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StudCo rejects ‘not gay’ chant

Third-year College student Eric McDaniel sponsored Student Council’s legislation calling for the end of the divisive “not gay” chant Tuesday.

Council passes unanimous legislation condemning homophobic jeers during University’s ‘Good Ol’ Song’

By Emily Hutt and Jordan Bower

Cavalier Daily Staff Writers Student Council Tuesday evening unanimously approved a resolution condemning the insertion of the “not gay” chant into the “Good Ol’ Song,” commonly sung at athletic events.

The chant has come under scrutiny several times in the past decade and has become increasingly unpopular as support for gay rights has increased across the country.

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Using the proposed resolution, Council seeks to take a stand against the chanting of the unscripted phrase — a phrase that members see as contrary to the safe and welcoming environment the University seeks to provide to all its students. Council members said they hoped the legislation would be a step toward ending disrespectful or derogatory acts toward LGBTQ communities and supporters.

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Emory cuts programs Mann, U.Va. triumph again

Dean says approach will strengthen university’s core courses, departments

Prince William Circuit Court rules professor’s proprietary emails, documents exempt from state FOIA

By Lizzy Turner

Cavalier Daily Senior Writer Michael Mann, former University environmental science professor, will not have to give the American Tradition Institute access to his email correspondence and various other documents pertaining to his controversial climate change theory, the Prince William Circuit Court ruled this week.

Should the ruling stand, it could set a precedent that researchers in public institutions do not have to disclose to the public proprietary documents relating to their research.

The institute, a conservative think tank focusing on environmental issues and policies, argued that Mann’s emails should be released because the University receives public funds.

Mann’s global climate change research came under scrutiny

in April 2010 when Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a University alumnus, requested to review the professor’s grant applications and emails, claiming Mann may have committed academic fraud.

In March 2012 , the Virginia Supreme Court denied Cuccinelli access, saying the Civil Investigative Demand Cuccinelli had filed could not be used to request this documentation from the University, because it and other public institutions did not qualify as a “person.”

Media portrayals of the University defending Mann have frequently been framed as a struggle between transparency and attacks on science.

The institution made its first request to access Mann’s documents in January 2011 under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act , which requires

By Abby Meredith and Andrew Stewart Cavalier Daily Staff Writers

Emory University last week became the nation’s first topranked institution to announce significant program cuts in an increasingly unstable environ-

because of a lack of resources the university had decided to cut certain programs to allow for others’ expansion. Emory, a private university, recently depleted its College reserve fund to provide more finan-

ment of higher education. The university eliminated three academic departments , its journalism program and two graduate programs.

Robin Forman , the dean of Emory’s College of Arts & Sciences , said in a letter to the Emory community Friday that

Please see Emory, Page A3 Some members of the Emory University community have spoken out against the university after Dean Robin Forman announced its decision to cut three of its departments, two of its graduate programs and its journalism program.

James Crissman Emory Wheel

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NEWS

IN BRIEF

Council approves $90,000 operating budget Student Council passed its 2012-2013 operating budget at its representative body meeting Tuesday evening, allocating about $90,000 in spending for upcoming initiatives.

The budget appropriates funds from both the Student Activities Fees (SAF) paid by students each semester and additional funds, known as non-SAF , obtained through agreements with compa-

nies. About $70,000 of the budget comes from the SAF funding.

Third-year College student Allie Mootz , Council’s chief financial officer, said in a Sept. 11 interview that Council had to make cuts this year because of decreased non-SAF funding. She said Council tried to keep the allocations among committees as fair as possible in light of the decrease.

The Student Affairs Committee is slated to receive the greatest amount of funding of the 13 Presidential committees, receiving more than $8,000 to allocate for initiatives such as the UVAirbus program, which drives students to Richmond or Dulles International airports for the start and at the end of the semester. The Academic Affairs committee will receive about $6,500 in funds,

ing year. The amended guidelines seek to reduce spending through reimbursing CIOs less for expenses such as travel .

“That’s just something we’re looking at when we’re dealing with less SAF funding than previous years,” Branch said. “This is one way we could reduce those costs.”

—compiled by Emily Hutt

Student robbed, found unconscious

A male student reported Monday that he had been “rendered unconscious” and robbed while walking home along Culbreth Road Saturday night.

University Police reported Tuesday morning a male student was robbed Saturday night and later found unconscious by friends near his residence on Culbreth Road. He was bruised and disoriented, according to a police statement. Police did not elaborate on how he came to be unconscious.

The robbery took place at about 11:45 p.m. near 173 Culbreth Road when the victim was walking in the direction of his residence.

The victim, who could not identify or provide a description of the suspects in the case,

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Council will send the budget to the Vice President of Student Affairs Office for approval before funding is allocated.

Vice President for Organizations Neil Branch, a third-year College and Batten student, also presented a bill approving new SAF guidelines for the upcom-

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said that some cash was stolen from him during the altercation.

Culbreth Road sees near-constant pedestrian traffic from students because of its proximity to the drama building, a parking garage and nearby fraternity houses that often throw parties on the weekends.

The police statement advised students to exercise caution and remain attentive to their surroundings when walking after nightfall.

University Police could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

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Go Green or

Go home?

Studies compare organic, conventionally-grown foods, find no nutritional variation

By MONIKA FALLON

Cavalier DAILY HEALTH & SCIENCE Editor

By Monika Fallon

Cavalier Daily Health & Science Editor To many Americans, the word “organic” connotes “healthy.” But recent research from Stanford University School of Medicine tells us that may not be the most accurate analogy.

The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, titled, “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional A l t e r n a t i v e s ? : A Sy s t e m a t i c Review,” accumulated about 240 studies about the nutrient-related differences between organically and conventionally-grown foods.

The annals’ conclusion was somewhat unexpected: “The published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods.”

The researchers studied a slew of nutritional possibilities, but the majority of the studies collected demonstrated an insignificant difference between organic and nonorganic food. Two studies showed a significantly lower level of urinary pesticide levels in children who consumed primarily organic foods, but did not see a biomarker or nutrient-level change in adults.

Unfortunately for those who chose to buy organic after the recent E.coli outbreaks this year, the risk for E.coli contamination was not seen to change between organic and conventional produce.

Although the study found very little evidence that organic food is more nutritious than conventionally-grown food, the researchers did cite “higher levels of total beneficial phenols in organic produce, omega-3 fatty acids in organic milk and chicken, and

The Medical School will host the Drug Discovery Forum Thursday to foster interdisciplinary discussion about the University’s pharmaceutical research. The forum will consist of multiple presentations on the phases of development of new medical drugs.

Keynote speaker Dr. Bryan L. Roth, who is also the Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at UNC Chapel Hill, will offer an overview of the process. His speech will highlight past successes at Chapel Hill as learning opportunities for attendees. “I will show various approaches for therapeutic drug discovery which can be accomplished in an academic/non-private sector arena,” he said in an email.

