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BOV defends actions to accreditor Board’s letter to Southern Association of Colleges and Schools justifies administrative decisions during June leadership crisis

By Emily Hutt and Julia Horowitz Cavalier Daily Staff Writers

Integrity at the University is more than an idealized notion.

It’s also a standard of accreditation set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The University last week defended the Board of Visitors’ botched June ouster

a possible breakdown in the Board’s authority, the faculty’s relationship with the Board and institutional integrity —

25 public letter expressing concerns the University had not complied with its accreditation requirements. Smith said the controversy surrounding the University signified

of University President Teresa Sullivan, telling the association the school had not been compromised by this summer’s events.

The association sent a June

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Study reveals hiring biases

Report finds science, technology, engineering, math employers give male students preferential treatment

By Kelly Kaler

more hirable and competent than identical “female” students. Applicants with male names were also offered more opportunities for career mentoring.

“People are socialized to form different expectations about men and women, and differences in the representation of men and women in different areas reinforce those biases,” said John Dovidio , one of the authors of the study, in an email.

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Cavalier Daily Associate Editor A r e c e n t s t u d y b y Ya l e researchers found evidence of gender bias in the fields of science and engineering that shows male students have a competitive advantage over female students.

Researchers gave faculty members random applications for a lab manager position. The applications were handed in with either a male or a female student’s name. The “male” students were consistently rated

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Third-year Arts & Sciences Graduate student Hilary Edgington conducts biological research. Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics continue to face hiring discrimination in overwhelmingly male fields.

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Honor to offer updated tutorial The Honor Committee plans to launch an online tutorial in early October to offer students further instruction on the honor system. The tutorial will be mandatory for all incoming students — both first years and transfers — and optional for all others.

Honor Committee Chair Stephen Nash, a fourth-year College student, said the module would be similar to one offered last year in terms of content but would be more interactive than its predecessors. “Last year [students had to] read through the entire thing and then answer questions,” Nash said. “Now the questions are right after the relevant and applicable material, giving it a more interactive feel.”

The survey should take most students between five and 15 minutes to complete, Nash said.

Some Committee members expressed concern at the Committee’s weekly meeting Sunday evening about whether the new module will truly enhance stu-

dents’ knowledge of the honor system. “Even if we were trying to reach 100 percent of the students, there would still be a percentage of students who we can’t reach,” said Vice Chair for Investigations Lindsey Tumperi, a fourth-year College student. “People can still just click through and answer questions incorrectly and not learn anything about honor.”

The module will launch prior to the start of most midterms, Nash said. Like other compulsory NetBadge items, students will be given three reminders during a span of several weeks to begin or complete the survey.

“I consider this one of the largest education initiatives and tools we’ve put in place,” Nash said. “It’s important that [this information] is available so everyone coming in has a better understanding of the University’s expectations.”

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Kaine campaign stumbles Former governor discusses upcoming tax cut expirations, commits political gaffe Tim Kaine, a Democrat, is running to take Sen. Jim Webb’s seat in the U.S. Senate.

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By Katherine Ballington and Joseph Liss Cavalier Daily Staff Writers During a debate last week with former Sen. George Allen, R-Va., the first in the campaign for Sen. Jim Webb’s seat, former Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, said he would consider a “minimum tax level” if it were proposed by another senator.

Kaine’s statement was a gaffe, though not one that would have much effect on the campaign, University Center for

Lily Adams, a spokesperson for the Kaine campaign, said Kaine meant he would remain open to a broad number of policy proposals to find a balanced approach to tax policy and deficit reduction.

“He has proposed this sort of middle-ground approach,” Adams said. She did not say whether Kaine would vote for or endorse such a proposal.

Kaine’s statement attracted

Politics spokesperson Geoff Skelley said in an email.

“This was a gaffe in the sense that he essentially said he was open to raising taxes on everyone,” Skelley said. “But like most gaffes, this one will matter very little in November.”

One minor gaffe in Kaine or Allen’s debate will likely not change the dynamics of the race because of the candidates’ well-known political service, Skelley said.

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Report requests racial parity

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The University and Community Action for Racial Equity, a group devoted to fighting racial discrimination on Grounds and in Charlottesville, announced Monday the public release of a report titled “Call for Reflection and Action.” The publication coincides with UCARE’s receipt of a $148,000 grant from the Andrus Family Fund to promote better race relations at the University.

The 35-page report stems in part from the Virginia General Assembly’s 2007 “statement of regret” for the Commonwealth’s history of slavery and the Board of Visitors’ subsequent praise of the statement. These public statements led to calls for better education about the history of racial segregation, slavery and discrimination and the creation of plans to address lingering effects of racism.

UCARE’s main goals include advocating for an improvement in quality of life for University

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staff, a recognition of the proportional decline of AfricanAmerican students and faculty members, the inclusion of more local youth on-Grounds and a student-led memorial program for formerly enslaved persons.

“We’re helping to convene people, helping share information,” UCARE Project Director Frank Dukes said. “There’s no way our project separately will do what we need to.”

But the organization needs administrative support first before it can advance its goals, said third-year Architecture student Dylan Hoos, an intern with UCARE. “We are aware that President Sullivan and the Board of Visitors are making a new strategic plan,” Hoos said. “We would like [the report] to be part of the plan.”

Hoos said the process was a col-

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laborative one, as many community members offered opinions about race relations on Grounds.

“Many people note a disconnect between the community and the University, a sense of fear of the power U.Va. has,” Hoos said.

The organization was waiting for the aftermath of this summer’s leadership crisis to dissipate before releasing the report, Dukes said.

“The report was published in May but we did not do the public release,” he said. “What happened in June just knocked everything off the calendar.”

The announcement of the organization’s grant approval Sunday provided UCARE with the opportunity to release the report to all major University stakeholders, Hoos said.

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SACS | Board letter paints June actions favorably Continued from page A1 all of which are accreditation requirements.

The association is currently the only organization raising questions about the University’s institutional accreditation, University spokesperson Marian Anderfuren said in an email Monday.

Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon oversaw the University’s response to the association. Sullivan, who received the June 25 letter, said at a press conference in August she had recused herself from handling the investigation because the matter posed a conflict of interest.

The Board in its written response admitted it had poorly handled Sullivan’s resignation and reappointment. The Board maintained the events of the summer crisis “were not so egregious as to in any way sacrifice full compliance” with the association’s principles.

The University’s letter was released after a public records request by The Washington Post.

The Board said its lack of transparency during the summer’s leadership crisis resulted from the University’s standard personnel procedures, which prevent disclosure of details regarding employee performance — procedures the Board

says would have been violated if more information about Sullivan’s ouster had been revealed.

