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Systems Engineering and Computer Science are the University’s highest-paid majors one year after graduation.
A recent study by College Measures, a division of the American Institutes for Research, showed students who graduate from Virginia’s public universities with career-oriented bachelor’s degrees earn more than those with liberal arts degrees. The study compiled salary data from recent graduates of two- and four-year Virginia institutions . Results showed career-oriented degrees, such
as information sciences and human resources, earn nearly three times the amount of fine arts and anthropology degrees in one year’s salary. “From a financial perspective, many [students] made bad decisions about which college to attend, and many more will choose the wrong degrees and majors over the next few years,” the report said. “By the time this year’s entering class graduates, many will have borrowed tens of thousands of dollars pursuing Please see Wages, Page A3
Whistleblower Citro addresses Council wins lawsuit
Stricter noise ordinance enforcement predominantly impacts Greek organizations Mike Citro, the assistant dean of students in charge of fraternity and sorority life, noted the increased number of noise violation complaints during spring semester.
Court ruling awards former laboratory researcher more than $800,000, finds unfair contract termination By Jordan Bower
Cavalier Daily Senior Writer A former University laboratory researcher has received more than $800,000 in compensation after a federal jury last week decided he had been unfairly fired after he reported “unauthorized modifications” to the terms of a research grant. Dr. Weihua Huang was notified his contract would not be renewed in November 2009, a little more than a month after he reported his supervisor, Dr. Ming Li, for allegedly increasing the amount of time researchers contributed to a genetics project funded by the National Institutes of Health. The alterations led to an increase in funding. In a lawsuit filed in August 2011, Huang asserted this change did not accurately reflect the amount of time researchers
invested in the project, and that only “principal investigators,” in this case him, were allowed to alter grants. Huang received the grant from the institute in June 2009 to study the functional characteristics of a gene known as ANKK1 and its relation to nicotine addiction. When Huang reported these allegations to the chair of the department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Dr. Bankole Johnson, Johnson assured him the changes would be corrected and any excess money received would be returned, according to the suit. The entirety of the money received inappropriately from the grant was returned by May 9, 2011, according to the suit. The jury last week awarded Please see Suit, Page A3
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Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Asst. Dean of Students Mike Citro , who oversees fraternity and sorority and student organizations at the University, spoke at Student
Council’s representative body meeting Tuesday evening. He addressed concerns about proposed changes to the City noise ordinance that would greatly affect Greek organizations. Charlottesville community members are advocating
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harsher punishments for noise violations because of the abundance of noise complaints filed last spring semester. Charlottesville City ordinance currently states noise cannot Please see StudCo, Page A3
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The Batten School revealed last week it had received eight large donations, including two $1 million gifts, as a result of recent fundraising efforts in conjunction with the school’s fifth anniversary this year. A crowd of about 75 Batten faculty, alumni and current students gathered in the Garrett Hall Great Room to hear Batten School Dean Harry Harding reveal the donations Friday. He likened the gifts to fuel for a spaceship, saying they were “a remarkably generous vote of confidence in the successful launch of this new school,” according to a University release. Jane Batten, the widow of the school’s founding benefactor , gave $1 million in unrestricted cash to fund three initiatives: student fellowships, global initiatives and the hiring of additional faculty. Former Rector John “Dubby” Wynne also pledged $1 million toward a $5 million fund for the school’s first endowed faculty chair in leadership. Wynne currently chairs the Batten School Board of Advisors. The U.S. News and World Report ranked the Batten School for the first time this year — it earned the 46th spot among the nation’s top graduate public affairs programs. It was founded in 2007 from a $100 million gift from Frank Batten Sr., the former CEO and Chairman of Landmark Commu-
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nications. University President Teresa Sullivan complimented the gathered alumni on their “pioneering” confidence in enrolling in the school when it was first founded. “You were the first students to enroll in the first new school created on Grounds since 1950,” Sullivan said. “You are our living endowment and your work as ambassadors will go to great lengths to secure a top-notch reputation for the school.” The six other gifts include a $20,000 sum from Council of Foundations chair Jeffrey Walker to fund a Leadership Speaker series next year, and a $20,000 donation from Harding. An anonymous donor on the Batten Board of Advisors committed $75,000 for the school to use in the next three years to offer courses about, and hire faculty who specialize in technology policy. College alumnus Richard Billmire pledged $100,000 to support the school’s programs in Charlottesville and Washington that are designed to build up the school’s reputation for expertise. Batten Board member Brian Siegel obtained a total of $250,000 from Deloitte consulting partners and the foundation to offer scholarships for graduate students. —compiled by Kelly Kaler
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Law School hosts panel to discuss animal abuse implications By BLYTHE FISCELLA | CAVALIER DAILY SENIOR WRITER A group of legal and animal control experts are planning to discuss potential revisions to animal cruelty laws at a Friday panel hosted by the University Law School. To organize Friday’s event the Universi-
Leinberger Jr., the current vice president for the Virginia Animal Control Association. In addition, Clifton P. Flynn, chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Women’s Studies at the University of South Carolina Upstate, will
ty’s Animal Law Program, which supports legal and scholarly research about animal abuse, , teamed up with the Virginia Animal Law Society. The panel will include Assistant Attorney General Michelle Welch and Robert C.
University sees hand, foot, mouth disease outbreak Students receive cautionary email; doctors advocate hygiene, cleaning By ALEXANDER STOCK | CAVALIER DAILY STAFF WRITER Many students who live onGrounds received an ominous e-mail last week informing t h e m t h a t H a n d , Fo o t a n d Mouth disease is on the prowl at the University. This notification prompted a flurry of confused questions, including “What is Hand, Foot and Mouth disease ?” “How do I get it?” “What are the symptoms?” and “Will I be okay?” Hand, Foot and Mouth disease is actually a fairly common illness, spread b y viruses much in the same way as the
common cold . Several of its symptoms, too, match those of a cold or flu, including fever , general feeling of discomfort and a sore throat . After one or two days, rashes and sores appear, often on hands and feet and in the back of the mouth . These sores increase the contagiousness of the disease as they can rupture and leak fluid , causing the infection to spread. Hand, Foot and Mouth disease clears up on its own — in fact, there is no known cure . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , there is very little doctors can do except to prescribe analgesics to help ease the pain the sores create. T h i s y e a r ’s University outbreak has been out of the ordinary, Dr. Meredith Hayden of Student Health said. It is the first outbreak she has seen in her seven years at the University. “It’s not uncommon that these viruses are in circulation pretty much all the time,” she said. “It’s not anything that’s [particularly] out of the ordinary, it’s just unusual to see it in the student population.” Estimating the total number of cases within the University is difficult, as the disease is often simply classified as a general rash, Hayden said. But there have been 16 confirmed Hand, Foot and Mouth cases in September, and October has seen 8 more so far ,
she added. Whether the outbreak is ending, Hayden said, is hard to tell, but it may be slowing down. “I personally haven’t seen a case in the last couple of weeks,” she said. This may be because of the school’s attempts to contain the virus . The email said the University is making an extra effort to stop the disease before it spreads further. “Our diligent housekeeping staff has been notified and they have heightened their efforts to disinfect common areas, including our bathrooms,” the email said. Although the disease has in rare instances been known to cause serious complications , Hayden said the average college population is not generally at serious risk. Inflammation of the brain and meningitis can occur , but are exceedingly rare. After the disease clears, some patients also note nail loss, although the CDC says that “in the reports reviewed, the nail loss was temporary and the nail grew back without medical treatment.” T h e ke y t o s t o p p i n g t h e spread of the disease is simply good hygiene. The CDC promotes “washing hands often with soap and water,” “disinfecting dirty surfaces and soiled items” and “avoiding close contact such as kissing, hugging, or sharing eating utensils or cups with people with hand, foot, and mouth disease.” Especially now that cold and flu season is in full swing, it should be everyone’s responsibility to prevent the spread of the disease within the University.