Roth has paired with the National Institute of Mental Health’s Psychoactive Drug Screening Program, a drug

discovery program.

As expensive as drug research has become in recent years, it is increasingly important that programs such as the University’s — that are able to provide the funding and staffing — take the lead in research and make moves to increase dialogue for and interest in new drugs and technology. The event’s organizers, Associate Dean John S. Lazo, Medical Prof.

Erik Hewlett and Cell Biology Prof. Rick Horwitz, said in an email the University is in an optimal position to begin this research.

“The forum is unusual in that it brings together people involved in all aspects of the process — from discovery to development to trials to commercialization,” the committee said.

vaccenic acid in organic chicken,” according to an Organic Trade Association press release.

This study may come as a surprise to some people who believe the benefits of organic produce outweigh the higher cost. But the consolation is that research such as this — and many other recent controversial studies — only consider the short-term effects of organic consumption. The long-term benefits of organicallygrown food are still unknown.

Christine Bushway, the Organic Trade Association’s Executive Director and CEO, said in the press release that the people who are concerned about pesticides should not be deterred from buying organic. “Organic foods have the least chemicals applied in their production and the least residues in the final products,” Bushway said. “And, because organic livestock practices forbid the use of antibiotics, including the routine use of low level antibiotics for growth, organic meat contains less antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”

This is not the first study regarding the benefits of organicallygrown food, nor will it be the last. The number of published studies of organic versus nonorganic food have doubled in the last 20 years and will continue to increase as environmental and health awareness increases.

As the long-term studies reach their conclusions, it may be that they are able to shed some more light on the question, but as it stands, the general consensus is that organically-grown foods are only slightly more nutritious than their conventionally-grown counterparts.

Health system receives sustainability award

—compiled by Health & Science Editor Monika Fallon

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The University Health System received the 2012 Sustainability Award from the University Health System Consortium last Thursday.

The consortium, comprised of 116 academic medical centers and their affiliated hospitals, makes up about 90 percent of the United States’ leading non-profit medical centers. This is its fifth annual conference, and its first year awarding a center for its excellence in sustainability.

The health center applicants for the sustainability award were rated on three criteria: “A demonstrated, continuous commitment to a sustainability strategy; quantifiable means of measuring and

reporting progress toward and achievement of sustainability goals; and a demonstrated commitment to increasing awareness of and communicating about the sustainability program to staff and internal stakeholders and throughout the community,” according to a consortium press release.

To be eligible for the awards, medical centers must submit applications for themselves, or nominate other medical centers, said Beverly Simon, senior marketing manager at UHC, in an email.

— c o m p i l e d by H e a l t h & Science Editor Monika Fallon

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TODAY High of 72˚

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Mostly sunny with temperatures reaching the upper 70s.

Partly cloudy with temperatures dropping to the low 50s.

A high pressure system that was building behind the cold front will impact our area through the day, so we can expect nice, comfortable temperatures and sunny skies. Expect this weather to stick around for the rest of the week until another system will bring a chance for some poor weather over the weekend.

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StudCo | Groves, Warwick, QSU endorse legislation Continued from page A1

posed by Council members after the Richmond football game Sept. 1. Council executive members, meeting after the game, expressed concern about the jeer and decided to put their concerns in writing.

This is not the first time the issue has become a hot-button issue at the University. There was also a push in 2007 to remove the “not gay” chant from the “Good Ol’ Song,” with members of the Queer and Allied Activism group distributing letters to attendees of football games explaining their opposition to the call after it

became audible to television audiences. Although most students responded positively to the gesture, the students received backlash from a portion of the student body and from alumni in attendance.

Third-year College student Eric McDaniel, a College representative and Council’s director of University relations , sponsored the bill in part because he said he saw the chant as “a relic of hate from a time of intolerance that we have more than progressed past” and because he believed those questioning their sexual orientation might benefit from having Council’s open support.

The resolution was also accompanied by the endorsements of prominent community members, including the coordinator of the LGBT resource center and Hillary Hurd, the student representative to the Board of Visitors.

Dean of Students Allen Groves endorsed the resolution in a statement to Council, calling the “not gay” chant “juvenile” and “embarrassing” to the University. He said such slurs were hurtful to members of the University, and violated its principles of student self-governance and good judgment.

“It is well past time for [the chants] to come to an end,”

Groves said.

Although students agreed Council’s motivations were admirable, there is still the issue of how the resolution should be enforced.

“There’s really no good way to stop people from actively saying stuff like that,” firstyear College student Ravynn Stringfield said. “But it should be addressed that this is not something okay that anyone should be doing.”

McDaniel said he believed the resolution will have a positive influence on the student body, encouraging students to abandon the chant in the future.

“I have a lot of faith in the

student body,” McDaniel said.

“Once you start seeing coverage that Student Council says that this isn’t okay, once people start seeing that we’re not alone in this, I think we’ll see a die out.”

Fourth-year College student Katie Mayfield, co-president of the Queer Student Union, said the legislation was the first step toward addressing the struggles of queer students, but the group was hoping for more from Council. “We’re looking forward certainly to StudCo passing legislation that addresses students’ needs on a day-to-day basis more than just football games,” she said.

Mann | University will fight expected appeal, Wood says Continued from page A1 public institutions to disclose previously unreleased information upon the formalized request of citizens or organizations. Monday, retired Arlington Circuit Court Judge Paul Sheridan ruled Mann’s correspondence was public, but could be exempted from release by a specific exclusion that absolves proprietary information collected by faculty members at

public universities.

A statement the institute released following the ruling said it was “troubled by this implication, as should be all Virginia taxpayers and supporters of transparency in government, science and public policy.”

Mann, however, declared the ruling “a victory for science” in a statement he posted on Facebook . “The judge ruled that the exemption under Vir-

ginia’s public records protecting information in furtherance of research on scientific and scholarly issues applies to faculty communications in furtherance of their work,” he said.

Mann also claimed the institute could be supported by wealthy industrial backers, who would see their industries suffer should climate change be widely recognized. His new book, “The Hockey Stick and

the Climate Wars,” addresses lawsuits and other attacks on environmental research.

“Fossil fuel industry front groups like the one (“ATI”) behind this latest lawsuit, seek to intimidate and harass climate scientists whose findings are inconvenient to well-heeled vested interests whose bidding these groups are doing,” Mann said in an email Tuesday.

The ruling will likely not be the end to the debate, said

University spokesperson Carol Wood.

“We know that it’s possible that an appeal will be filed in this case, but we are pleased that the University’s position has been validated and our position protecting important scholarly and scientific records confirmed,” she said. “If an appeal is filed, our position will be again vigorously defended by the University’s Office of General Counsel.”