“The explanation regarding the general direction and future of the University previously provided to the University community, constituted the true and honest reasons for members’ dissatisfaction with the President’s performance,” the letter said. “These were the sole reasons behind requesting her resignation. There is no more explanation to give.”

The letter also outlined an account of the presidential ouster in a two-page addition to the response, offering its own narrative of events portraying it in a more positive light than

most news reports have. The account noted that Board members first raised concerns about Sullivan’s performance during the last academic year. On June 8, University Rector Helen Dragas and then-Vice Rector Mark Kington told Sullivan they had enough support to ask for her resignation.

The letter stated the Board’s executive committee convened in an open session June 11 to accept Sullivan’s resignation, when this meeting took place June 10 in closed session in Madison Hall.

In response to questions about faculty governance, the Board said its members had not acted unilaterally or exerted undue

authority in curricular matters.

The Board said it was committed to faculty determining their own curriculums, though it also noted it has the right to make sure curricula meet the goals of the University.

The association, located in Atlanta, oversees the accreditation of institutes of higher education in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

Administrators referred questions for this article to the University’s Public Affairs Office, and a SACS spokesperson did not return requests for comment.

Bias | University gender equality ‘ahead of curve,’ Norris says Continued from page A1 ness of bias is a necessary step to combat unacknowledged and often unintentional biases.”

According to the study, the gender of faculty members who reviewed the reports had no influence on exhibited bias.

“Mediation analyses indicated that the female student was less likely to be hired because she was viewed as less competent,” the report stated.

Attempts to address faculty gender bias might increase

female participation in the sciences, according to the report.

Though Dovidio said faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are generally well-intentioned, they often apply discrimination in the workplace without realizing it. The report found female professors exhibited the same capacity for gender bias as men.

“Female professors grow up in the same society [as their male colleagues],” Dovidio said.

“Moreover, their personal suc-

cess may reinforce their perceptions that the system is fair.”

Pamela Norris, associate dean of research and graduate programs in the Engineering school, said her career choices forced her to overcome barriers her male colleagues did not face. She has worked for the University for 18 years.

“I had to pay attention to things men didn’t have to pay attention to,” she said in an email. “It was harder to fit in sometimes ... I bought tickets to sporting events as a way to

have something to talk about, because at first [my co-workers] didn’t know how to talk to me.”

The University’s non-discrimination policy states it “will not tolerate discrimination or harassment in the workplace, academic setting or in its programs or activities” based on an individual’s characteristics, including sex. Supervisors who do not comply with such procedures can be subject to termination.

“There’s always more that can be done, but U.Va. is ahead of

the curve,” Norris said. “Role models go a long way and training people about these implicit biases can be provided ... to help overcome these issues.”

Dovidio said he hopes as women are better represented in STEM fields, people’s views of what women can achieve will also change. “It is a slow process, but women’s greater visibility and achievement helps erode gender barriers — particularly if people are led to recognize the potential social barriers,” Dovidio said.

Election |Obama Virginia victory could mean Kaine triumph Continued from page A1 attention partly because of recent discussion about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s tax history. The former Massachusetts governor paid 14.1 percent of his income in taxes in 2011, recently released tax returns show. This figure is well below the 35 percent at which income more than $250,000 is taxed for the highest earners and is also below the 15 percent at which capital gains, or earnings on investments, are taxed.

Kaine’s tax proposal includes allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire for annual incomes more than $500,000. President Barack Obama has said Bushera tax cuts should expire for income more than $250,000.

“That would generate $500 billion in new revenue,” Adams said. “Republicans like George Allen would like to make them all permanent ... [the] $500,000 level would be a compromise [and] it would still generate a significant amount of revenue for deficit reduction.”

Kaine’s victory may depend on

Obama’s ability to win reelection. “The top of the ticket is very important for both Kaine and Allen,” Skelley said. “Odds are, whoever wins the state at the presidential level will also get a Senate seat out of Virginia.”

The president’s recent jump in the polls has improved Kaine’s chances, Skelley said. Washington Post polls released last week showed Kaine and Obama leading by eight points each in Virginia. The margin of error for both polls was four percentage points.

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Kaine’s tax proposal is part of his plan to reduce the national deficit, which is projected at just below $1 trillion for fiscal year 2013. If Congress cannot reach an agreement by the end of the year, automatic federal spending cuts will chop military spending by more than 9 percent. Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed their concern about the impact of such cuts on Pentagon employees and military contractors, many of whom live in Virginia.

“Governor Kaine is obviously very concerned about the loom-

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ing sequestration cuts,” Adams said.

George Allen supports a flattax option, under which individuals could choose to pay a set tax rate instead of their current tax rate, according to the Allen campaign’s website.

Allen’s proposals center on “putting a stop to the reckless tax and spend pattern in Washington that is stifling our economic recovery,” according to the website.

The Allen campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

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“What is sneaky about switching from an arbitrary immigration program to a merit based one firmly rooted in education reform? Diversity for its own sake is a means of judging someone by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character.”

“Joel Taubman,” responding to the Sept. 24 lead editorial, “Thorned stems”

The Honor Committee deserves praise for new initiatives that make the group more accessible The Honor Committee used to visit most students at orientation and never again, giving off the impression that the only rationale for students to meet with the group would be to turn in a fellow student or seek their own absolution. But the Committee has taken steps to open its doors and descend from the fourth floor of Newcomb to engage with the community on Grounds. With a redesigned website and new initiatives after all these years the Committee has succeed in achieving accessibility.

The fad of rolling out a new website has hit the University hard: The Committee is one of several organizations, including UVa Today and The Cavalier Daily, to launch a new site this semester. Coupled with the Committee’s updated look, though, is a trove of information. Supplements, schedules and reports once hard to find have been made more available.

Students can not only delve into Committee arcana but also contact a representative with ease. “We can’t talk to everybody, but we can certainly do a good job or a better job to find what student sentiment is,” Committee Chair Stephen Nash said. Making it easier to contact the Committee is a primary step in an engagement campaign which he will spearhead.

Nash outlined this engagement campaign that will take place between now and November. The Committee will host a series of events including weekly panels that began last Wednesday, an eventual town hall and an Oct. 11 debate co-sponsored with

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debating societies. From our experience, the panels — which pool random students but include room for sign-ups — present a cordial forum to discuss Committee issues in a speculative but informative manner. For instance, in the inaugural panel participants discussed ideas such as an academic hotline for stressed students or the insertion of a question about the honor code on admissions essays.

These personable events served to make the Committee appear more friendly and allowed it to accrete relevant data from students. The most comprehensive data, however, will arrive this Sunday when the Committee unveils the results of a survey. Ideally, Nash said, this data will assist the Policy and Procedures Committee as it moves to present new legislation sometime in October. Nash believes that the route to passing potentially applicable Committee reforms has suffered in previous years from a lack of student input. “To me, the biggest problem has been, just year after year, it’s very easy [for Committee members] to come in and say this is the solution,” Nash said.