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discuss the relationship between animal abuse and human violence. “There is growing evidence for the connection between animal abuse and several forms of violence against people,” Flynn said in an email.
Have you been tested? Student Health, Charlottesville Health Department provide free STI testing By Monika Fallon
Cavalier Daily Health and Science Editor The Charlottesville Health Department is offering free gonorrhea, chlamydia and rapid-response HIV testing in Newcomb Hall Wednesday. This clinic is the second the Health Department has hosted, offering free, confidential tests to all University students and faculty. The first was held April during National STD awareness month. Nicholas Mattsson, Health Counselor for the Virginia Department of Health, said the timing just seemed right for another testing fair. He said April’s clinic tested more than 50 students, and he is hoping to have more this time around. “[The spring fair] was so successful, we wanted to follow it up,” Mattson said. The gonorrhea and chlamydia tests are simple urine analyses, and the student can either get the results by mail or by calling Student Health to receive them, Mattsson said. “The HIV test is also very simple, and
results are returned in 15 minutes,” he said. “If we were to get any positive results, students can get treatment at Student Health,” Mattsson said. “We did have positive cases last year, so it’s extremely important to get tested.” The chlamydia test is especially important, as more than 70 percent of people who have the infection do not have symptoms. Students could be infected and unknowingly passing it to partners. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all sexually-active women ages 25 and younger get a chlamydia test at least once a year, as the disease can lead to infertility in women. “These tests are really important for anyone who is or has been sexually active with more than one partner,” Mattsson said. “This started as an effort to get women tested, but we opened it up to everyone because women can obviously get it from their partners.” The clinic is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Newcomb Hall’s Commonwealth Room.
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Wages | Career-oriented majors see short-term benefits Continued from page A1 degrees that may not give them immediate access to high-paying jobs, and they may struggle for years or even decades to retire those loans.” It does, however, vary by institution, according to the report. Mark Schneider, the president of College Measures, said three factors account for the differences between schools: the university’s selectivity, the economy and the value added by different programs. For instance, psychology graduates from the University or George Mason averaged about $10,000 more in earnings
than those who held similar degrees from Emory and Henry College. The University of Richmond’s Information Science program had the highest reported salary in the state for new graduates, with average earnings for graduates in their first year after graduation of about $83,000. “The highest paying tend to be in health professions, business or engineering [and] the lowest tend to be in fine arts and social sciences,” Schneider said. “There is variation across programs at different campuses. Graduates from different degrees across states could earn much more.”
Nursing school graduates receive nearly $12,000 more per year than the average graduate with a bachelor’s degree, earning an average of nearly $50,000 within their first year out of school. Nursing graduates can earn even more out of state, but this takes into account wage increases to cover costs of living, Nursing School Asst. Dean Theresa Carroll said. Biology graduates earn the least of the 17 most popular majors studied, with an average of $27,893 in their first year. Although graduates in science, technology, engineering or mathematical fields tend to
earn more in the first year after graduation, there is evidence to suggest this trend does not remain constant. A 2011 report by researchers at Georgetown University found that workers typically rise to management positions after about 10 years in a field and see their pay increase by a large margin, one which those who continue in non-managerial positions typically do not similarly experience. Graduates with business-related degrees also earned more than other graduates, though in widely varying amounts influenced by the school from which they graduated.
The study also considered community college graduates and found that those with technical and career-oriented associate’s degrees earn $2,000 more within their first year than the average bachelor’s degree graduate. Like their four-year University counterparts, those who pursue registered nursing are among the top earners. Despite the wage gap between average four-year degree graduates and two-year degree technical graduates, Schneider emphasized the value of bachelor’s degrees. “A four-year degree in the long run is a great investment,” he said.
Suit | Amending grants could be common practice, Carter says Continued from page A1 Huang compensation for back pay accumulated after his termination and $500,000 in noneconomic damages, including damage to his academic reputation. He may also receive further compensation for court fees and costs, as well as front pay covering the future salary Huang would have received had he continued working for the University.
Huang’s supervisors claimed in court his termination was not provoked by his reporting the “unauthorized modifications” to the conditions of the grant, but rather by his poor overall performance as a researcher. Huang’s letter of non-renewal said that “the intended decision [was] based upon the development of serious issues concerning your professional relationships with your supervisor, Dr. Li.” Earlier, Li had privately
called Huang’s professional attitude “selfish” and “untrusted” and characterized by “low and unacceptable productivity,” according to Judge Norman Moon’s decision. This ruling could have a large impact on the University and judicial precedent regarding the False Claim Act, a piece of legislation that allows prosecution of people or companies who fraudulently obtain government funds, said Adam Augus-
tine Carter, Huang’s attorney. “It’s clear now that the University accepts federal funds in trust for the benefit of all the taxpayers and that the University is not going to be permitted to make changes at its whim without the clear authorization of the principal investigator,” Carter said. This case may not be the last time the issue comes up either, Carter said. “[The defendants] said they do this all the time
and that it’s routine, which tells me that this [ruling] is really going to shake up the way the accounting is going to be done on these grants,” he said. U n i v e r s i t y s p o ke s p e r s o n McGregor McCance declined to comment on whether the University had conducted an internal investigation into the allegations against Li. “The University is evaluating the case, but other than that, I can make no further comment,” he said.
StudCo | University encourages student, community interaction Continued from page A1 exceed 55 decibels — about the level of loud talking — between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. within the City limits. Currently, those found to be in violation of this could face a Class Four misdemeanor charge, which would not require jail time. Individuals in the Venable and University Circle neighborhoods last August proposed revising existing punishments to include higher fines — up to $1,000 for first time offenders
— and potential jail time. City Council members tabled the proposed changes but could revisit them later. The noise ordinance has been the focal point of concerns neighbors have raised, Citro said. “The gathering point has been just noise, and that’s a point that the neighbors have really been able to galvanize around saying, ‘Here’s a discrete point that we can change.’” Charlottesville residents have also complained about the
general dilapidation of student property, Citro said. But, unlike noise ordinance enforcement, little can be done to force students to clean up after themselves, he added. The University is looking for a solution to the stalemate. Dialogue between neighbors is essential to improving current relations, Citro said. “I’m of the mindset that we can get to the outcome that the neighbors want through dialogue and getting people together rather than through enforcement of
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this piece,” he said. “We’ve brought students and neighborhood leaders together and some of that wasn’t happening previously.” Council members, including Commerce School Rep. John Beyer, asked how the message could be best relayed to students. Citro said it was important not to focus too much on the numbers, but rather on the conversation . “It’s about making reasonable decisions in terms of how we engage our neigh-
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bors,” he said. Moving into the new year, Citro said these conversations need to continue to ensure relations improve. Council members, as representatives of the student body, have a particular duty to convey this to students, he said. “We need everybody’s help on this to elevate the idea of everyone being a good community member as we come up on Halloween and that last football game — it’s got the makings of a great storm,” he said.