Emory | Kilbanoff calls decision ‘academic horticulture’ Continued from page A1 cial aid to help a larger percentage of its students afford the annual cost of $41,000 in tuition and fees.

“We have too many departments and programs where resources are stretched to the limit, leaving us in danger of falling short of our goal of providing a world-class education for our students,” Forman said.

The announcement shocked the generally peaceful Atlanta campus and left many unsure of how to proceed, said Emory Journalism Prof. David Armstrong . Some have mounted protests against the dean’s actions , while others are still undecided about whether to

accept the decision.

“Everybody’s trying to figure out how to move forward,” A r m s t r o n g s a i d . “ T h e r e ’s a sense that if this can be reversed, do people want to be seen as publicly critical and have that come back to haunt them.”

Forman said the College’s cuts were not financially motivated in the present-term, but would allow for easier future expansion of its asset programs.

U n i v e r s i t y S p o ke s p e r s o n Carol Wood said the University has no similar plans to make any cuts , despite increasingly difficult financial realities. University President Teresa Sullivan has several times affirmed her commitment toward pre-

serving programs which are important to students but may not be generating resources.

“It’s a delicate balance,” Wood said.

The University Board of Visitors did, however, decide last week to cut the Masters in Bioethics, citing a lack of student interest in the program.

The repercussions of Emory’s program cuts for the student population have already begun to take effect. Journalism program chair Hank Kilbanoff said the cuts mirrored a sort of “academic horticulture,” a tactical move on Forman’s part.

“Our students who have heard [about the cuts] are coming to us full of anguish about this,” Journalism Chair Hank Kilban-

off said. “I also wish we’d have the opportunity to discuss it ... that’s apparently one of the consistent themes: Why didn’t we know?”

The departments eliminated at Emory include the Division of Educational Studies , the Department of Physical Education and the Department of Visual Arts. Graduate programs in Spanish and economics are also scheduled to be cut, following the 2013-2014 academic year.

“While our financial challenges add urgency to these decisions, these are fundamentally academic decisions about the size and scope of our mission,” Forman said.

When deciding which pro-

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grams to cut, Forman said the most important things to consider were “[w]hich programs have achieved distinction, what new investments are required, and which programs are truly essential for the twenty-first century of liberal arts education.”

Downsizing will eliminate the jobs of the three non-tenured assistant professors, 19 lecturetrack faculty and 20 staff positions according to the Emory Wheel . Another 18 tenured faculty members will be transferred to comparable departments, Forman said.

The cuts will disproportionately affect smaller departments and non-tenured faculty, Armstrong said.

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Wednesday, September 19, 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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Bright and gay

The tired chant of “not gay” must be abandoned, and Student Council was right to condemn it Spectators come to athletic events under the assumption of safety – they’re just the fans, with no pads in their jerseys. But at Virginia games the hurt makes its way from the field to the stands. The practice of inserting “not gay” into the “Good Ol’ Song” has receded and returned at our University like the wave in a timeless stadium. Student Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday disparaging such bigotry, and it’s worth revisiting why this jeer has got to go before future classes must atone for our negligence.

Students are briefed on this issue during orientation or their first game in the fall. To capsulize, in case anyone missed it: during the caesura after the lyric “We come from old Virginia/Where all is bright and gay” the tired habit is to shout “not gay,” creating a sense of inclusiveness for the brutally intolerant who think LGBTQ communities don’t belong here vis-à-vis the rest of us. Surrogate words have been proposed, campaigns initiated and stickers passed out but the words keep coming back.

Council’s resolution seems like another silent shot in the back-and-forth cannonade just as this editorial is merely another editorial on the subject. But this is the only measure we have: In 2010, Dean of Students Allen Groves made necessary improvements to the University’s speech code to ensure students would not be prosecuted for inflammatory speech so long as it’s constitutionally protected. Now students can defend this legitimate cry, which is nevertheless non-

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So let’s turn to the arguments. Those in favor of chanting “not gay,” including a 2007 guest columnist to The Cavalier Daily, say it represents their objectively incorrect but nevertheless principled views regarding sexual orientation and defends expression from political correctness. Certainly there is a right to be ignorant; to have one’s views and shout them too.

But the addition of “not gay” does not even express this. It says only that Virginia isn’t gay — which isn’t true, given demographics and the fact that a Charlottesville Pride Festival happened Saturday. “Not gay” is also not funny or clever or in any way cool.

Even after all these years, what the phrase remains is pretty hurtful. It ostracizes students, embarrasses the school and is downright oppressive whether blared by hundreds or just a few. The expression is factually, morally and in all senses wrong; it’s been a burden for both the chanters and listeners.

Obviously the shouting match hasn’t worked: Although we applaud Council for its condemnation, the phrase has such a history that it’s easy to become cynical about whether the public can cease it. Of course, no one can stop it save individuals. The people still shouting “not gay” should realize the weight of a slur. We will just ask they think a little harder before saying it next time — there’s no need to yell.

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Google should not have taken down an offensive YouTube video even after it led to violence in the Middle East

N ADDITION to the sense ever, should not have censored less attack on the United the video in those two nations, States Embassy in Libya and it should not censor the that resulted in the death of video at any time in the future. four U.S. citizens, religious Doing so publicly displays to the world that Google protesters stormed ALEX YAHANDA will abandon the the embassies in SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR upholding of free Egypt and Yemen speech in response in response to a video that insults the Muslim to religiously fueled hatred. The prophet Muhammad. The video, problem was not the video itself. which can be viewed on You- Rather, it was those who felt that Tube, is an amateur production violence was the necessary form titled “The Innocence of Mus- of protest.

It is worth making the distinclims” that characterizes Mohammad as a womanizer, among tion that those who attacked other things. The violent reac- the embassies are part of an tion to the video resulted in You- especially intolerant subpopulaTube’s owner, Google, blocking tion. There are countless people access to the video in Libya and in Libya, Egypt and Yemen — Egypt in a slightly controversial many of whom perhaps found the video insulting — who recact of censorship.

Google no doubt censored the ognize that the actions taken video in those two nations as a against the U.S. were abhorrent. way to dispel the violence. And Nevertheless, it is upsetting in some people’s minds, that how sensitive a subject religion was probably the right thing to can be. Even in the U.S., where do. The video has kindled wide- freedom of speech is ingrained spread anti-American sentiment into the culture, it is at times still and has led to attacks on the considered taboo to do someU.S. that resulted in the deaths thing that another person may of American citizens, includ- find religiously offensive, even ing Christopher Stevens, the if there is no malicious intent.