Given its confidentiality policies and general clandestine manner of operation, even the best of outreach campaign will struggle to make students feel more comfortable about working with the Committee. Nevertheless, for engaging the community in numerous ways — some tangible, some digital — the Committee deserves student cooperation considering its newfound willingness to listen.

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Icy words and polar politics Mitt Romney should talk about political ideals and not demographics going into November

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ITH 42 days left until In addition, Romney’s sentiment the general election, the was not well-worded. Even his c o n t e s t a n d t h e running mate, Paul Ryan, called it political attacks are getting more “obviously inarticulate.” Despite heated by the day. Governor Mitt all of these shortcomings, it is naïve not to recognize Romney recently the grain of truth in SAM NOVACK came under fire Romney’s words. for remarks he OPINION COLUMNIST Of the 47 percent made on the camthat do not pay income paign trail that were secretly recorded and sub- tax, about 90 percent earn around sequently published by Mother $30,000 or below. And Obama owns this demographic comfortJones, a liberal magazine.

“There are 47 percent of the ably – 61 percent to Romney’s 32, people who will vote for the presi- according to the latest New York dent no matter what,” Romney Times and CBS News polls. This said. “There are 47 percent who group of Americans gives Obama’s are with him, who are dependent chances at reelection a hefty boost. upon government, who believe And it is unlikely that those looking that they are victims, who believe to benefit from higher taxes on the that government has a responsibil- wealthy and Obama’s bigger govity to care for them, who believe ernment policies, suchas Obamathat they are entitled to health Care, will ever come over to the care, to food, to housing, to you right, let alone join the GOP come this November. name it.”

On the other hand, this entire Democrats immediately leapt on the statements, as did several group is not lost to the RepubRepublicans who were eager to licans. Some non income-tax distance themselves from Rom- payers are over the age of 65, a ney’s remarks. Susana Martinez, demographic often sympathetic the Republican governor of New to the right. There are also some Mexico, said, “We have a lot of people making well over $100,000, people that are at the poverty level another Republican demographic, in New Mexico, but they count who pay no income taxes. So has just as much as anybody else.” She Romney made a mistake in writing was just one of many Republicans off an entire group as lost, when who were quick to try and create there are still supporters to be some distance between Romney’s found? Perhaps. A survey done by vision of the poor electorate and the Vanderbilt/YouGov Ad Rating Project found that Romney’s words their own.

Now the Democrats’ reaction is had done little to shift where to be expected, but the Republican anyone stood on either side. He response has been somewhat dis- did not lose many Republicans, nor appointing to me. Like Martinez, did he gain many Democrats. Genmany Republicans do not feel that uine swing voters were not overly Romney’s sentiments echoed their swayed one way or the other.

This lack of reaction points back own. Few Republicans were willing to write off such a large chunk to why I feel that Romney, while of the electorate as gone to the left. “inarticulate,” was not really at

fault.

We live and vote in a country that has never been more polarized, according to the Pew Research Center’s American Values survey.

In the past 25 years, the average disparity by party has almost doubled, mainly in the past ten years under the Bush and Obama administrations. Polarization characterizes modern American politics. So what Romney said points to the larger, cold truth that, come November, we as Americans simply want two very different things.

The left generally believes larger government is good, and that it is the government’s job to provide for its people. And the left will tax the wealthy in order to fund the programs to which they believe people are entitled. The right, again in general, believes in the ability of the individual to succeed or fail on his or her own. Government plays a reduced role, and success is not held in check by a government waiting to spread the wealth around.

I think it is fairly plain where Mr. Jefferson stood, and I will leave you with his words: “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”

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With more choices, consumers of media are left more cynical and less satisfied

HIS PAST week, a survey nist David Carr pointed out that conducted byGallup found today’s news business is so lucra t h a t 6 0 p e r c e n t o f tive, cable networks make as Americans have little or no much as $1 billion a year in proftrust in the media’s capacity to its. More than straight reporting, however, these report news accuDENISE TAYLOR profits make their rately, fairly and way into the netobjectively. The OPINION COLUMNIST works’ pockets as survey went on to conclude that in comparison to a result of the dozens of “comprevious years, election or oth- mentary” and “debate” shows erwise, the amount of distrust in today’s news programming has the mass media has hit a record to offer.

So how does this compare to high.

For most people, this does not the days of Cronkite? For one, come as a surprise. The portrait money adds variety. Back in of the Midwestern family gath- the 70s, there were only three ering around the television to major networks, and the evening watch Walter Cronkite’s cover- anchors on each had one job: age of Apollo 11 is almost as to tell you what was important. outdated as the TVs they were Forty years ago, watching the watching them on. And yet, news with one’s family was what there remains the question of David Carr cited as a “shared just what happened between national experience,” and had 1969 and now that drove the a unifying effect on the viewernumber of Americans with faith ship.

But the more individualistic in news media from 72 percent American society becomes, the to a mere 40 percent in 2012.

Money is the most obvious less we are willing to adhere factor. New York Times colum- to that unification. It’s hard to

pinpoint when and why, but the skeptical of what was “fact” and increased sense of skepticism what wasn’t. Today, we choose of the Vietnam generation and our news, so we choose how to those who followed has facili- define what is fact.

And while we’re on the topic of tated a type of hatred toward definitions, any large “The portrait of the Midwestthere is the structure, question of whether ern family gathering around what still it is govthe television to watch Walter counts as ernment, m e d i a o r Cronkite’s coverage of Apollo 11 “ n e w s . ” r e l i g i o n . is almost as outdated as the TVs P o l i t i cal comSome attrithey were watching them on.” m e n t a r y bute this shows like shift to the effect of the hippie move- those of Rachel Maddow and ment, while others would argue Bill O’Reilly include content that that inevitable technological is handpicked by producers to shifts promoted pre-existing agree with the politics of the tendencies to act in self-interest. network on which it airs. Debate Whichever the reason is, the shows like “Hannity and Colmes” result is that today’s news pro- don’t run as much debate as they duction directly reflects new do theatrical bickering. Political comedian Jon Stewart famously individualistic values.

So with new ways of thinking called out the correspondents comes choice, with choice comes on CNN’s “Crossfire” for “hurtvariety, and with variety skepti- ing America” with slanderous cism against universals. In other debates whose only functions words, the three-network days were to gain ratings, and the gave us less of a choice to be show was promptly pulled off

the air. And although “Crossfire” was put out early, the popularity of similar programs has been enough to burn the old news media to the ground.

While it’s unlikely that the news will go back to being the “shared national experience” it once was, Americans are a lot less willing to hear the truth than they were 40 years ago. The paradox of being dissatisfied with one’s news while still watching it will only feed the distrust until networks have virtually no reason to broadcast hard news at all.