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Texas stampede Institutions should not follow the University of Texas System in rushing to give credits for online courses The Texas system of universities joined the edX initiative Monday. edX is a non-profit aimed at providing online education that was co-founded by MIT and Harvard and has since welcomed the University of California at Berkeley. But it is Texas — the most recent and least illustrious system of schools in the project — that looks to profit itself while putting other schools at risk by deciding to begin offering these online edX courses for credit. “Texas is now ground zero for this crisis,” said Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, in a speech given Monday on Grounds. Rawlings said the Texas legislature and its breakneck educative philosophy posed a threat to higher education at large. In February 2011, Gov. Rick Perry demanded that a college degree in Texas cost less than $10,000. The gesture was lauded as political rhetoric but attempts at implementation have struggled. Now, online courses could be the perceived panacea for the University of Texas schools to make their degrees cheaper — benefitting some students and some politicians but costing other students and universities. edX is one of a number of hubs — including Coursera and Udacity, with which the University works — recruiting universities to provide massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Thus far, none of these MOOCs, which are free, have begun giving credit in any substantive way: There is the example of Colorado State University giving credits for one of its Udacity courses, as announced in September. Some MOOCs give certificates, and individual institutions may also have online distance learning offering credits for students remotely. But what the University of Texas system plans to do will be different. The system will first allow enrolled students to
redeem a MOOC for credit. This is, according to University of Texas officials, so that students at its system currently can take the entry-level courses otherwise too crowded on campus. Schools will also award they students credit for courses by their edX partners. They will also grant certificates, for a fee, to those people taking MOOCs outside of the Texas system. This may sound very generous: Texas is just giving credit for hard work students have done. But by being the first schools to provide credits unequivocally, the system will become the center of currency exchange. The University of Texas system — featuring nine universities with varying tuition prices — will benefit from the infrastructure designed by edX and have chosen to gain financially. The system will be the only place where edX MOOCs can be turned into credit, absorbing the revenue of MOOCs while footing very few costs. Of course, the University of Texas system will not become a monopoly. Its decision to give credits for MOOCs may incite peer colleges to follow. What could have been a systematic, patient, thought-out progression toward credit-bearing online courses, featuring the approval of fellow universities or regional accreditors, could become a mad rush to cash-in on what was originally an altruistic movement. There is a reason that edX is a non-profit and why other institutions have yet to give MOOCs any credit. In ignoring this, the University of Texas puts other schools in a panic, meanwhile lessening the value of its degree for the students and faculty present. Other universities, ignoring the inflated degrees of Texas, could still work together to ensure that MOOCs — which studies have shown allow for easier cheating — are properly vetted before promising credits.
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Providing free birth control is a matter of social equality
RECENT STUDY at Wash not have as much potential for ington University in human error, like the pill does. St. Louis found that free As a consequence, the rates of birth control leads to a dramatic teen pregnancy and abortion in reduction in the frequency of the study group were dramatically lower teen pregnancies and than the rates abortions. One might KATHERINE RIPLEY in the general think, upon first lookOPINION EDITOR population of ing at the headlines, the country. that this is common This study is extremely relsense. But upon further examination into the details of this evant to the current political study, it becomes clear that this atmosphere. President Obama’s study is not just about the cor- health insurance reform would relation between using birth require insurance companies control and the occurrence to completely cover the cost of of unwanted pregnancies; it birth control for most women is about the benefit of health who have workplace insurance insurance coverage for women plans. The controversy is that who are less advantaged, and its religiously affiliated organizapositive impact on their repro- tions — with the exception of churches — would not have the ductive safety and freedom. The study involved many low- option to refuse birth control income women or women who coverage to their employees lacked health insurance. They based on their beliefs. The arguwere presented with various ment is that requiring such different contraceptive options, organizations to provide free all cost-free. Because money birth control would violate their was not a factor, most women religious freedom. But we have to remember chose IUDs or implants — methods that usually have a high that this issue is about women’s up-front cost, but also tend to be freedom. To deny women their more effective because they do options of family planning is to
deny them equality to their male women. Birth control is expencounterparts. Men have a kind sive without insurance, and of sexual freedom that results even some insurance plans from biology but has developed charge extremely high co-pays. into a social inequality. Only So even though all women can theoretiwomen bear cally have the burden of “To deny women their access to possibly carryoptions of family planning birth coning a child, and is to deny them equality to trol, some even though face signifithe man may their male counterparts.” cantly more have a moral obstacles and legal obligation to support a child should than others. Let us look at this issue as a pregnancy occur, women have taken the brunt of public a matter of erasing gender criticism for wanting the medi- and class inequalities. Men cal means to prevent pregnan- and women of all incomes are cies, to be the sole proprietors entitled to the same degree of of their own bodies, to choose sexual freedom. And that is whether or not they want to be contingent upon the preservation of individual choice — the mothers in the first place. Some may argue that no issue choice of whether one wants to exists because there is no legal be a parent of five children, or restriction on women’s access of only one child, or not to be to birth control, but this study a parent at all. For those who has demonstrated that there is think this is an issue of relia clear issue of class disparity gious freedom, it is still about when it comes to reproductive choice — the choice of whether freedom. Statistics show that or not to use birth control based affluent women are far less on your beliefs. But restricting likely to have an unplanned others’ choices by insisting that pregnancy than low-income they must mirror your own is
oppressive. Maintaining a right to personal worship practices and maintaining others’ right to make their own reproductive decisions are not mutually exclusive polices. Let us also think about the bipartisan benefits of this policy of free birth control. The study clearly indicates that should nationwide coverage of birth control be implemented, there would be far fewer abortions. This is an outcome that I think everyone would agree is good. Pro-lifers would have obvious reasons to be happy at decreased rates of abortion, and those who are pro-choice would be glad that the reduction resulted from women having more options concerning their reproductive health. If we recognize the benefits of this healthcare initiative for all the parties in this situation, we can move in the right direction — toward freedom, equality and social justice. Katherine Ripley is an opinion editor for The Cavalier Daily. She can be reached at k.ripley@cavalierdaily.com.