U.S. ambassador to Libya. So, As an example, many American in response to the outrage over religious leaders of Muslim, the YouTube video, taking away Christian and Jewish faiths have the source of the violence in the condemned the video as a spitemost agitated countries seems ful attack on religion, and somelike a wise move. Google, how- thing that even free speech

the death of a steel mill worker’s cannot tolerate.

Why, though, is this one video wife, current campaign techso particularly inflammatory? niques can reach levels of insult Nothing about the video exhib- that are akin or worse than what its that it is especially nasty was portrayed in this video.

Nonetheor malicious.

If one watches “The real wrongdoers were less, because the video, he those who were so unwilling t h e y d o not touch can see that it is a shoddily to hear dissenting views on upon relitheir religion that they felt gion, they made creation in which there the need to incite violence. ” a r e m o r e socially appears to be accepted. no ulterior motive other than poking fun Religion should be able to at Islam. The video could be lik- endure the same amount of ridiened to a Monty Python-esque cule without inciting uprisings.

It seems a reasonable concluproduction, albeit a very poorly acted one. Such videos are not sion that if no violence had at all foreign to the Internet. It erupted in Libya, Egypt or is easy to search YouTube and Yemen, the video would not find other videos questioning, have been denounced so vehedenouncing or parodying other mently. But because American religions in ways that could be citizens died and because there considered just as controver- was such a negative reaction to sial as this video on Islam. In the video, it can be considered today’s society, in fact, it is com- a terrible affront to religion. monplace to see videos directed Yet the blame is unfairly being toward other people or institu- placed on the video. The real tions that are even more degrad- wrongdoers were those who ing. For instance, in the current were so unwilling to hear dispresidential race, parodies and senting views on their religion caricatures of the candidates that they felt the need to incite are ubiquitous. From pictures of violence. The attacks on the U.S. President Obama with a Hitler embassies, which were indisputmustache or the slogan “Some- ably heinous, were not a reasonwhere in Kenya a village is miss- able reaction to that YouTube ing its idiot,” to ads claiming that video. And they were certainly Mitt Romney was responsible for not justified by the video’s sub-

ject matter. The video was made in the U.S., but the violence was not any American’s fault. In reality, it was solely instigated by religious fanatics who had a ridiculously negative reaction.

Google should remember the people who did not brutally revolt. It should not censor the video, even in the face of those who embraced violence. Doing so advertises that a sufficiently aggressive reaction is what it takes to suppress people’s exposure to opposing ideas. The violence in Libya, Egypt and Yemen should not ultimately reflect that those who attacked the American embassies were somehow vindicated. Google needs to stand strong and declare its commitment to free speech. In the wake of so much violence, hopefully these incidences can serve to remind the world of the dangers posed by religious ignorance. Everyone who sees the video has a right to his own personal feelings about it, but nobody has the right to demonstrate his distaste to others through violence and destruction.

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

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By Daniel Weltz

Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor The Virginia football team’s defense spent an exhausting week preparing for the intricacies of Georgia Tech’s triple-option offense in the lead up to Saturday’s 56-20 loss in Atlanta. But it took just one play for the unit to realize that all of its preparation was no match for the Yellow Jackets’ superior speed, scheme and savvy.

On the first play from scrimmage, redshirt senior quarterback Tevin Washington hit sophomore running back Zach Laskey for a 70-yard touchdown pass to begin an afternoon-long offensive clinic.

Three of Georgia Tech’s first four plays went for 60 yards or more, and the Yellow Jackets finished with the most points of any Virginia opponent since 1999.

When a humbling first half reached its merciful conclusion, the Cavalier defense had conceded 276 rushing yards in the first 30 minutes — more than the team had allowed in any game since its last visit to Bobby Dodd Stadium in 2010, when Georgia Tech racked up 477 rushing yards.

“They played harder than us.

We just weren’t ready,” senior defensive end Ausar Walcott said.

“As a defense, we just weren’t ready to come out and play. Every team goes through it once in a while and we went through it on Saturday.”

Walcott is one of just four returning starters from a defense that ranked third in total defense in the ACC last season. The early

Defense regroups after blowout loss

returns in 2012 have left plenty to be desired as the unit ranks in the bottom third of the ACC in rushing, scoring and total defense and demonstrates little big-play ability. Virginia is the only defense in the ACC without an interception and has forced just one turnover, three fewer than the next worst team in the conference.

The Cavaliers have struggled to establish an identity while replacing several key playmakers, including standouts defensive end Cam Johnson and cornerback Chase Minnifield . Those departures have left sophomore cornerback Demetrious Nicholson to masquerade as the team’s battletested veteran in the secondary; forced freshman defensive end Eli Harold, a four-star recruit just last year, to grow up quicker than expected; and left Walcott as the team’s steady veteran — a new role for a player whose career had recently been in flux.

Walcott faced criminal charges for assault and battery by mob and burglary in 2011. He was suspended indefinitely for his role in the altercation that took place Jan. 30 of that year at James Madison University. When he was reinstated to the team in April 2011 after the charges were dropped, Walcott was asked to switch positions for the second time, moving from linebacker to defensive end after beginning his career as a safety.

Walcott does not dwell on the choice that nearly cost him his greatest passion in the prime of his

Depleted unit seeks quick rebound following embarrassing performance at Georgia Tech

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MEN’S SOCCER

Freshman midfielder Todd Wharton scored his first career goal Tuesday to give Virginia a 1-0 lead.

The Cavalier defense posted a shutout to ensure the tally stood as the game-winner.

Virginia shuts out Drexel, 2-0 Minus ineligible leader Ari Dimas, inspired Cavaliers play sound possession game, defeat Dragons

By Ben Baskin

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The rain, which came down in tempestuous waves all day Tuesday, held off long enough during the night for the Virginia men’s soccer team to notch a 2-0 win against Drexel.

The Cavaliers (4-2-1, 1-0-0 ACC) seized the lead in the 30th minute off freshman midfielder Todd Wharton’s first career goal and never relinquished it, mustering a strong performance in the absence of senior tri-captain Ari Dimas.

Tuesday’s contest against the Dragons (3-2-1) marked the third consecutive game that Virginia played without Dimas, but the first since news broke Monday that Dimas had been ruled ineligible for the remainder of the season by the NCAA. According to NCAA bylaws, Dimas’ first year at the University — in which he played for the school’s club team — counted as

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NFL stakes claim as television’s juiciest drama Like all good television, the NFL has its fair share of action and drama. But after the past two weeks, pencil this season in to sweep the Daytime Emmy Awards for the most dramatic soap opera on television.

Yes, we’ve been treated to phenomenal performances in the first two weeks. We witnessed a sterling professional debut

by RGIII against the Saints that spawned “Griffining.” We saw a possible NFC Championship preview when the 49ers took down the Packers at Lambeau Field in Week 1. We even watched the lowly Cardinals upset the omniscient Bill Belichick’s Patriots in the defending AFC champ’s home opener.