The more people define their individualism by the news they watch, the more it will cause an even more drastic shift to theatrical programming. According to the Gallup study, it’s not that we don’t watch the news, or even that we don’t like the news. We just don’t trust it.

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Iran can still engage in international dialogue more productive than President Ahmadinejad’s tirades to the U.N.

N W E D N E S D A Y , likely will not cover any of the S e p t e m b e r 2 6 t h above topics. Instead he will I r a n i a n P r e s i d e n t probably give a tirade full of conMahmoud Ahmadinejad will spiracy theories that will blame address the world at the United the United States, the West and the Jewish State Nations. The listenMASON LEON for the world’s ers already know GUEST VIEWPOINT problems.

Iran is a serial Ahmadinejad human rights abuser, the world’s largest state may once again call for the sponsor of terrorism and an complete destruction of a UN unabashedly undemocratic member state, Israel. He is liable regime. The world has seen the to do so while claiming that his Iranian government’s willing- regime has a right to develop ness to not only kill its own nuclear technology. What makes people when they peacefully me think he will do this? Simple, protest, but to openly support he has done this every single others who do the same. This had year since 2005. Every year, the been apparent through Iran’s Iranian president ventures to support for Syrian President New York to instruct the world’s Bashar al-Assad with months of biggest forum about humanitarpropaganda, war material and ian issues, “Western Terrorism” troops. Based on this wide range and nuclear rights. Every year of topics that have grasped the he blames the United States and globe’s attention, many wonder Israel as the primary culprits what Ahmadinejad will speak for global pain and suffering.

As Americans we understand about Wednesday.

Although I do not have access to freedom of speech. But we also the exact speech he will deliver, understand that we do not have I have a fairly good idea of to play host on the world stage to what he will say. On Wednes- anyone and everyone.

Ahmadinejad is not a proponent day, Ahmadinejad will address the world at the United Nations of free speech; in fact, he has a headquarters in New York and record of opposing it. Ahmadine-

jad is the leader of a regime do not exist. The Iranian Penal responsible for serial abuses Code provides for the death penof not only freedom of speech, alty in cases of sodomy and is but so many of the freedoms carried out all too frequently.

In addition to these abuses available to those who live in libof human rights, eral demoIranian govcratic soci“With all of Iran’s actions, the ernment is a prie t i e s l i ke it is almost comical that mary state sponthe United sor of terrorism, States. The President Ahmadinejad I r a n i a n would once again be given giving resources and training to regime has a pulpit in New York City numerous terror a history of groups. The Iraabuse and from which to preach.” nian regime has violence carried out, supagainst religious minorities, political ported, and condoned numerous opponents and people with alter- attacks on American targets. native lifestyles. Human rights, Some examples from the quite civil rights, political rights and lengthy list of Iranian linked religious rights are suppressed acts of terrorism include the in the Islamic Republic. The UN bombing of a US Marine BarHuman Rights Council went so racks in Lebanon in 1983 killfar as to note that Iran has shown ing 241 US Marines; the Iraa “striking pattern of violations nian-backed Mahdi Army killing of fundamental human rights scores of Americans in Iraq; and guaranteed under international the attempted assassination of law.” In Iran those practicing the Saudi Ambassador, just to religions other than Shi’ite Islam, name a few. Additionally, Iran including Jews, Baha’is, Chris- has been linked to the slew of tians and Zoroastrians, are often recent attacks on Israeli dipsubject to severe restrictions on lomats and civilians in India, their freedom of movement and Bulgaria, Georgia, Thailand and faith. LGBTQ rights, simply put, other nations. Rhetoric from

top Iranian leaders regularly lambastes the United States. Our nation is often referred to as the “Great Satan,” and our pluralistic values are regularly mocked and demeaned. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has stated that conflict between the US and Iran is “natural and unavoidable.”

The Iranians have gone so far in their bellicose language as to threaten to cut off access to the Persian Gulf.

With all of Iran’s actions, it is almost comical that President Ahmadinejad would once again be given a pulpit in New York City from which to preach. After years of civil rights abuse and historical denial, after numerous incidents of violence and terror, it is time for something to change. The Iranian government needs to start a dialogue of Human Rights, not Nuclear Rights. Until these positive steps are made, it must be clear that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is #UNwelcome at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Mason Leon is the Vice President for Advocacy in Hoos for Israel.

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A fourth-year trustee advises students on how to survive college when you don’t know what you want to do

F THERE is one gift that I can sometimes. But as I find myself guarantee every graduate will in the home stretch, I think I get a lot of, it’s advice. turned out alright. So, from one Some of it is incredibly useful; clueless person to another, here some you wish came with a is my strategy on how to survive (thrive) in colgift receipt. As I lege, even without look ahead to the ARIANNA PARSONS a plan. end of this year GUEST VIEWPOINT First, make friends when I will be leaving my beloved University with anyone and everyone. for that place called the real When I first stepped foot on world, I am looking for all the Grounds, I knew no one. I was advice I can get. Résumé cri- more worried about finding tiques, job-hunting tips — you someone to sit with at O-Hill name it, I’ll take it. With a grain than mapping out my life goals.

I was fortunate enough to end of salt maybe, but I’ll take it.

However, as hungry as I am up with an awesome roommate for all this advice, I also find who could put up with my antics myself in a position to give it. — most of the time — but even if Seeing all these new first years you’re not that lucky, there are around Grounds — thrilled to so many opportunities to meet be in college, yet still slightly people. Introduce yourself to mystified by their newfound people in your classes or strike independence — I think back to up conversations as you wait my first year, and what I wish I in line at the dining hall. Some had known. If there is one thing of those people you may never I can’t stress enough, it’s this: if talk to again, but some might you show up to college without become your best friends. And a plan, it’s perfectly OK. In fact, now, as a fourth year, I find it’s even normal. I floated along, myself reconnecting with some and bumped into things, and of those random dining hall maybe even went backwards conversations. We’re all a bit

Once you’re feeling a little nostalgic as we face the end, and I’ve never felt closer to the more comfortable — you’ve got friends, you’ve got a fun activClass of 2013.

Now that you have friends, ity to talk about during rush — start shopping around for some- it’s time to start thinking about majors. If you thing to get don’t know involved “And now, as a fourth year, I y e t w h a t in. Don’t b e a f ra i d find myself reconnecting with y o u w a n t to t r y some of those random dining to major in, take random everything hall conversations.” classes. First until you semester I find out what really interests you. At took astronomy. I can now say the student activities fair, my for sure that I do not want to roommate and I signed up for be an astronomer. But I can sailing club, because the poster still identify the Big Dipper. If had pictures of people in their you’re thinking about taking bathing suits on boats. At the it, by the way, it’s not actually interest meeting we discovered an easy science. On the other that you actually had to learn hand, don’t rule anything out how to sail. We never went too soon. I was halfway through back. Then I spent a semester ECON 202 before I understood crocheting hats every Sunday which way supply and demand in Cabell, until I realized that curves shifted and that the crocheting wasn’t really my interest rate was not actually thing, and my hats wouldn’t an irrelevant variable. And even fit a doll. But once I found now I’m an economics major.