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The obsession with college rankings perverts the true purpose of college
S A COUNTRY, we have ties, small class sizes, availabil an almost neurotic desire ity of faculty. Yet lists of “Best Colleges” to rank things. We rank football teams, the best places to abound. It is as if we imagined live, restaurants and, of course, that everyone ranks colleges and universicolleges. In the ROLPH RECTO ties with the 2013 U.S. News and same criteria World Report colVIEWPOINT WRITER even when it lege rankings, the University was rated as the 24th is apparent that we do not. best research university and the Such lists do not really inform 2nd best public university in then; they only validate our the country, a slight relief to the notions. Lists comfort us. Of people who were fearful that course Harvard will be ranked the tumult of last summer would number one, because Harvard is... Harvard. When we think affect rankings adversely. Why do we have such a preoc- of Harvard, we think of a prescupation with rankings? Maybe tigious institution. Rankings it is our inveterate drive for provide a quantification of that competition that makes rank- notion. They have become a tool ings so appealing to us: We order to purvey the brand of a school, our country based on who is so much so that college adminwinning and who is losing. This istrators actually make it an drive for competition is not bad express goal to improve rankper se, but it becomes dangerous ings to increase their school’s when we try to rank things that prestige. The recent scandals at are intrinsically unquantifiable. Claremont McKenna College and What makes a university a good Emory University, where admininstitution of learning? If you istrators were found inflating ask different people that ques- test scores to improve rankings, tion, you get different answers: suggest that this benign, if somea wide breadth of course selec- what crass, goal has turned into tion, good research opportuni- an obsession for some universi-
were not spending $2.2 million ties. Of course, it is not just admin- for the learning and enlightenistrators; parents and students ment of their children but rather have been bitten by the rankings- to secure good job prospects in and-prestige bug too. Gerald and the future with a brand name diploma. Lily Chow of Hong Kong, for “Our obsession with rankings They were example, paid and prestige is but another p r o b a b l y thinking of a private conmanifestation of what a position sultant over transpired at the University in a hedge $2.2 million to get their sons over the summer: the conflict fund, not Plato. to Harvard. between treating colleges “ W h a t ’s Some might as ends in themselves, or as wrong with object that money?” the Chows are mere means.” you ask. an exception, The cynic but the same in me obsession is wants to say that nothing is present with most Americans. To save you the suspense, their wrong with money. The Chows children were not admitted to know what they want, and they Harvard. Mr. and Mrs. Chow are have the resources to get it. now promptly suing the private Good for them. The idealist in me wants to say that everyconsultant. Perhaps that example is an thing is wrong with money. Our extreme case, but it should illus- obsession with rankings and trate the somewhat obvious fact prestige is but another manifesthat the brand of a college is only tation of what transpired at the tangentially related to the qual- University over the summer: the ity of its academics; what mat- conflict between treating colters here is money. It is easy to leges as ends in themselves or assume that Mr. and Mrs. Chow as mere means. The reinstate-
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ment of University President Teresa Sullivan is perhaps a sign that we still see colleges as bastions of human knowledge and learning, not businesses whose products are credentials and social status. To attack rankings, then, would be to attack the symptom. So long there is an unhealthy obsession for climbing the social ladder and making a lot of money, they will exist; which means that rankings will never cease to exist. If you are all for rankings, then this is good news for you. If you are on the rankings abolishment camp, then my advice is to treat them as an immovable part of the landscape. Ignore the fact that they are not good measures for students to decide to which schools they should apply, that they are not good metrics of a school’s success and that they are just tools to propagate a vacuous notion of prestige and status; then you will not think rankings are so bad after all. Rolph Recto is a Viewpoint writer for The Cavalier Daily.
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Pennsylvania native Dennis Hohenshelt brings winning history, demanding style to Charlottesville By Peter Nance
Cavalier Daily Senior Editor Dennis Hohenshelt had been a Pennsylvania man his whole life. It was where he went to school and played volleyball. It was where he coached men and women, high school players and college student-athletes. It was where he started a family and thought he would live and work until he retired. But Jan. 26, 2012, Hohenshelt became a Virginian, and he could not be any happier. The Keystone State After growing up in Harrisburg, Pa., Hohenshelt attended Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa., where he was a member of the men’s volleyball team and earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education and social sciences. He became an assistant coach and later head coach in 1996 at Juniata after graduating. Then in 1997, he started a 16-year chapter of his life at Penn State. Hohenshelt was named an assistant coach on the Penn State men’s volleyball team in 1997, a position he held for 10 years. His tenure included an appearance in the 2006 national championship game, the team’s first in 11 years. That success was followed by six seasons as an assistant on the Penn State women’s volleyball team under legend-
ary head coach Russ Rose. During Hohenshelt’s time with the team, the Nittany Lions won four consecutive national championships from 20072010, and nearly broke the NCAA Division I record for longest winning streak in a team sport with 109 consecutive victories while compiling a 199-18 record. Hohenshelt was involved in match preparation, player development and recruiting, and he helped guide Arielle Wilson as she set the NCAA Division I record for career hitting percentage. “It was a great experience, it was a place I could have lived for another 16 years and retired,” Hohenshelt said. “It’s a great athletic department to work for, with great coaches and great student-athletes.” Meanwhile in Charlottesville, women’s volleyball head coach Lee Maes seemed unable to improve the program. Virginia’s record dipped in three out of his four seasons from the previous year. Maes brought in the first two ranked recruiting classes in Virginia history, but failed to earn a winning record in all but his first season.
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Coach Dennis Hohenshelt demands that his players practice with passion and enthusiasm to prepare for games.
The Decision Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage revealed that Maes had resigned Nov. 29, Please see Volleyball, Page B3
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Sophomore setter Tori Janowski joined two others in team history with multiple triple-doubles in a career.
Freshman hitter Kayla Sears was a 2011 National AAU All-American in high school in Moorpark, CA.
Men’s Soccer
Cavs rebound, snag 3-2 victory Virginia overcomes early deficit, late first-half goal to notch important comeback win against Wright State By Matt Comey
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Freshman midfielder Marcus Salandy-Defour registered his first career goal to put the Cavaliers ahead for good.
The Virginia men’s soccer team bounced back from Friday’s disappointing 4-1 loss to Wake Forest with a 3-2 victory Tuesday evening against nonconference foe Wright State. Despite the thin margin of victory, coach George Gelnovatch saw tangible signs of progress. “We’re going to take all the positives we can out of this
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Harold’s speed makes swift impact Freshman defensive end records first career sack against Maryland as promised, honors late mother By Daniel Weltz
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Freshman defensive end Eli Harold earned defensive player of the game honors for his 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss performance against Maryland Saturday.