But all of this excitement has taken a backseat to the real

a year of varsity competition. As a result, the NCAA ruled Dimas’ eligibility had actually expired at the conclusion of last season, his third year with the varsity squad.

Dimas has decided to remain with the team for the duration of the season as a volunteer coach, and his continued presence paid dividends against Drexel. With Dimas as a motivating force, the Cavaliers played an inspired game against an opponent somewhat lacking in pedigree to arouse excitement on its own.

“I think we’re all rallying around Ari,” coach George Gelnovatch said. “He’s a leader in a different capacity, and he’s already taken on that role ... The guys have kind of moved on from it, and have embraced him in his new role.”

Without Dimas, the Cavaliers still looked potent and in control throughout the evening, dominating both the possession and tempo battle.

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drama that is unfolding before our eyes, both on and off the football field.

In a meeting with commissioner Roger Goodell Monday, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was presented with a sworn affidavit from his former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams alleging Vilma was much more involved in the bounty scandal than Vilma has admitted. The affidavit could prove to be a key piece of evidence the NFL has lacked in its attempts to uncover the Saints’ scheme of paying each other for big hits. Goodell must prove inappropriate conduct took place to reinstate the temporarily lifted suspensions of the Saints players.

The NFL and Vilma have given conflicting accounts, so one party isn’t telling the whole truth.

Maybe Czar Goodell coerced the indefinitely-suspended Williams into signing the affidavit in return for a chance to coach again. If so, then Vilma put it

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It was just how bad we wanted it, and us coming together.

Everyone [connected] on the same level ... wanting it and having that fire, playing their hardest and going all out.”

- Freshman outside hitter Kayla Sears on the Virginia volleyball team’s comeback victory Saturday against Liberty

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By Sarah Gowon

Cavalier Daily Staff Writer Early this summer, the beloved restaurant and bar on Elliewood Avenue , The Backyard , closed its doors without an explanation. Ignoring a Facebook page filled with questions, Backyard’s management never publicly announced the future of the venue.

Trinity owners Ryan Rooney and Kevin Badke purchased the property as one of their ventures and have partnered with Crozet Pizza owners, Mike and Colleen Alexander, to open a branch of the 35-year-old pizza restaurant on the Corner. Because of the original pizza restaurant’s small floorplan, the Alexanders have been unable to match the 35-yearold restaurant’s ever-growing

popularity with increased serving capacity.

“We can only do so many pizzas at Crozet Pizza,” Colleen Alexander said. “We have been looking for an additional space for the last couple of years so we could serve more customers. When the

Backyard space became available, we knew that it was the right spot.”

Located about 12 miles east of Grounds, Crozet Pizza is a highly-regarded restaurant and beloved favorite of many students — so much so that visiting the establishment is on the list of “113 Things to Do Before you Graduate” issued to fourth-year students every year.

“Our dough is made by hand from our family recipe, our sauce is our own, and vegetables are freshly cut each day,” Colleen Alexander said. “We use high-quality cheese and meats.

Frankly, [our pizza] is delicious.”

But with so many opportunities for delicious cuisine in Charlottesville proper, the Alexanders recognize their restaurant’s appeal doesn’t rest solely on making quality pizzas. “ I t ’s h i p w i t h o u t trying to be hip. It’s funky and quirky but warm and comfortable at the same time,” Colleen Alexander said. “Customers enjoy being at Crozet Pizza.”

They also take a little bit of Crozet Pizza away when they leave.

Customers started a trend of sending the restaurant pictures of themselves wearing Crozet Pizza t-shirts in different places all around the world.

The Alexanders then chronicle their customers’ adventures by pinning these photographs to a world map.

“I think, like all of us, the students get a kick out of seeing

their picture on the map,” Colleen Alexander said.

Crozet Pizza has received several awards and accolades throughout the years, including its spot on Food Network’s list of the 50 best pizzas in the country and its recognition as National G e o g r a p h i c ’s “Best in World” pizza.

“We want to maintain the exact same taste and quality as the original Crozet Pizza,” Rooney said. “While the new location will be bigger and newer than the original, it will still have great pizza in a funky and inviting atmosphere.”

The aptlynamed Backyard has a huge outdoor patio that has created a vibe students have flocked to in the past. But renovations have already started on the property.

“The building was a little rough, but it has so much character and potential,” Rooney said.

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fter final exercises last May, I was heady with the excitement of seeing my friends graduate and dive head first into the real world.

To me, graduating was so far removed from my mind — until the first day of my summer classes in June.

While daydreaming in my American politics seminar about the awesome tuna melt I was going to make for lunch, I realized I was going to be a fourth year in the fall. But with a busy summer of making plans to move into my new house on Wertland, planning my trip to Hilton Head and just going back to D.C. to see all my high-school friends, I managed to push this thought from my mind. A simple, yet exciting, summer, right? And one I thought was just like everyone else’s summer, full of vacationing without a care in the world. It wasn’t until all of my friends got back to Grounds that I realized I was so wrong.

The first couple of days back, I decided to make an effort to see people I hadn’t talked to all break. I learned so much about their unforgettable internships

in Washington, D.C., New York, and “insert another city where I was not this summer here.”

But the stories that really got to me were the ones about how

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Al-Hassan Koroma people had found their calling, such as helping the developing world by teaching children English and hygiene. I kept thinking to myself, “How in the hell do people already have their lives planned out?”

Some people have already started getting job offers for the beginning of next summer, and one of my friends just got offered a full ride to optometry school after just one interview this week. What I hate most about it, though, is the fact that it is only the first month

sion into a Crozet Pizza branch is just one of the many changes that have occurred on the Corner since last semester. Coupe de Ville’s, another restaurant and bar on Elliewood, changed hands last academic year; students’ perennial favorite fro-yo shop, Please see Crozet, Page B6

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The best four years

By Al-Hassan Koroma

Courtesy of The Hook

Nothing collapses of school. It just makes me feel like I’m doing something utterly wrong in not actively searching for a job or getting my “life plan” set in stone. It then dawned on me I wasn’t doing something wrong; I wasn’t a failure. I just wasn’t doing enough compared to the average, run of the mill, overworked U.Va. student.

U.Va. just does something to people to make them a little crazed about their work.

This Hunger Games-esque, kill-or-be-killed competition among students is palpable and engulfs the entire student body. I personally think they must be putting something in our drinks — damn, Newcomb too!

With the onslaught of postgraduation questions having commenced, I have started to panic. It’s already hard enough to deal with your parents, who never stop prying with questions like, “Have you decided what you want to do yet with your life?” or “Did you apply for a job?”

But I draw the line when professors have the audacity to ask me the same questions.