Once you’ve decided on your the activities that I was really passionate about, the Univer- major, after maybe switching sity truly became my home one or four times, next comes the important stuff: internships away from home.

and jobs. First, keep in mind that any experience is good experience. One time I worked at Baskin Robbins. We all start somewhere. Second, go to University Career Services. I wish I knew about them before this year because there are some serious superstars there. They have been doing this career stuff a lot longer than you have, and they are beyond willing to help you out, even if your only skill is the ability to scoop ice cream without getting carpal tunnel syndrome.

Last but not least, have some fun along the way. Spend a sunny afternoon outside instead of in the library or streak the Lawn — but not when there are thousands of chairs from Convocation on it, as I learned the hard way. You are only in college once, so carpe diem. I can’t guarantee you everything is going to turn out according to plan … but that’s the beauty of not having one.

Arianna Parsons is a fourth-year trustee.

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Teammates tackle injuries together After suffering eerily similar torn ACLs, soccer trio Bates, Bird, Lima endure grueling rehab process to play 2012 season

By Ben Baskin

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor

Courtesy Virginia Athletics

Virginia men’s soccer players Bryan Lima, Eric Bird and Will Bates all suffered similar, season-ending knee injuries in 2011.

But the three rehabbed together and returned to the field this year to upset then-No. 22 California.

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It wasn’t official. It wasn’t a game or a scrimmage or even a practice. Just the guys getting together to play some soccer on a tranquil summer afternoon in 2011 before the team’s grueling preseason began. It was supposed to be fun.

But then-sophomore Bryan Lima attempted a seemingly innocuous slide tackle on then-freshman teammate Eric Bird and felt a sharp pain searing through his right knee. Lima found it difficult to put pressure on the leg and needed to be carried off the field, a role that then-junior Will Bates was quick to fill.

The incident would soon come to represent an eerie coincidence for the trio of teammates, ensnaring them in an insidious web of knee injuries.

“When I first realized that [Bird and Bates were involved in my injury], I freaked out a bit,” Lima said.

Lima underwent an MRI that revealed a torn right ACL requiring a seasonending surgery. Lima took a medical redshirt and missed his 2011 campaign.

The year for the rest of the team began inconspicuously, but it would take only a couple of months for the trio’s connection to resurface.

Bird was the next one to fall victim to the team’s bad luck. He was forced to leave a Sept. 23 game against

North Carolina after he too felt a sharp pain in his right knee. Almost exactly a month later, the same thing happened to Bates in a contest against Virginia Tech.

The unfortunate trifecta was complete.

Their diagnoses were even worse: a torn right ACL and MCL for Bird and a torn ACL and meniscus for Bates.

Both joined Lima on the operating table and then on the sidelines for the remainder of the 2011 season.

The three teammates suffered three devastating and remarkably similar knee injuries within a matter of months. It was three seasons torn away from three star athletes without any forewarning or cause for alarm.

Such a situation would certainly be daunting for anybody to face alone. The three teammates, however, didn’t go through the recovery process on their own.

The parallel injuries were only the beginning of their shared journey.

United through mutual adversity, the trio forged their rehabilitative paths with one goal in mind: to get healthy in time for the 2012 season.

“We just called ourselves the ACL Crew for the semester and really pushed each other to get better,” Bates said. “We made it a competition in the training room … pushing each other to just do a little more weight than we were comfortable doing, Please see Injuries, Page B3

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Cavs sweep Boston tilts The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team swept through Boston this weekend, defeating No. 22 Boston College Friday and No. 12 Boston University two days later. Sunday’s victory marked the program’s 500th win.

By prevailing in their ACC opener Friday, the Cavaliers (9-2, 1-0 ACC) matched their conference win total from the entire 2011 season. The Eagles (4-5, 0-2 ACC) were attempting to bounce back from a loss against Maryland, but the Cavalier offense thwarted the attempt with a 3-1 win.

Redshirt senior midfielder Michelle Vittese scored the

first goal of the game on a shot set up by a penalty corner. The Cavaliers in the second half extended their lead to three as junior forward Hadley Bell came alive with her second and third goals of the season.

Boston College’s freshman midfielder Romee Stiekema scored with less than eight minutes remaining in the game, but it was too late. The Eagles, depleted by late penalties, could not mount a serious comeback.

Virginia earned its third shutout victory of the season against Boston University (6-3), blanking the Terriers 2-0. The

Cavaliers took advantage of their few first-half opportunities with goals from sophomore forward Rachel Sumfest and redshirt senior forward Paige Selenski. Virginia dominated possession in the second half, holding the Terriers to zero shots while protecting a two-goal lead.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jenny Johnstone played two complete games for the Cavaliers, tallying seven saves and allowing just one goal. Virginia outshot its opponents 22-17 on the weekend.

—compiled by Matt Comey

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Junior forward Hadley Bell scored twice in the second half as Virginia snagged its ACC opener against Boston College. Bell has now tallied three goals this season, only one fewer than her entire 2011 total.

The ACC rises Week four of the college football season was an important one, as many teams began conference play. Gone for the most part were the tune-up games against depleted FCS squads.

Instead, college viewers were left to evaluate the shifting powers in college conferences.

Some teams shone. Out west, No. 3 Oregon blanked conference opponent Arizona 49-0 behind a 495-yard offensive day and a defensive performance so outstanding that the Ducks jumped to No. 2 in the polls.

No. 15 Kansas State went on the road and overcame Oklahoma’s Landry Jones and his nearly 300-yard day as the Wildcats stopped the No. 6 Sooners 24-19 in Norman, Okla.

Down south No. 5 Georgia shredded Vanderbilt for more than 300 yards on the ground in a 48-3 win that left the SEC as the only conference except for the Big 12 with six undefeated teams.

Some performances were ugly.

LSU committed nine penalties and needed an interception as time expired to hold on to a 12-10 win against an Auburn team whose only win was a three-point overtime victory against Louisiana-Monroe.

No. 24 Boise State, once an reach 100 yards rushing for the offensive juggernaut, failed to second time this season.

Despite its offensive flaws, produce even 300 yards of total offense in a 7-6 win against BYU. Notre Dame’s defense was dynaThe game’s only offensive touch- mite. In their second straight down was scored with 3:37 left week preventing a ranked opponent from reaching the end in the fourth quarter.