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Coach Mike London has mere moments to compose himself before he addresses his melancholy team in the locker room following losses. In these moments, London reflects on his core values to find the right words. Usually, he uses just three to guide him: faith, family and football. The Virginia football team has lost five straight games and remains one of just two winless teams in the ACC. With each passing week, through mounting criticism and patience-trying mistakes, London has not wavered. He walks into the
locker room, looks each player in the eye and tells them that things will get better. “I close the door, we talk about what’s going on with them and it’s the one you’re looking at,” London said. “If I look at you, how devastated you are, and I don’t have that positive energy, you don’t see that reflected in me, then that’s a bad situation for the young man.” For most of the Cavalier defense, which features five sophomore starters, adversity of this magnitude is foreign. But for freshman defensive end Eli Harold, losing five straight Please see Football, Page B3
“This is not me. I know a lot of people are saying maybe this is him, but I could care less. I know what I’m capable of doing.” —Phillip Sims, quarterback, on his performance Saturday against Maryland
game, which are three great goals,” Gelnovatch said. “We created them with great passing, movement, our runs in the box and our finishing. We went after them and had them on their back foot.” Just five minutes into the first half, the Cavaliers (7-6-1, 1-4 ACC) surrendered three corner kicks in the span of a minute, and the Raiders (3-9-1, 1-2-1 Please see M Soccer, Page B3
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Nats have nothing to be ashamed of Friday night was not the best time to be a baseball fan in the D.C. metro area. In the span of a few hours not only was my admittedly unlikely dream of an Orioles-Nationals World Series crushed, but the Nationals completed what will become known as one of the most infamous playoff collapses in recent D.C. sports history — not that there have been many chances. It was great to finally see some offensive production early, and when the Nationals took a 6-0 lead in the third inning, I felt somewhat secure that I’d be going home the next week to watch an NLCS game in Washington. The pesky Cardinals were by no means finished, as they were only down 7-5 in the top of the ninth. But I was confident — no, certain — that with two outs and a two-run lead, there was no way that the Nats wouldn’t convert the save and soon be dousing Please see Nationals, Page B3
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Charlottesville Caught in War Between States University medical students aid wounded Confederate soldiers By Sarah Bingol
actual fighting, but more than University cemetery in the Davis 2,000 University men, including family plot. Charlottesville’s true claim to alumni, served for the Confederacy during the war, History Civil War fame was its March Prof. Elizabeth Varon said in an 3, 1865 surrender of the City to Union generals Philip H. Sheriemail. In addition, University doc- dan and George Custer, said Arts tors treated a total of 22,700 & Sciences Graduate student wounded soldiers during the Will Kurtz, a Ph.D. candidate war, and D a w s o n ’s Row and Lawn rooms were used for recuperation. More than 2,000 Confederate University men, General and U.Va. Law including alumni, grad Carnot served for the Posey even Confederacy during died in Room 33 the war. West after his Law roommate, Dr. John Staige Davis, found him in a local hospital and brought him to the specializing in 19th century America. Since Union soldiers University for treatment. “Davis lived in Pavilion XVII, occupied Charlottesville only and at the time, if you were in the month leading up to the living on the Lawn as faculty you surrender at Appomattox, Va., could petition for the adjoining the city did not sustain major Lawn rooms,” Gilliam added. damage. When the Civil War ended, “Davis had 33 West and cut a door through the wall to the the battle had just begun for the room. Davis moved Posey to 33 University, which struggled to West and treated him there until recover economically after the he developed pneumonia and died.” Please see Confederacy, Page B6 General Posey is buried in the
Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor The Civil War may not have been fought on the University’s doorstep, but the war did impact University students and Charlottesville, most notably with the community’s contributions to the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. Several factories in and around Charlottesville supplied uniforms and artificial limbs to soldiers. There was also an important hospital in the City, said Arts & Sciences graduate student Michael Caires, who is researching Civil War banking for his Ph.D. dissertation. “With Virginia as one of the main theaters of battle in the Civil War, residents of Charlottesville could not escape its effects,” Caires said. The University remained open during the entire war and was committed to providing education to those students who were still on Grounds or came back injured from the front. “The University was very particular about the buildings not being used for military purposes,” University Historian Alexander “Sandy” Gilliam said. “[Officials] figured if buildings were used and Charlottesville was attacked, then the University would be burned.” University students not fighting during the war still played an active role in the Civil War. Charlottesville did not see much Jenna Truong | Cavalier Daily
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Before I get too wrapped up in ’ll begin with an important announcement. Christmas my own ribbon, or enthusiasm, is only 68 days away. You’re let’s get something clearer than probably thinking, “Doesn’t white Christmas lights. I don’t she mean Halloween is only discriminate. I love all holidays, two weeks away?” Nope! Now especially Hanukkah, though you’re thinking, “Oh no, she’s we have a bit of a troubled past probably one of those Type-A, — primarily because of the time plan-way-ahead people.” Wrong I almost set a fire in my best on both counts, though I am friend’s house while attempting to light the Menoalso really stoked rah. for Halloween! In Dear Abbi But I like to think fact, I can’t deny that one mishap having considered is overruled by dressing up as a the fact that my Christmas tree for grandparents Halloween. What have been putcan I say? I’m just ting Menorahs in a lover of holidays their windows for and maybe a little several decades overenthusiastic. because they But in my defense, thought they were this excitement beautiful candelais not totally out bras. They were of the blue and ABBI SIGLER just celebrating a definitely not pre-O.C. version unfounded. If you haven’t heard Christmas of Chrismukkah all along. No, music, seen Christmas displays but really, I love latkes, playing in stores or read several tweets dreidel and the fact that the about the approaching winter holiday lasts eight nights. Eight holiday, you probably only listen nights — eight times better than to the same one playlist on your your average holiday! What’s iPhone — and definitely not on not to love? Not to mention the shuffle, because any legitimate significance of the holiday is iTunes library would contain at quite touching too. Generally, college students least one Christmas carol. Either that or you don’t shop ever — get distracted by the holidays not even at the grocery store during finals, not midterms, but — and follow no one on Twitter. The signs of the season are all Please see Sigler, Page B6 around.
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a s t T h u r s d a y, w h i l e waitressing, I started to feel ill. My manager told me that I looked terrible, which would have been offensive if it weren’t true. My eyes were bloodshot and my face was flushed. My whole body hurt and for what felt like the hundredth time in the past few months, I could not take a deep breath. I hurried home and curled up into a ball on my futon, ready to rush to the doctor in the morning. I think I’ve been to Student Health more than most students. I would blame my immune system, but I think my mind is truly at fault. I am a hypochondriac. If my head hurts, I have cancer. If I’m hungover, I’m
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I had nothing better to do — other than study for midterms and write a paper — and I was tired of watching the TV show “Breaking Amish.” This sudden flash of sentimentality got me looking back at some funny moments in my life, but better yet, I was reminded of all the friendships I’ve made in my
couple of weeks ago, a friend told me that s e v e ra l s t u d i e s h a d found that nostalgia was the most debilitating emotion that someone can feel. Now, I don’t know how researchers tested for nostalgia — are there needles involved? — but I would probably agree with that statement. Last weekend’s Homecomings festivities really brought it home to me. The throngs of young alumni that congregated on the Lawn hugged, laughed and just enjoyed the company of friends — old and new — made me think about their relationships. Some of those alumni were two or three years out of school, and it felt like they had never left. Their palpable excitement made me want to relive moments that were so special to me. I decided to look through some old photos. People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but if that is the case, then I could have a freaking novel with the photos to which I have a personal attachment. I started searching through my Facebook pictures, going all the way back to the obligatory braces pictures, awkward school dance pictures and some pictures I could only find on Myspace — remember when that was a thing? I looked at photos because
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AL-HASSAN KOROMA life. I think most people are so wrapped up in the daily grind that they sometimes forget about those people who have been there for them through thick and thin and everything else in between. We should appreciate our friends who are close to us, but make sure we continue those bonds with those who have moved on to the place no college student wants to go to — the everterrifying “real world.” Of course, it’s never a good idea to force friendships that
aren’t there anymore, whether it be your first-year roommate or your teammate. Even though it may be difficult to accept, not all relationships are meant to last. Just appreciate the times that you spent together and move on. But when that happens, don’t be afraid to go out and meet new people and make new friends. You never know, the stranger sitting next to you right now in class, while you read this article, may be the person who will pat you on the back while you’re hunched over the toilet at the end of that crazy party or even the person standing next you at the altar. At the beginning of this year, I told myself that I was going to keep myself open to new friendships even though it is my last year, and as luck would have it, I made one. He is one of the coolest kids that I’ve met in a while, and he is only a first year. In the grand scheme of things, we are all just another piece of a really big puzzle, but as my aunt has always told me, friendship is the most important ingredient to life. Friends are like your second family, so keep them close. Al’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. He can be reached at a.koroma@cavalierdaily.