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those words, and why she and I are the literal representations of something that cannot colwalk into my sister’s room lapse. First and foremost, she on a Sunday morning. She’s painted those words for inspiraleft for work in her Redskins tion. My sister is a brilliant and t-shirt and baseball cap, jeans passionate thinker. She’s about and blue tennis to embark shoes. I stand in on a wonderThings I Don’t Know the middle of her fully difficult floor, wrapped in thesis journey my towel, wet hair and she wants dripping while I her room to kick through piles be her intelof clothes, trying lectual haven. to find something So yes, I think clean. she quoted My sister has my from Whitman clothes and I have for inspirahers. There’s an tion, but I also imaginary trail think that she of socks, shorts painted out of and dresses a necessity to between our two CONNELLY HARDAWAY m a ke e v e r y bedrooms, sepathing okay. rated by a flight I haven’t of stairs. I notice she’s painted written yet, to myself or to my on her wall. I missed this event sister or to anyone about what — for surely it was an event — happened four months ago. It while I was at work the night isn’t easy to discuss because before. It’s like we’re playing no one talks about almostgrown-up, missing things about tragedies. No one wants to the other because we work exploit someone else’s pain to different shifts. She’s painted: tell a story about her own self, “Nothing collapses.” Under- her own pain. What happened neath her familiar scrawl are to my sister is her story to three pictures: two of us and one just of me.

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Something to wine about

By Abbi Sigler

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n many ways, a 21st birth day is a rite of passage into a new world. You can get a horizontal license, you can show the bouncer your actual I.D. and you can finally hit the craps table. But perhaps most importantly you can go wine tasting. I know what you’re thinking, “Wow! How classy and mature for a 21-year-old.” But the truth is my love affair with wine began March of my senior year in high school — mind you, at that point I had drunk all of two glasses of wine, which I had only gulped down to be polite.

I was sitting in my teacher’s office reading an antique book about fermented fabulousness when it struck me. I’d never even considered it before, but owning

and operating a winery was actually my dream profession. You get to hang out with people, plan weddings, be outdoorsy without actually having to do anything dirty and you get to imbibe at work. Donezo. It seemed perfect; I was even in talks with “investors,” who were really just my friends with serious career plans who wanted to be able to come visit whenever. With my heart set on being a vintner, I enrolled in Environmental Science 101 because that’s obviously the first step. Needless to say, my dream, along with my GPA, plummeted.

In the past three years, namely the past 5 months, my relationship with vino has evolved quite a bit in that now I actually like the taste of wine — well some of it. I still know almost nothing about it, but I do know something about having a good time while tasting

the nectar of the gods.

Planning a wine tasting trip isn’t anything to whine about.

All you really need to do is find

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ABBI SIGLER a DD then you’re golden — just like some of the Riesling you’ll be sipping later. A tasting is chill but still a little exclusive, like my

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favorite type of wine, Viognier — you’ve probably never heard of it; I could only find one bottle at Harris Teeter. You’ve got to be a member of the 21 club.

It’s a casual outing, but leave the Nike shorts at home. You’re surrounded by your good friends, good drinks, even food if you want it. And perhaps the most important and relaxing aspect, good views. Basically, it’s a mix of everything that’s wonderful in the world.

I recently discovered my favorite wine-tasting activity. It turns the actual tasting into a game. Only one person reads the description, and the others try to describe the body, the smell and the taste. Is it medium-bodied or shaped more like a voluptuous woman? Does it smell like a breeze of the Blue Ridge Mountains or more like oakey moss?

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No, actually, this wine does not taste like wet stone with subtle nuances of orange blossom; it tastes more like mashed grapes with a hint of pretension, but a delicious blend at that.

Obviously, this game seems more amusing and appropriate after a couple glasses. On that note, there is a certain etiquette that comes with wine tasting, as there is with any activity that requires some level of class. You don’t want to resemble The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s trip to the vineyard. Clearly, I’m no expert on wine tasting etiquette, so I consulted one of my best friends who works at a vineyard.

As it is anytime someone offers you service, it’s polite to tip. He recommends not being a know-itall — how much does the average Please see Sigler, Page B6

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Football | Pachall, potent TCU offense lurk ahead Continued from page B1 career. He has simply internalized the lesson and approached each opportunity since with a new determination and resolve.

Walcott returned to action last year 45 pounds heavier than when he arrived at the University and started seven games, recording 20 tackles and his only career sack.

“When something like that happens, it kind of smacks you in the face a little bit, so you wake up a little bit and you understand the opportunities that you have,” Walcott said.

“You just want to go out and get them.”

Having learned what it feels

like to watch a lifetime’s worth of work nearly fall by the wayside in an instant, Walcott is perhaps the best mentor for a Cavalier defense trying to learn from its mistakes while remaining even-keeled and confident.

Rebounding from adversity is the challenge Virginia faces this week when they face off against one of the best offenses in the country in No. 16 TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.

“You just got to be strong mentally, overcome adversity,” sophomore safety Anthony Harris said. “The coaches have been talking about having confidence, and we just want to come out here and show people that we could compete at a high level.”

Some mistakes are meant to sting, and others can only be learned by trial and error. But for this week at least, coach Mike London has implored his players to forget Saturday’s disaster rather than focus on it. If one lesson can be gleaned from the poor performance against Georgia Tech, it is learning the ability to move on quickly.

“I understand that there are things we have to fix and things that we have to do, but you have to approach the players in a positive manner,” London said.

“You have to have confidence.

That’s all I’ll talk about to these guys — about letting that one go and then moving on.”

The next challenge for the

will once again be thrust onto a nationally-televised stage and left to sink or swim against one of the top offenses in the country. Following one of the poorest performances in program history, the defense will need to refocus quickly to slow the efficient and experienced TCU offense.

“A lot of players on the team have a fire under them now because we were tested,” Walcott said. “A lot of players, they think they didn’t play good [against Georgia Tech]. Our captains talked to us and told us, ‘You can do one of two things: run or you can stand up and fight.’ I think a lot of players want to stand up and fight.”

Virginia defense is preparing for the imposing offense of TCU, which has led the Horned Frogs to a 10-game overall winning streak dating back to last season — the longest current run in the nation — and 27 victories in its last 28 home games. TCU junior quarterback Casey Pachall leads the nation in passing efficiency with a 242.4 rating and has completed 85 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and no interceptions in two blowout wins.

“Each week you got to move on, whether it’s a win or a loss, so coming into this week, we’ll just focus on this week and what [TCU does],” Harris said.

Saturday, the Virginia defense

M Soccer | Bates seals win with team-high fifth goal sen said of notching his first collegiate goal. “I’m just glad we got the win, too.”

Drexel had a few opportunities of their own in the first half, racking up five corner kicks in the opening period, compared to zero for the Cavaliers. In the 24th minute, the Dragons had one of their best chances to score, as junior midfielder Ken Tribbett elevated to meet a corner with his head and directed it accurately towards goal. But sophomore goalkeeper Spencer LaCivita easily corralled the shot to preserve the clean sheet.