No. 19 UCLA’s senior tailback zone, the Irish forced six turnJohnathan Franklin, once hyped overs, including four intercepas a dark horse candidate for the tions of Robinson. Senior lineHeisman Trophy, was held to 45 backer Manti Te’o came up with yards on the ground as Oregon two of those picks and registered State won 27-20 on the road a eight tackles in a performance week after knocking off Wiscon- that continues the Hawaiian’s candidacy for sin at home. major defenSome perforSEAN MCGOEY sive honors mances weren’t this year. worth even menThe game may have been tioning — such as Virginia’s 27-7 fought between two Midwestern loss to No. 17 TCU. But for ACC fans, two games schools, but the results impact the ACC. mattered most.

For those with their heads First, No. 11 Notre Dame topped quarterback Denard Robinson buried in the sand, Notre Dame and No. 18 Michigan 13-6 in a will soon officially join the ACC game that skewed much closer in all sports other than football. to ugly than impressive. The The football team has preserved game’s lone touchdown came on its independence for now but a two-yard run by backup quar- has also agreed to play five ACC terback Tommy Rees, a junior games per year, essentially tying who occupies the familiar “Phil- the program to the conference.

Notre Dame’s strong footlip Sims” role for the Irish this year. Sophomore Everett Golson, ball program helps the ACC. the starter for Notre Dame, was Although teams in the SEC have pulled after going 3-for-8 for 30 racked up six-straight national yards and two interceptions in titles, the ACC’s last championthe first half. The Irish failed to ship came with Florida State’s

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victory in 1999. The conference’s once-promising programs in North Carolina and Miami have been battered by NCAA recruiting violations.

The conference’s influx of new teams – Syracuse and Pitt are also joining as full members – could give the ACC more credibility as a football conference.

The increased strength of schedule should help teams draw top recruits. If the Fighting Irish can return to their traditionally winning ways, it will bolster a conference with a decade-long title drought.

Saturday’s primetime Florida State-Clemson tilt also gave the ACC much-needed attention.

The No. 10 Tigers put up 426 yards of offense and threw four touchdowns — including one by standout sophomore wideout Sammy Watkins — but fell 49-37 to a No. 4 Seminoles team that rolled up 667 yards of offense in one of the more impressive performances of the year.

Senior quarterback EJ Manuel completed an outstanding 27 of his 35 throws for 380 yards and two touchdowns, while adding 102 yards on the ground in an effort that saw Florida State rack up 287 rushing yards.

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Thompson also topped 100 yards and tallied two ground touchdowns for the Seminoles.

Despite Florida State’s soft early schedule, that game was one of the most dynamic of the young season and has cemented this year’s Florida State squad as a contender for national titles. The Seminoles have not been better since 1999 and 2000, when Bobby Bowden led the squad to national championship appearances.

Florida State is still a long shot for a title. The season is just four weeks old. Other elite teams may snag the championship: Oregon is a contender; USC could still make some noise despite an early-season loss and Notre Dame could force its way into the championship picture too.

There are also still two undefeated SEC West teams — Alabama and LSU — set to duel in Baton Rouge Nov. 3. Either team could emerge from that contest as a championship favorite.

Even if the Seminoles fail to win a title this year, Florida State’s performance and the influx of new teams suggest the ACC’s football star is finally on the rise.

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Flying on the High Notes

Courtesy of The Flying V’s The Flying Virginians performed four songs at the Relay for Life event in Spring 2012.

By Christina Leas

Cavalier Daily Staff Writer Anyone can turn on the ra d i o a n d h e a r G o t y e ’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” but it’s rare to find an a cappella version with cats’ meows replacing the lyrics.

This kind of quirky talent is on display behind the scenes of the University’s only allrock a cappella group, The Flying Virginians.

This co-ed group, now entering its fourth year, stands

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apart from groups typically heard at University events such as Rotunda Sing. The group sings everything from alternative rock such as the Goo Goo Dolls to heavy rock such as Flyleaf.

“I could not even imagine singing a pop song with the same chords over and over,” second-year Engineering student Constance Tan said .

“It would drive me to the ground.”

The musical interests and personalities of individual members are as varied as

Good Grief

knew it was going to happen. just happened a few weeks ago, I spent the summer in New right?

Anger York City hanging out with When my roommate Commerce School students who were working at banks. I knew announced she had a job, I they were all bound to get jobs was angry with myself. “Why before they left the island. I couldn’t I have loved math more got emails from CAVLink and as a kid? Then maybe I would University Career Services all have wanted to go to the Engisummer reminding me to update neering School too and I would my résumé and get ready for the have a job right now!” Then I job hunt. I knew it was inevi- realized I disliked science just table people around me would as much as I disliked math and start getting jobs. But the day would have a more promising my best friend, roommate and career flipping burgers at a fast best pregame playlist-maker I food joint than I would as a sysknow told our apartment she tems engineer. After seriously formally accepted her job offer looking into franchise options from the company she worked while simultaneously cursing for this summer, I was over- the fact that practically every major media conthe-moon excited glomerate hires for her and, at the Urban Legends on an as-needed same time, jealbasis instead of ous, stressed and a year out, I realanxious. ized I needed to Even though I channel my anger had lost nothing, into some form I began the five of productivity. stages of grief, And by producsomething I think tivity, I mean 70 every fourth year percent watching goes through as How I Met Your we are constantly Mother and 30 reminded this is percent updating our last time to do KATIE URBAN my résumé. After everything as an all, I have to hone undergrad – our my television-watching skills last first home football game, our last Rotunda Sing or our last so I can entertain myself if I do end up unemployed. That is, of Sept. 25. course, if I can afford a televiDenial sion.

Instead of introducing myself Bargaining as a fourth year at the UniverBargaining was a short-lived sity of Virginia, I usually introstage for me. Usually you’re duce myself by saying, “Hi, my name is Katie and I am in denial begging someone to stay or asking God to let your loved at the University of Virginia.” one live longer. Although I did But by having a friend who was send a quick shout-out to the big officially employed, I lost the man upstairs to help me find a ability to deny that this is our job, I took most of my begging, last year at college and the abilpleading, wishing and praying ity to deny that the gravy train ends in May – a fact of which my to a form commonly known as a cover letter. To anyone looking Dad never fails to remind me. to hire an over-eager underI’m not crazy, or at least I like to believe I’m not. So I obviously graduate student, the CliffsNotes of my cover letter are as follows: wasn’t going around denying Hire me; I am willing to work my roommate had a job. But it’s extremely weird when someone long hours and will move mountains for your company. My your age is offered full-time employment with benefits. I mean, Convocation on the Lawn Please see Urban, Page B4

the rock genre. The group brings in members who have no musical background to perform alongside music savants.

