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Obama, Romney discuss foreign policy; contenders’ approaches show U.S. supremacy remains imperative By Emily Hutt
influence abroad. “Nowhere in the world is America’s influence greater today than it was four years ago,” he said. Romney is leading the race among likely Virginia voters with 50 percent to Obama’s 47 percent, according to a survey conducted last week by the public opinion group Rasmussen Reports with a 4 percent margin of error. The group also gave Romney a twopoint advantage in the national race with a 3 percent margin of error. Presidential debates can often play a decisive role in the election, particularly in close races such as this one, “probably more than any one that we can remember,” said Jeff Chidester, director of public programs at the Miller Center. Monday’s foreign policy-oriented debate may not play as
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The University Democrats hosted a watch party to view the final presidential debate that took place Monday evening.
AIDS waiting list eliminated
President Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced off Monday evening in the third and final debate of 2012 election season to talk foreign policy. With recent national polls showing the candidates in a dead heat, University leaders say yesterday evening’s debate may be the deciding factor in the upcoming election. Both candidates Monday evening agreed foreign policy challenges must be met through continued dialogue with U.S. allies. Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” moderated the debate. The presidential hopefuls disagreed on the level of force required to maintain U.S. dominance in the international community. Romney said Obama’s policies had diminished U.S.
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Fall on the Lawn Despite the leaves changing color, Charlottesville is enjoying unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures are expected to climb into the upper 70s or low 80s this week, extending the window of opportunity for students to enjoy the outdoors before the autumn chill sets in.
State-funded program helps more low-income Virginia residents obtain AIDS medications By Katherine Ballington Cavalier Daily Senior Writer
Low-income Virginia residents suffering from HIV/AIDS no longer have to wait for their medication. Additional funding from the General Assembly helped the state’s AIDS drug assistance program (ADAP) reduce its waiting list — which peaked at 1,112 people last December — to zero at the end of August. The program helps low-income Virginia residents suffering from AIDS obtain medication. To eliminate its waiting list the program undertook costcutting measures such as Medicare rebates and remov-
ing inactive clients. In November 2010, the state restricted enrollment in its AIDS drug assistance program to children, pregnant women and people receiving treatment for active opportunistic infections. The state also relegated people with CD4 counts of 500 or more cells per microliter of blood — a common measure of T-cells, which help white blood cells fight infection — to the waiting list. That eligibility constraint has since been lifted, Virginia Department of Health spokesperson Steven Bailey said in an email.
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Social media use rises University extends One-third of college, university faculty employ tech-savvy teaching strategies
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Student organization Green Grounds plans Thursday forum featuring University administrators, faculty By Monika Fallon Cavalier Daily Associate Editor
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Prof. Lisa Goff teaches her Women and Social Media in the Middle East and South Asia class. The course focuses on women’s use of social media in the east. Goff created Twitter and Tumblr sites specifically for teaching the class.
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Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor Internet platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are not just social tools anymore, a survey released Friday indicates. A third of college and
university faculty are now using social media in the classroom, according to the survey. The assessment, conducted by Pearson, an education services company, and the Babson Survey Research Group, based at Babson College , surveyed
3,875 faculty from across the country and asked about their use of social media personally, professionally and in the classroom. Please see Media, Page A3
University students and employees this week are set to escalate efforts to raise environmental awareness on Grounds. Initiatives include the launch of a new website, a speaker series and an updated sustainability pledge, according to a University statement released Friday. More than 1,300 people have pledged to “explore ways to live more sustainably” at the University and beyond, according to the website. University Dining Services is hosting events throughout the week, offering local fruit and desserts at each of its dining halls. Green Grounds, a student sustainability organization, will host a forum Thursday at noon in the Newcomb South Meeting Room
showcasing sustainability initiatives at the University. After the forum, the first session of the sustainability speakers series will take place. Speakers will include University Architect David Neuman, Chief Facilities Officer Don Sundren and Assoc. Architecture Prof. Phoebe Crisman, who directs the global sustainability minor. Third-year College student Alyssa Tsantes will moderate the panel. “The discussion will focus on faculty/student/administrator collaborations and the role of these innovative partnerships in reaching University sustainability goals,” Andrew Greene, sustainability planner in U.Va.’s Office of the Architect, said in the Please see Green, Page A3
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Debate | Verdict appears unclear, split along party lines Continued from page A1 crucial a role as the candidates’ previous two meetings, Chidester said. “Romney needs to show he’s competent in foreign affairs and needs to redirect that his central focus is in the economy,” he said. “Obama needs to talk up his strong point, which is his foreign policy record.” Candidates immediately began sparring as Schieffer presented questions about the challenges of “a changing Middle East,” citing the recent conflict in Libya. “We can’t kill our way out of this
mess,” Romney said. Obama cited the end of the war in Iraq and the country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as evidence of his success as commander in chief. He lambasted Romney’s outdated foreign-policy strategy, deeming it reminiscent of international relations in the 1980s. Romney’s strategy would include a plan to encourage the Middle East to address extremism internally rather than through reliance on external powers, he said. “The key that we’re going to have to pursue is a pathway to get the Muslim world to be able to reject
extremism on its own,” Romney said. He proposed increased economic development, education, gender equality and establishing civil societies as steps for enacting change in the region. Obama also said Romney had shifted his views on Iraq, alleging the former Massachusetts governor had previously supported the troop surge despite finding no weapons of mass destruction. Obama also said the United States needs to stand by Israel, calling the nation “a true friend and our greatest ally in the region.” “We cannot afford to have a
nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world,” Obama said. University leaders were split on the outcome. College Republicans Chairman Matt Wertman, a thirdyear Architecture student, said he believed Romney had held his own against the president. “He proved himself on foreign policy issues, and on issues that relate to our allies,” Wertman said. “I think tonight’s strong performance will help, particularly in the swing states.” University Democrats President James Schwab, a fourth-year
College student, said he thought Obama had won. “I think the president laid out his vision on foreign policy pretty clearly,” he said. “His opinions were largely echoed by Romney so I think that’s an indicator that President Obama is doing a good job.” The real impact of the debate, held at Lynn University in swing state Florida, will become apparent come Election Day. “Glancing down Twitter. Shocker: All Ds think O won, all Rs think R won,” Larry Sabato, director of the University’s Center for Politics, tweeted.