The second period started off similarly to the first, with the Cavaliers controlling the ball in the middle of the field and the

Continued from page B1 After a slow and sloppy start, Virginia took the lead after senior forward Will Bates found freshman midfielder Scott Thomsen free down the left sideline. With a defender closing, Thomsen whipped a low, hard cross into the center of the box, where a gaggle of players from both teams were waiting.

Wharton came streaking in from the top of the box and aggressively forced his way past two Drexel defenders. He managed to make contact with the incoming cross and redirected it into the back of the net to put the Cavaliers ahead.

“It was really exciting,” Thom-

Dragons still forcing seemingly interminable corner kicks.

“I think sometimes those [corner] statistics can be misleading,” Gelnovatch said. “I think we were very economical. We were in control most of the time.”

In the 60th minute, Drexel had a prime chance to even the score, as another corner was sent dangerously into the Cavalier box.

The ball bounced around in a scramble and eventually landed at senior Brandon Zeller’s feet.

Zeller was standing open near the far post, but the midfielder appeared to slip on the wet field as he steadied himself for the shot, causing him to whiff on the shot attempt.

The Cavaliers then added an

and economical and very well executed. I think the second goal deflated the game ... To take the air out of the game, and to take their energy and momentum away, it was huge.”

The Cavaliers, although firmly controlling the possession of the game, actually trailed in total shots 13-8 and finished with 10 fewer corner kicks than Drexel — two figures that are usually not harbingers of success.

But with the field slick and mucky from a day of downpours, the Cavaliers were simply happy to come away with the victory.

“As many wins and as much confidence as we can get with this group, the better,” Gelnovatch said.

insurance goal late, courtesy of Bates’ team-leading fifth goal of the season. Bates struck in the 77th minute on a play created when freshman midfielder Brian James fired a hard cross across the box from the right flank. The ball looked to be headed toward freshman Marcus Salandy-Defour, who was standing on the front post, but the midfielder smartly faked at the ball and let it pass by him. Waiting to receive the ball at the back post was Bates, who fired a shot hard enough that it was able to trickle into the goal even though Drexel senior keeper Tim Washam got a hand on it.

“They were both really good goals,” Gelnovatch said. “Patient

Bartee | Seattle’s extra timeout epitomizes NFL’s referee fiasco Continued from page B1 best when he tweeted that the affidavit was a “#weakattempt”.

But I think we might finally be seeing the Saints’ wall of silence crack, and soon the NFL may be able to prove that the Saints did not act as angelic as they have maintained. The plot thickens.

By now just about everyone has made the joke that the NFL must have hired Foot Locker employees instead of replacement referees by mistake. The replacement refs giveth, and the replacement refs taketh away. I didn’t mind them bailing out the Redskins on opening weekend with a questionable pass interference call on fourth down, helping the Skins score a touchdown against the aforementioned Saints. But the refs may have cost Washington the following week against the Rams. They gave St. Louis running back Steven Jackson

a touchdown after his forward progress was clearly stopped short of the goal line, and they later called a penalty on receiver Josh Morgan that moved the Skins back 15 yards right before Billy Cundiff attempted a late game-tying field goal. Clearly, Morgan deserved a penalty for throwing the ball at Rams cornerback Cortland Finnegan. But Finnegan, a notorious hothead, shoved Morgan in the face right in front of a referee to provoke the incident. How do you miss such an obvious infraction? At least call off-setting penalties!

Besides my obvious Redskins bias, there have been an embarrassing amount of other blown calls, some hilarious, others unforgiveable. I understand the refs can’t catch everything, especially when the game moves at NFL speed. But seriously, how do you give a team — Seattle — four timeouts in a half?

This blunder is so bad, it’s not even bush league. The number of timeouts remaining is listed on the jumbotrons! Their deficient elementary school math skills have also manifested themselves when enforcing penalties, resulting in a few nine-yard first downs.

My personal favorite has to be side judge Brian Stropolo. He claims to be an avid Saints fan on his Facebook page, yet he was slated to work last week’s Panthers-Saints game until Sunday morning, when ESPN contacted the NFL about the potential — translation: obvious — conflict of interest. What if ESPN had decided to keep that tidbit of information quiet until after the game and Stropolo hadn’t been replaced? Thank goodness ESPN pays its employees to Facebook creep.

Player safety is being endangered, and more than a few

when he’s taking a knee to end the game, but it’s unwritten for a reason.

Tom Coughlin and his players were irate about the “unsportsmanlike” gesture and were thankful that nobody got hurt.

Newsflash: People can get hurt at any moment in the game.

There was still time on the clock, and the Bucs were down by one touchdown in a back-andforth game. Snaps are fumbled all the time. True, it’s highly unlikely, but what if Eli had lost the snap?

No coach has the right to demand that a team lay down and accept the loss as a professional courtesy. Coughlin is obviously a successful and respected coach, but I like the fortitude Schiano showed by persuading his team to play a full 60 minutes.

Take it from Herm Edwards: “You play to win the game!”

fights have broken out among teams, including a scrum in this week’s Monday night game between the Broncos and Falcons. The officials have lost control of the game and are affecting the outcomes in a way they aren’t supposed to be.

It will be interesting to see not only how long it takes the NFL to resolve its labor dispute with the refs, but whether the players and fans still complain about calls as much as they used to when the real guys return. Maybe we’ll learn to appreciate Ed Hochuli’s lengthy explanations. Until then, I’ll be glued to my TV looking for the next big gaffe.

To wrap up, I’d like to commend Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano on sending the house after Eli Manning in the final seconds of the Bucs’ loss to the Giants. I understand it may be an “unwritten rule” that you don’t rush the quarterback

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The Virginia Tech football team suffered a stunning 35-17 loss to future ACC opponent Pittsburgh last Saturday, falling out of the rankings for the first time since October 2010...

No. 4 Florida State asserted its claim as a contender for the ACC title and potentially even a

BCS championship with a 52-0 thumping of Wake Forest. The Seminoles improved to 3-0 on the season behind 197 rushing yards and two scores by running back Chris Thompson, who carried only nine times.

Florida State’s defense kept its season total of points allowed

to just three... The ACC’s football teams combined to go only 4-4 when playing out of conference this weekend with no wins against teams from power conferences... This week’s slate pits Florida State against No. 10 Clemson in a matchup that could determine the winner of

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the Atlantic Division. The Tigers kept the battle of the unbeatens intact with a 41-7 win against Furman... In men’s soccer, No. 8 North Carolina and No. 16 Wake Forest played to a 0-0 stalemate in a marquee battle between in-state rivals, representing another disappointing

result for the Tar Heels after losing to James Madison earlier in the week. North Carolina slipped from the top spot in the national rankings Monday, replaced by Maryland, who won a pair of games by a combined score of 6-3.