“We’ve chosen people on character and if they have distinct sound,” said Tan, who is responsible for the meowing on the group’s Gotye cover.

Because they are a relatively new group, the Flying V’s have not yet had a major Please see Music, Page B4

Coming of Age

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o r r y t o a b o u t t h r e e - has never felt so accessible fourths of my readership if as it did the moment my I am being insensitive, ID flipped from vertical to but being 21 really is the best horizontal. The DMV still has thing ever. Now before you not sent me the coveted horiunderage Coupe’s-dwelling zontal ID, but let us pretend minors scoff and look away, for the sake of the metaphor realize we 21-year-olds have and my maturity that it has. paid our dues. Nobody waits Ironically, I think I started to “soooo much longer” to turn frequent Charlottesville community events 21, consideralcoholic and ing that age is a It’s a Punderful Life –not – more than consistent, meaCorner bars surable value.

If you want to ELIZABETH STONEHILL after I turned 21. be “that reader” The most who factors in leap years, then I do not want palpable change the wonderyou here anyway. I feel as if I ful age of 21 brings about am a new person now that I involves a shift in mentalam 21 – with five more pounds ity: I will never be denied. of beer weight and 500 fewer Unless I am trying to rent a dollars of spending money, car or attend a black-tie event how can I not reflect on this wearing my coveted Chacos – which, if you know me, is nascent lifestyle shift? a distinct possibility – I will I have lived in Charlottesnever, ever hear, “Are you ville for four years now and serious? I cannot accept this.”

I’ve even stayed here for a I realize that my impending summer. But the community

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Parlez-Vous Français?

n recent years I’ve solidified my response to the question: “Do you speak French?” I respond: “Sure, I speak conversationally, but I probably couldn’t talk confidently about (insert extremely political or historical fact here),” for example, seventh-century Babylonian advances in astronomy.

Although it’s questionable I could even have that particular conversation in English, the point is that my French vocabulary does not exceed that of a fourth-grader. Well, here I am, currently studying abroad for an entire semester in Lyon, France. But since I’m no longer a fourth-grader, I am doomed to encounter conversations that require a more-than-colloquial lexicon.

Take trying to get a cell phone — un portable! — for instance. Although the associated vocabulary may not be as esoteric as trying to converse

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job application process will certainly involve denial and rejection, but I can only hope it will not be as public and humiliating as pre-21 life.

Besides these outliers, the prime barrier to experiencing life evaporated on my 21st birthday. It is certainly not that I failed to live before, but rather that now I have distinctly fewer qualms about going out and diving in.

Money certainly factors in as a qualm, but you can always work harder to supplement a newfound lifestyle. The most incredible work ethic and willpower, however, cannot magically turn you 21.

To the underage readers who’ve made it this far, here’s a lesson: Do not wait like I did to grasp at a community accessible regardless of age.

The other Thursday night, I

out in a timely manner what with someone about the effects a series of words means to a the Venezuelan War of Indeconversation and what exactly pendence had on the national economy in 1819, I experienced someone else wants from me is.

I sit alone in a park listening similar struggles trying to ask to slang-filled conversations, a friendly but confused man wondering what the 16-year-old about my phone plan. Does boys are talkthis “thing” do ing about. I feel “something,” Living in Lyon intellectually that costs “how inferior to small much?” and “is children, who are it good?” doesn’t able to converse make sense to more fluently me, either. with adults than Anyone who I can. I sit in my has ever taken a lecture courses, language course peering over will understand at the French me when I say student’s notes my everyday life to see what she’s is comparable to writing because I a never-ending VALERIE CLEMENS have aucune idée listening comprewhat the profeshension exercise, sor said. I sit in taxis and hear with the four multiple choice options being A. Smile B. Nod C. the evening news on the radio, Say “Quoi?” D. Run away. Strug- concluding that keeping up gling to understand each word isn’t the trickiest part. Figuring Please see Clemens, Page B4

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Injuries | Three players reunite to upset California Continued from page B1 which was big in our rehab process.”

The teammates knew pouting, complaining or lamenting would not heal their wounded knees. They understood that the only thing that would help would be work — arduous, exhausting and often times exceedingly painful work.

“It was just one of those things where you didn’t really have an option,” Bates said. “You just go to work everyday and rehab.

When you go to practice you know you just have to get it done … it was what [we] had to

do so it’s what [we] did.”

Their therapy was tireless — sessions with the team trainer twice a day for the first months following surgery and then daily two-to-three hour sessions for the five subsequent months.

Most days the players were so busy in the training room they never got to see a soccer field.

One rehab exercise, designed to help regain mobility in the leg, required the players to be strapped to a chair. With the cranking of a handle, their knee would then be physically straightened and re-set into its proper place.

“I’d be on there for 15 min-

utes and it was just one of those things that hurt so much,” Lima said. “But you just had to go through it because you saw the results from it. But it just killed you.”

Improvement was gradual. A couple weeks after their respective surgeries, the players were able to walk again. After about three months they could run.

Five months passed and the players were able to retake the field in a limited capacity.

And after six laborious months, they were finally what Bates called “all in.” They returned to the field with newfound enthusiasm for the game

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they loved.

“It was just overwhelming joy,” Bird said. “You just really appreciate the game and you don’t want to take it for granted again.… every minute on the field you have a new appreciation for.”

In a upset win against thenNo. 22 California on Aug. 31, the three teammates finally came full circle.

With 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Lima and Bates made their regular-season debuts together to a loud ovation from the home crowd. As they walked onto the pitch they were soon met by Bird, who had

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The indomitable trio came back together again, finally on the soccer field instead of a trainer’s table. And if it was fate that united them in misfortune — and allowed them to share a road to redemption and recovery — they wouldn’t have had it any other way.

“I think [the whole process] played a major role in my life and definitely changed a few things,” Bates said. “But I can’t imagine being in here by myself and going through all of that without having these guys with me.”

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Music | A capella group performs alternative rock songs Continued from page B2 concert performance.

“We’ve done concerts for just 10 people,” said third-year College student Katie Swindler, the Flying V’s vice president. “We walk into the room and its like, darn it, it’s going to be another one of those.”

Rehearsals are a combination of fun, hard work and collaboration. The process of creating

an arrangement starts with one member proposing a song and then writing each part on her own. Each of the four parts — soprano, alto, tenor and bass — work with section leaders until they all come together in rehearsal.

“So many of us are leaders,” Swindler said. “And when you have so many leaders in one place we can get really mad at each other. But at the end

of the day we’d rather be here because we’re making really epic music.”

Since the Flying V’s were founded in 2009 by Lauren Groetch, who graduated in 2011, their fan base has grown. Student Council last year named them the University’s best CIO in the arts.