Take a Deep Breath more than hungover — I have kidney failure. Dr. Connelly has diagnosed her only patient with lyme disease, celiac, asthma and stomach ulcers. I joke about my paranoia, but at the end of the day, I truly believe that there’s always something wrong with me. F r i d ay m o r n i n g I f o u n d myself sitting on a hard-backed grey chair in a well-lit room. I explained to my nurse how I felt: “Just weird and bad. Oh and I can’t breathe.” I also offered my most recent theory. “This might be crazy, but I think I have carbon monoxide poisoning.” The nurse took my preface of “crazy” a lot more seriously than she did my theory.
“Have you ever seen a therapist?” she asked, looking like she
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CONNELLY HARDAWAY wanted to reach out and pat my head. “Well, yeah,” I answered,
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Volleyball | Pennsylvanian relishes head-coaching gig Continued from page B1 2011. The announcement came four days after the Cavaliers dropped their last match of the season at home against Virginia Tech, finishing an abysmal 10-20 overall and 4-16 in the ACC. The athletic department immediately began looking for a replacement to turn around the program. One name kept coming up: Dennis Hohenshelt. H o h e n s h e l t ’s d r e a m h a d always been to become a head coach. He had enjoyed his fair share of success at Penn State, but having a team of his own meant something more. His dream finally came true Jan. 26, 2012 when Hohenshelt accepted the head coach-
ing position at Virginia. After spending almost his entire life in Pennsylvania, he now had a new home waiting for him in Charlottesville. “It was sort of hit the ground running, don’t really have time to even think, had enough clothes to get by for a few days, trying to figure out what’s what, find a place to live and still be able to go see the family back at Penn State,” Hohenshelt said. “In a way, I think that it was a good thing that there was so much for me to do that I really never had time for shock. I thought, ‘Let’s go, let’s get to work.’” The Cavalier Coach Hohenshelt’s first job was
to find two assistant coaches who could help implement the changes he had in mind. The first hire was Stevie Mussie, then an assistant at NC State, to serve as recruiting coordinator and oversee the offense. The second hire was Aaron Smith, a former assistant at Northwestern and a player under Hohenshelt at Penn State. “[Hohenshelt’s] definitely a players’ coach,” Smith said. “He knows how to relate with his players, and that was something I found attractive when I went to Penn State. I felt like I could talk to him. I felt like he connected well with all of the players in training. We understood what he wanted and what he was trying to teach us.”
With a coaching staff in place, Hohenshelt got to work teaching his new team his style of play. Having experienced a winning culture firsthand at Penn State, Hohenshelt had a good understanding of what was needed to improve the team. His core philosophy is that the players should not only play their hardest every match, but also push themselves every day in practice and in the gym. “It’s definitely been a more competitive atmosphere, and we’ve all gotten better,” freshman hitter Kayla Sears said. “Now we just take everything more seriously. Everyone is in the same mindset of wanting to get better and making the program the best that it can be.”
The team has not yet turned a corner in Hohenshelt’s first season. The Cavaliers (5-14, 0-9 ACC) are in the midst of an eight-match losing streak and have yet to tally their first conference victory. But the team may be nearing a breakthrough after coming within one set of upending perennial ACC powerhouse North Carolina this weekend. Hohenshelt knows winning takes time, and he has no desire to be anywhere else. “Everything has been firstclass, everything they’ve done for us has been first-class, so we have to start rewarding the athletic department with some wins,” Hohenshelt said. “I think that will happen, and everything we need to win is here.”
M Soccer | Miscione’s three-save debut start earns win Continued from page B1 Horizon) were able to convert the third one into the game’s first goal. Wright State junior midfielder Derek Zuniga curved his kick into a crowd in front of the net. The ball found the head of Virginia freshman defender Scott Thomsen and bounced in for the own goal. Virginia did not trail for long, however. Six minutes later, Virginia freshman midfielder Marcus Salandy-Defour set up senior forward Will Bates for his ninth goal of the season, and later in the half Salandy-Defour contributed with a goal of his own — the first of his career — with a light chip shot over Raider sophomore goalkeeper Craig Feehan’s head. “I heard Bates call for the ball, so I just set it back,” Salandy-Defour said. “It was just instinct, it wasn’t like I saw him. [My goal] felt great. We were talking
before the game about when I would finally score, and it just happened to be today.” With just minutes remaining in the half, sophomore midfielder Eric Bird added a third Cavalier goal with a shot from the top of the box. The goal was Bird’s first of the season. But instead of entering halftime with momentum, the Cavaliers conceded a last-minute goal to Wright State junior defender Greg Marchand — a shot that was set up when Virginia conceded a Raider free kick to Zuniga. “The first goal we allowed was an own goal on a restart, and the second one was on a restart and a missed assignment,” Gelnovatch said. “The game was completely manageable at 3-1, but to go to 3-2 at the half sends them to the locker room full of life and makes for a combative second half.” For most of the second half, the
teams remained in a stalemate. There were 21 total shots taken in the first half, but just eight in the second. The Raiders came close to tying the score, but could never find the equalizer. Wright State senior midfielder Tim Sampson received a wellplaced ball from midfield and challenged Virginia redshirt junior goalkeeper Matt Miscione near the left corner of the goal, but Sampson slipped on his shot, and the ball deflected out of bounds. With less than three minutes remaining in the game, the Raiders received one last opportunity when Marchand had a shot set up by a Wright State free kick, but his strike went just wide left. The game ended with no second-half scoring. Against Wake Forest Friday, Virginia had plenty of opportunities, but consistently came up short. The Cavaliers took
just one more shot Tuesday evening than they did Friday — and even had two fewer corner kicks — but were more efficient with their scoring opportunities. “The biggest difference today was just finishing,” SalandyDefour said. “We were hungry today because we need to finish .500, and this is one of the four wins we need to do that.” Miscione played the entire game for the Cavaliers in place of normal starter, sophomore goalkeeper Spencer LaCivita. Miscione finished with three saves and earned his first win of the season. The game came just one day after the NCAA released its RPI rankings, which pegged Virginia as the No. 13 team in the country despite not being ranked in the coaches poll. The wide difference between the two rankings can most likely be accounted for by what many
Cavalier fans have pointed to all year long: strength of schedule. “The national RPI just came out, and from that standpoint we are in really [good] shape,” Gelnovatch said. “Our destiny is in our own hands, and tonight was a good start. We have three games left to take care of business.” Virginia will wrap up its remaining schedule with three more conference games. The Cavaliers have lost four-of-five conference games so far and have only scored two goals in those contests, but the win against the Raiders is a step in the right direction for Virginia. “Just getting the win is a positive,” sophomore defender Kyler Sullivan said. “We’ve been allowing a lot of goals recently, but today we were able to score a lot as well. It puts us in a good position going into our last three games.”