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OROSCOPES

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Just because a statement is negative, that doesn’t mean it’s realistic. And just because a statement is hopeful, that doesn’t mean it’s out of the question. The universe makes an argument for your dreams.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re asked to do things that on the surface don’t seem like too much fun. If you look at it one way, it’s a terrible inconvenience. If you look at it another way, it’s an adventure.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll be among strong personalities as you gravitate toward people who impress, delight, and even intoxicate you. Appreciate the pleasure of being a little off balance.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re finally focusing your bountiful gifts in quick, precise bursts. A little work here and there starts to add up to something you can be proud of.

Scorpio is a valuable help.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Once a student, always a student. Life itself is your best teacher now. What was once terribly boring now gets fantastically interesting. The more you know, the more you want to know.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s time to surrender your defenses and have a big laugh. Get back in touch with those you’ve missed. Tonight, you’re seen exactly the way you want to be seen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Creativity, like love, isn’t something that one needs to generate. Its energy is already present, and we need only to be open to it. You get an exhilarated buzz from letting creativity sing through you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Prepare for a change of events in your social life.

The sudden entrance or exit of a certain individual -- likely a Leo -- sets off a fortuitous chain of events. Try to keep up.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There’s a perfectly balanced symmetry to what happens. The thing or person you’re waiting for is waiting for you, too, so rush forward now while you’re lucky!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). One way to get what you want is to eliminate any possibility that you won’t get it from your mind. Doubting can only limit your future.

Getting sure is half the battle.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Put your business head on. There are brilliant ways to add more zeros to your income. Tonight, people you didn’t even know were on your side will cheer for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Who would you like to know? The one you put in your thoughts becomes strangely magnetized to you. This is also the reason it’s important not to think of people you wouldn’t like to see today.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 19). Your cosmic birthday gift this year is astounding persistence. Every day, you nudge yourself in the right direction until you finally reap the rewards you’re after. November brings a fresh start to relationships. Enjoy a windfall in December, but save some, too! You’re quite taken with Sagittarius and Cancer, and they are very impressed with you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 36, 20, 45 and 5.

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Life

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Crozet | Restaurant owners look to expand business Continued from page B2 Arch’s, recently became selfserve; and 14th Street saw the addition of a late night venue,

Big Dogs.

Fourth-year College student Nicole Snyder works at a restaurant that neighbored The Backyard and has hired some

of that establishment’s former bartenders.

“I’m sad because they had awesome food on the Corner,” she said of The Backyard’s

recent closing. “It was food that you don’t generally find. It’s just sad.”

Crozet Pizza hopes to open by the middle or end of Octo-

ber. This, however, will not be Rooney and Badke’s last venture — they said they hope to purchase other venues in the future.

Koroma | Fourth-year students appreciate final months Continued from page B2 anymore, not to talk about my life plan. I didn’t pay tuition for you to give me advice; I just want you to teach me about stars. Is that too much to ask?

Can’t we all just take a couple of chill pills? Is it too much for

us to just be content with the people who are around us now?

Because in less than 10 months, we are no longer going to be with our roommates and neighbors, or see classmates out at Trinity and demand we take shots together. The summer leading into my first year here,

I heard that college would be the best four years of your life, but it seems as if it will pass many people by.

University founder Thomas Jefferson envisioned a school where students would become educated young men — and eventually women — and was

known to have said, “I cannot live without books.” In my own experiences, “I cannot live without my friends!” I feel that T.J. would have wanted all of his students to enjoy their time here and not get lost in those very books.

You have the rest of your life

Hardaway | Scar

fades; memory lingers Continued from page B2

tell. But the day after we spent six hours in the ER and she asked me, “What happened?” I knew she could only have her story if I gave it to her. So I did.

And since then we’ve told the story together. We share the burden of her pain and in this sharing we refuse to collapse.

My sister has a jagged scar on her head. If we’re joking we call her Mary Potter. If we’re not, we’re just sitting quietly together. I could wax poetic about valuing life and time and being more careful and letting go more. But everyone knows how much I love my sister. We didn’t need an almost-tragedy to help us strengthen our relationship. My sister needed to redefine the boundaries she lived by; she needed to be more careful. I needed to stop being angry at my sister for mistakes, at myself for my anger.

And then those problems that seemed to be pulling us apart and pushing us uncomfortably close, simply evaporated. I was no longer angry. Yes, I was anxious. For two months I couldn’t eat a full meal or sleep through the night.

But I was more okay than before because I knew what mattered most: my sister.

Most of my peers are worried about what their post-college lives will look like. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried about what the future holds. But I’m telling the truth when I say I know what my future will look like. My sister and I will probably be living in a small apartment with a big dog. I do

not know what city we’ll be in. I’m not sure if I’ll be in graduate school or if I’ll be waitressing or if I’ll be writing the next great American novel. But I can be sure Sissy and I will name our dog something akin to a family name.

He’ll take turns sleeping in our beds and he’ll be very badly behaved. He’ll watch over us while we hold our fragile, just-beginning-lives together.

I think I want to write about my sister’s head because I want us to move past it. I think she feels me looking at her sometimes.

I’ve watched the scar fade.

Its progress hasn’t paralleled my recovery. I still see it deep and fresh. My stomach clenches and I tear up. I’m afraid to let go of that feeling; I think that feeling keeps us safe. And I know in my heart that this isn’t healthy, that our current happiness doesn’t need to exist forever in contrast to the almostsadness.

So nothing collapses. I want my sister to look at that picture of me and know that I’m holding her up. Months ago I was holding her hand in the ER. In the next few months I’ll hold her hand through her thesis. She’ll help me through my various quarter-life crises. And my stomach will unclench.

The scar will fade both on my sister’s face and in my mind. “All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses.”

Connelly’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays.

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

Sigler | Wine-tasting

tips bring good times Continued from page B2 21-year-old know about wine anyway? But don’t be afraid to engage your pourer with legitimate questions. If you had a good tasting — which you probably did because let’s be real, who’s ever had a bad tasting? — it’s considered good form to buy a bottle afterwards. That’s the best part anyway.

So before the weather tanks, head out to the

countryside and enjoy one of the area’s best activities. With more than 20 wineries in the Charlottesville area, it’ll be a while before you’ve tasted them all. Just remember: Good friends and good wine make for good times.

Abbi’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays.

She can be reached at a.sigler@cavalierdaily. com.

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to study and find a job, so enjoy your time at U.Va. while it lasts.

And as it says on many a frat star’s neon highlighter tanks, “YOLO.” Al’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. He can be reached at a.koroma@cavalierdaily.