“We’ve gotten bigger performances, more fans, and we hope to make a CD later this

year,” said third-year College student Richad Becker, the group’s president.

Current Flying V’s fans have their own label, “V Hipsters,” second-year College student Brian Roy said — because they “knew about us before we became cool.”

The Flying V’s next performance is Friday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Special Collections Library. They’ll perform

a lineup of new hits and old rock classics. Whether you like pop or rock or something in between, the energy and quirkiness this group brings to the stage will please any music lover.

“If you sing a solo and you nail it, it’s just the best feeling,” said second-year College student Leighanna Morris, one of the group’s members. “You just forget about everything else.”

Urban | Fourth year finally accepts job search difficulties Continued from page B2 email address is at the bottom of this column.

Depression Depression is defined as feelings of hopelessness, frustration, bitterness, self-pity and

mourning the loss of dreams for the future. These feelings are all vital parts of the job search.

Depressed about our current lack of job prospects – yes, we realize it is only September, we have a flair for the dramatic – my other roommate and I decided next year we would just be starving artists and beg

for money in the metro station.

Then my other friend pointed out that I am not artsy enough to be a starving artist. That’s when I realized I really need a job. I also realized that until I obtain full-time employment, these emotions will be present in my life. But spoiler alert: I have accepted this fact.

Acceptance Yes, my amazing roommate has a job. Yes, a lot of other kids at this school do too. But everything in my life has always worked out in the end up until this point, so I have to continue to troll job listings with the belief my job hunt will work

too. Of course, this is me talking in September. Talk to me in May and we may have to start the five stages of grief all over again.

Katie’s column runs biweekly on Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.urban@cavalierdaily.com.

Stonehill | Legal adult explores Charlottesville’s vibrant culture Continued from page B2 went to Carter Mountain to hear a live music set and to see the sun do the same. Sure, they had wine smoothies and diabetic-shock-inducing sangria, but the point was to pull out a picnic blanket and sit cross-legged with a close group of friends. There were the most endearing young married couples on date nights with their babies; there were dogs

in purses and dogs off leashes; there were children on leashes and middle school hormones unleashing. Charlottesville came out to play. It was a fascinating way to observe a community as diverse as the front page of any college admissions handbook. No ID says who can and cannot experience this sort of atmosphere – just who can bring a wine bottle along on the picnic.

Similarly, in just a month I

have gone to Monticello’s Heritage Day Festival – a haven for the granola and kombucha proponents among us; or in other words, all Environmental Thought & Practice majors. I’ve also been to Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie for a delicious slice of hipster pizza (apparently they knew about crust before it was cool) and Fridays After Five on the Downtown Mall. Most recently, I attended the Top of the Hops Beer

Festival. But that last one, my friends, is only for the of-age crowd or the unfortunate soul who has to DD a car full of hooligans who just potentially consumed 25 full cups worth of beer ... each. Sorry again, Megan.

Listing my recent exploits is intended to inspire you rather than stand as a regurgitation of my social calendar. For me, the magic number was 21.

The more I explore, however,

the more I realize that all you need to take on Charlottesville is a willing group of friends, a car that can make it up some monster hills, and the ability to reorient your mental map of Charlottesville from Cornercentric to Blue Ridge-bound.

Elizabeth’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at e.stonehill@ cavalierdaily.com.

Clemens |French language experience redefines Lyonnaise adventure Continued from page B2 with American headlines only will have to suffice.

I’m curieuse to see how quickly my brain will conform to this long-studied language in a nouveau place. I’ve always heard that it’s “so easy!” to learn a language by living in a country

or place where it is spoken, and I’m hoping to find this is true — as soon as possible.

If I dress in dark colors, smoke a cigarette and stare straight ahead as I’m walking, I could easily pass as a French girl. But when I open my mouth to spit out textbook phrases in a dangerously American accent, all

hope of social acceptance flies out the window. The shape of my interlocutor’s eyes sharpens, her neck elongates, and her rapidity of speech drastically slows as she resorts to a more basic vocabulary. I feel thankful for the help but also feel like laughing for causing a person to go through a comically exag-

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Being accepted through language by a society is one of the most valuable comforts we have in our native countries.

I will no longer take this for granted, which is why I enter the relief zone that is my apartment I share with two other U.Va.

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students who are both native English speakers, turn off français mode and feel safe knowing no one within these (small) walls will isolate me because of a lack of communication skills.

Valerie’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at v.clemens@cavalierdaily.com.

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DJANGEO BY STEPHEN ROWE

OROSCOPES

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your efficacy depends on having an open mind. Remain flexible and ready to adjust your expectations.

When you let go of what you think will happen, what really does happen will wow you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s always smart to test out ideas in a small way before taking them to a large scale. Today it’s more than smart; it’s imperative to keeping an organization or relationship on good terms.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Organizational experts will tell you that the best place to keep items you don’t use or love is out the window.

It’s a fine day to lighten up by throwing or giving away meaningless possessions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You like the person who asks a question that makes you think, especially when the question is based on a keen observation about you. It means the person is paying close attention to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Mental time travel will be a pleasing pastime. Project yourself into a wondrous future. The best part about this flight of fancy is that you return with an enhanced sense of purpose.

GREEK LIFE BY MATT HENSEL

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll predict what someone will do, and when that person behaves as expected, you’ll find comfort in it. When a person behaves in a consistent manner, you start to feel you can trust that person.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some problems you can ignore, and they simply go away.

Today’s issues are not going anywhere, neither are they easily neglected. It’s best to deal with them now while they are still manageable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You feel there’s a change in you. However subtle the change may be, it will land you in a completely different place from where you would be if you had remained the same.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You quickly tire of passionless work. Let your heart lead the way, and you’ll accomplish much more. Your attention span will be remarkable when you love what you’re doing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll stand for something. Your message is likely to spread far and wide. So before you tell a single soul, think for a while about what exactly you would like that message to be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Security and excitement usually don’t come in the same package, but you could find that rare combination all wrapped up in the arms of someone you know and love.

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

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (August 2). You’ll be a constant source of inspiration to your people this year. What’s your secret? You make sure to get the inspiration you need to stay creative. Next month features a financial exchange. Partnerships grow more beneficial in September. You’ll travel with friends in October. New talent emerges in March. Aries and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 30, 25, 41 and 15.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your inner dialogue probably won’t match your outer experience now, as the world inside your head is particularly colorful, whimsical and attention grabbing. Go where you can express yourself freely.

RENAISSANCING BY TIM PRICE

NO SUBJECT BY JANE MATTIMOE

TWO IN THE BUSH BY STEVE BALIK & DANA CASTNER

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Symphony Under the Stars

Music enthusiasts pack Amphitheater; Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smooth sounds delight crowd

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