Football | Signature low stance gives Harold pass-rushing edge Continued from page B1 games does not constitute adversity. Adversity means losing a mother at age 17. Harold’s mother, Sheila Korvette Harold, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 2, 2011 at the age of 56. Her son used football as a coping mechanism to manage his grief. Even before a final high school season that saw the 6-foot-4, 225 pound senior record 16 sacks and 78 tackles at Ocean Lakes High School to earn Beach District defensive player of the year honors, Harold had his pick of any college football team in the country. Virginia hardly entered Harold’s radar until he met with a coach whose charisma and positive attitude was infectious. Three words brought Harold to Virginia. “You guys that know me, my priorities are faith, family and football,” London said. Harold announced Aug. 2, 2011 his commitment to the University, choosing that date
to honor what would have been his mother’s 57th birthday. From the death of his mother to the death of his nephew, Forrest Raysean Harold, in Nov. 2010 at the age of 20 because of a heart condition, personal tragedy has forced Harold to grow up quickly in life. The selfdescribed natural born leader carries that maturity onto the field with him. “I don’t see [the expectations] as pressure because ever since I was a young guy, all my teachers and the people I’d be around would always tell my mother when she was here that I was a leader and people looked up to me and follow me,” Harold said. Harold struggled to pick up the defensive schemes until the final few days of training camp. During one intrasquad scrimmage, the lean Harold lined up opposite 6-foot-6, 325 pound behemoth junior offensive tackle “Big Man” Morgan Moses. Harold knew he could not outmuscle Moses, so he decided to outmaneuver him.
“When I got in my stance, I was like, ‘I hope this works,’” Harold said. “He just shot his hands out and I dipped under him. He shook my hand and was laughing about it. That was a big moment for me.” Harold uses his uncommonly low stance with his helmet inches off the ground to give him a prodigious first step in pass rush. That ability has expedited the freshman’s timetable for contributing in game situations. Before Saturday’s 27-20 loss to Maryland, defensive line coach Jeff Hanson told Harold to know the game plan — he told Harold to prepare for the biggest workload of his young career. Harold’s older brother came to Charlottesville to see Eli play in college for the first time, texting Harold with pre-game words of encouragement: ”Ball out, you know who you’re playing for,” he said. At that moment Harold vowed to get his first sack for his mother. In the second quarter, Harold
lined up low to the ground in his signature crouch on 3rd-and-15. His job was simple: Get to the quarterback. Harold exploded off the line and reached Maryland freshman quarterback Perry Hills in a flash. Hills did not anticipate the contact, and Harold stripped the ball loose for his first career sack. Harold earned defensive player of the game honors for a performance that included 1.5 sacks and three tackles for loss. “Coaches just keep telling us to stay positive, and if we think it, it will happen,” Harold said. “You have to speak things into existence.” That play demonstrated the marked improvement in Harold’s composure and ability in a few short weeks. In the team’s season-opening win against Richmond, Harold was inserted for a few plays just to get his feet wet. But the Spiders went into a no-huddle offense, and a bewildered Harold was left on the field to fend for himself. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, what
am I doing,’” Harold said. “I blew a few assignments and it was just hectic. But from then to now, I just feel myself getting better and better each game.” Harold’s strip-sack against Maryland bounced straight into the hands of a Terrapin lineman. That is the way the season has gone for a defense whose four forced turnovers are less than half that of every other ACC team. That is the way the season has gone for a team that has outgained its opponent from scrimmage each of the last three weeks, yet has nothing to show for it. The message from coaches, however, has not changed. “It’s one of those things that you have to show these young men that adversity is going to happen in life,” London said. “We’ve experienced our fair share of it. At the same time, I’ve always said I feel we’re a few inches from making a catch or making a play, tipping a ball, whatever it may be to start or ignite a spark.”
Nationals | Fond memories, hope overshadow devastating playoff loss Continued from page B1 each other in champagne. Obviously St. Louis didn’t get the memo. Down to their last strike multiple times in the ninth inning, the defending World Series champions came through in the clutch, drubbing Drew Storen for four runs. For a team with the best record in the majors, the Nationals had both astoundingly inconsistent pitching and bats. Even with the top of the Nationals’ lineup coming to bat in the bottom of the ninth, you knew it was over; the Cardinals had completely stolen the momentum. The Nats finished the game with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth while watching their opponents celebrate what should have been their trip to the NLCS, on their home field. It was one of the most painful moments as a Washington sports fan I can remember. In my entire life, I’ve never had the experience of any of my teams having a realistic shot at a championship. The Redskins
have made the playoffs three times since I was born, never making it past the divisional round. The Orioles made the ALCS in 1996 and 1997 under Davey Johnson, but being four years old at the time, I can’t say I remember the Orioles ever being good. The Wizards made the playoffs from 2005-2008, but Gilbert Arenas’ knee injury and gun debacle effectively crippled that team. Even the Capitals, arguably the most successful Washington team in recent history, always find a way to underachieve in the playoffs. Life’s been tough for D.C. sports fans. Until this season, I often couldn’t tell if I was watching the Nationals play or their Single-A affiliate, the Potomac Nationals. But that all changed this year, as the Nationals were one of the hottest teams in the majors at the All-Star Break. Being the cynical Washington sports fan I am, raised in a tradition of losing, I kept waiting for the wheels to fall off of this too-
good-to-be-true season. But as October neared and the Nationals maintained their lead over the Braves in the NL East, the World Series talk was as unavoidable as the undeserved Redskins Super Bowl hype is every preseason. The cynicism faded and playoff anticipation started to build, culminating in the final game of the season when the Nats secured the top seed in the NL and more importantly, our beloved Teddy Roosevelt won his first Presidents Race after 525 consecutive losses. St. Louis may have dealt the Nationals what seems like a premature playoff exit, but Nationals fans shouldn’t mourn the loss. The Cardinals can never take away the memories made during the course of this season, including the franchise’s first winning season and NL East Championship, as well as possibly the quote of the year courtesy of outfielder Bryce Harper. With one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, a very
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young roster peppered with a few steely veterans and a deep bench in the Goon Squad, the Nationals seem bound for many more trips to the playoffs. Obviously nothing is guaranteed in sports, as Nats fans found out in the cruelest way Friday night. But with Stephen Strasburg back and a year of playoff experience under the franchise’s belt, I think the fans have a lot to look forward to in the coming years. The night before I moved back to Charlottesville, I went to D.C. with my family to watch Strasburg one last time as he took on the Braves. After a convincing 4-1 win in the rain, I overheard a rather intoxicated Braves fan yelling, “Nobody was a Nats fan before this year, and nobody will be in two years when they suck again.” All of the fans I celebrated with just a few years ago at both RFK Stadium and Nats Park — when wins were still rare — would disagree that “nobody” was a fan before this year. Speaking for all of the base-
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ball fans in D.C. and Northern Virginia, especially those who grew up after the Senators left in 1971 — better to have loved and lost — we had to wait long enough to be fans. For years we had to drive to Baltimore to watch the Orioles play, while suffering seemingly unending letdowns after rumors of bringing a team back to Washington or Virginia failed to materialize. Who cares if some fans are only coming to games now because the Nats are winning? The sellout crowds only enhance the experience for everyone else. And regardless of whether or not you think Nats fans are “true” fans or not, this bandwagon is rolling on into 2013. So come next season, feel free to hop on board. I’ll save a seat for you, just make sure to bring your Natitude. Do not wallow in the loss, Washington fans, but rejoice in the arrival of a new era of baseball in D.C. Will the Nats make the playoffs next year? That’s a clown question, bro.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). People do funny things when they are nervous and some of these behaviors can be destructive. You do well to put those around you at ease. Get calm yourself so you can be a calming influence to others.
people you’d like to know better. You may not see how someone could fit into your life, but collect phone numbers and e-mail addresses anyway. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your way of seeing relationship issues is completely unique. You might be able to see someone else’s way to love better than your own. Verbalize your advice. It’s probably the same advice that will work for you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are enraptured with the romance of nature. You can see pictures in clouds, decipher messages in the wind and understand the dance of falling leaves. Take the time to notice and your heart rejoices.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Some of the choices you make about your life’s plan are conscious, but many are not. It’s a good thing, too -- your instincts know better than your intellect about finding happiness.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There may be awkward moments and bouts of conversation in which nobody is really listening. These social dead zones make you appreciate tomorrow’s interactions, which will really be “clicking.”
