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A desire for innovation lingered in the small auditorium of the Harrison Institute Friday as the Board of Visitors convened its inaugural meeting of the special committee on strategic planning. The 10-person strategic planning committee, crafted in the aftermath of University President Teresa Sullivan’s forced resignation and hasty reinstatement this summer, is charged with creating a plan to allow the University to keep abreast of changes in higher education. “In the spirit of leading rather than responding, the time is right to undertake a strategic plan that will examine our very purpose and reason for being,

Rector Helen Dragas joined the Board’s discussion of the University’s future Friday in the small auditorium of the Harrison Institute.

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faculty grants Endowment money funds 10 professors’ ‘dream ideas,’ aims to strengthen student, teacher relations By Jasmine Kang

Cavalier Daily Staff Writer The Mead Endowment Advisory Board recognized 10 professors’ commitment to honoring a tradition of mentorship and off-campus learning. At its 11th annual dinner Saturday evening in Alumni Hall the endowment reaffirmed its mission of ensuring that quality interactions between professors and their students are not lost. The nine College professors and lone Darden professor will receive honoree grants this fall to fund “Dream Ideas,” projects that will strengthen relationships between faculty and their students by facilitating their social interaction.

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Former students of Ernest “Boots” Mead, a former University music professor, founded the endowment to honor Mead’s legacy. Although Mead officially retired in 1996, he continues to lead a fourth-year seminar every spring. “He [Mead] touched so many students over so many years,” said Tom Darbyshire, the board’s chairman and a 1982 University graduate. “The purpose of the grants is to encourage more faculty to walk in the footsteps of Boots.” Mead fund recipient Assistant Arabic Prof. Hanadi Al-Samman said he wanted to use the grant to organize cultural nights and Please see Endowment, Page A3

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