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your wild side makes an appearance on the scene. Can a person live on the edge and still remain gainfully employed? You’re intent on finding out as you whoop it up in one way or another.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s a reason a job keeps coming back to you no matter how often you try to pawn it off on someone else. This task belongs to you, absolutely. If you don’t do it, nobody will.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Bring only good cheer to the world. Negative emotions like fear or jealousy could cause you to make decisions you won’t like later. Make sure you’re in a happy place before you do anything.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Just because your troubles are few right now doesn’t mean you should borrow anyone else’s. Hurry -- get deeply involved in a creative project so you’ll be too busy for distractions and drama that’s not your own.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A forceful attitude is ineffective. Your best power play is to admit that you’re not all-powerful. Loved ones have a mind of their own. You’re more influential when you let them express that mind and just listen.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are some experiences you enjoy so thoroughly it would be a shame if you didn’t reward yourself with them often. One experience in particular probably comes to mind -- you haven’t indulged in a month!
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (OCTOBER 17). You have many responsibilities though there is an overriding sense of being carefree this year. You’re laughing and having a good time with this life you’ve built.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be coming into contact with just the sort of interesting
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Confederacy | Civil War monuments spark debate Continued from page B2 war and during Reconstruction. “A great influx of veterans came back to school, but nobody had any money,” Gilliam said. “The South was desperately poor. The University faced closing several times after the war because
there wasn’t any money.” In an effort to recognize those who fought for the Confederacy the University established memorials to these men. Bronze plaques on the portico of the front steps of the Rotunda list the names of students, alumni, and faculty who died fighting for
the Confederacy. There is also a memorial to Confederate soldiers who died at the University just outside the cemetery. “I find it fascinating as well that while Confederate veterans who were killed in action are memorialized on plaques on the Rotunda, there is no mention of
the men from U.Va. who fought for the Union,” Kurtz said. With sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War occurring all around Virginia, a debate has waged about whether Charlottesville should memorialize such Confederate leaders as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson given their history of supporting slavery. This is the first feature in a series of four articles about Charlottesville history, commemorating its 250th anniversary this year.
Sigler | Christmas festivities’ preparation begins early Continued from page B2 I’m not your average college student, and you’re not either. If you haven’t started making your wish list, you’re more behind than that time I waited to do half of a semester’s worth of reading until two days before the midterm — oh wait, that’s right now. Maybe you need reminding about why Christmas is the best thing ever — after all it’s been 10 months. Christmas decorations are the greatest. Who doesn’t love twinkling lights? But at this point, I have a confession: My
roommate and I are the kind of people who keep our Christmas lights up all year round — though out of season, they’re “fiesta lights.” In more yuletide awesomeness, it’s totally normal to have a tree inside — so cool! Whether your favorite Christmas song is Bieber’s masterpiece/sacrilege “Drummer Boy” featuring Busta Rhymes or the more classic Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” you can’t deny the universal appeal of Christmas jams. But a word to the wise: Don’t listen to Christmas carols while studying for finals; eventually, it’ll ruin the
songs for you. Moreover, the freezing temperatures aren’t even enough to get you down, when your heart is warmed by the sights, sounds and scents of the season. The world smells of pine, peppermint and Christmas cookies, which undoubtedly smell and taste better than your regular homemade variety. Alright, that’s enough of the materialistic, superficial reasons I love Christmas. Santa, if you’re reading this, I’d like you to pay special attention from here on out. Everyone just seems to be in a better mood around the holiday
season. Think about every U.Va. student’s favorite celebration: Lighting of the Lawn. Everyone bundles up to watch a capella groups perform, hear a poem recitation and see someone flick a switch, but no one complains. It’s about the U.Va. community and all things good. Excluding those angry women with rocks in their purse trying to get the best shopping deals, the whole Christian world is all about love during the Christmas season. It’s the good kind of love, not that vomitrocious, fleeting couple’s love omnipresent around Valentine’s Day. People
leave behind their selfish attitudes and focus on generosity. That’s a beautiful and rare thing in this world. So, wake up, and smell the pine, folks! Quit stressing about midterms, and focus on what’s really important — start picking out your tacky sweaters, and get that eggnog fermenting. Christmas is coming, and you’ll hear reindeer on the roof before you know it. Abbi’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. She can be reached at a.sigler@cavalierdaily.com.
Hardaway | College anxiety requires calm, collected approach Continued from page B2 “You’re trying to sedate me. Which is kind of awesome but also makes me feel like a nut job.” All I knew about Xanax was that my mother took it when we went on airplanes. And it knocked her out. I ’ m n o t e m b a r ra s s e d o r ashamed to admit that I’m a r e a l l y, i n c r e d i b l y a n x i o u s person. The doctor told me that what I experienced Thursday was probably a panic attack. I sat in my car for 20 minutes
after this hourlong consultation, wondering what was making me so anxious that I made myself sick. That I had to blame myself for my pain, not my leaking gas stove nor my gluten heavy diet, was kind of scary and sad. I get a bit of a thrill out of being sick. When I get strep throat I put myself on bed rest and expect sympathy from my roommates. I love it when I lose my voice and can’t taste my food. It’s weird. It’s masochistic. But you know what’s harder than having a stuffy nose, an upset stomach,
a lethargic, sore body? Realizing that you don’t have any of those things. Realizing that you can’t hide in your bed all day, that you have to move through life without the shield — the excuse that you aren’t acting a certain way, don’t look a certain way only because you’re sick. I think every college student is anxious. Some probably handle their anxiety really well. Some probably handle it like I do — which is to say they don’t handle it at all. They come up with theories about why they don’t
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feel well. My carbon monoxide poisoning stood in for my week of midterms. Those weeks of gluten intolerance really just represented a rough patch with my boyfriend. I had “stomach ulcers” when I just didn’t want to get in a bikini. I had work again last Friday night. After a day at the doctor’s, I was worried about feeling sick again. It was very crowded and I didn’t stop moving, serving, cleaning all night. One of the bouncers came in and laughed sympathetically at me running
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around the hectic dining room: “Take a deep breath.” And while the doctor’s diagnosis concerned me, the bouncer’s proposed solution to my current “sickness” didn’t seem so bad. No diet changes, no vitamins, no bed rest, no antibiotics. Just breathing. It’s just a theory, but I think that might actually work. Connelly’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. She can be reached at c.hardaway@ cavalierdaily.com.