AIDS | Program assists more than 3,100 uninsured clients Continued from page A1 To enroll, residents must lack medical coverage and have a family income of less than 400
percent of the federal poverty level. The program currently assists more than 3,100 clients. The average cost per client is $10,320 per year, Bailey said.
Forty-nine percent of the people on the waiting list enrolled in the assistance program between November 2010 and June of this year. Others
found private insurance, were ruled no longer eligible or could not be contacted. But Brandon Macsata, CEO of the Aids Drug Assistance
Program Advocacy Association, said he anticipates a future waiting list. “The dollars aren’t keeping up with demand,” Macsata said.
Media | Coppock bucks trend, utilizes Twitter-based engagement Continued from page A1 “It could be that as people become more familiar with it, it takes less time,” report co-author Mike Moran said. “It’s also possible that they see that value [in social media] in a way they didn’t before.” The survey found that about 45 percent of faculty use social media professionally on a monthly basis. About 65 percent use it for personal purposes. Social media usage among faculty drops off with age, accord-
ing to the study. Faculty under 35 had the highest usage rate for personal, professional and teaching use, followed by professors aged 35-44. Participation in social media for teaching and professional use was significantly lower for faculty in math and science disciplines, Moran said. Using video as a teaching tool has become quite popular among professors, according to the study. Nearly 88 percent of faculty report using video in their classes.
There are fewer barriers to professors’ use of social media in 2012, according to the study. Institutional support was a “very important” or “important” barrier for faculty use of social media for about 42.6 percent of faculty in 2011, whereas it was “important” or “very important” for 32.2 percent of faculty in 2012 — a steep drop. At the University, Assoc. Economics Prof. Lee Coppock said in an email the school did not encourage him to pursue social media , but Economics Dept.
Chair Charlie Holt has supported his efforts. Coppock often uses Twitter to send his students stories and topics of interest related to economics. Coppock is a bit of an outlier, however. The survey found that only 2.7 percent of faculty nationwide use Twitter for teaching purposes, and only 7.9 percent use Twitter personally. “I use [T]witter to call students’ attention to economic events and news that helps us understand the course content,” Coppock said. “Real world events
bring economics to life and I use [T]witter to make this point.” The survey showed a 7 percent decline in the daily professional use of Facebook among faculty from 2011 figures. Weekly and monthly use of the site for professional purposes declined as well. Coppock again is bucking the trend and is considering creating a Facebook account for his introduction to macroeconomics course to add to the existing social media platforms he uses for the class.
Green | Morris says forum to offer students networking opportunities Continued from page A1 statement. Nina Morris, sustainability outreach coordinator in Facilities Management, said Thursday’s events provided network-
ing opportunities for students, faculty and staff to talk about sustainability at the University and “investigate new ideas about how we can improve it.” The forum will be held the day after Campus Sustainability Day,
a day for campuses around the country to discuss sustainability options . Third-year Architecture student Meredyth Sanders, co-executive director of Green Grounds , said the organization had been holding events
on Campus Sustainability Day since Green Grounds formed in 2004. “This year it is more of a collaborative event,” Sanders said. “Not only does it include faculty and staff, but it also brings in
students who are involved or would like to be involved in the sustainability effort. It’s both a venue for celebrating what has been accomplished, as well as making connections for the future.”
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Opinion Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The Cavalier Daily “For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” —Thomas Jefferson
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The Board of Visitors is making progress toward governance reform, but more remains to be done When the Board of Visitors convened Friday it demonstrated the efficiency it so often preaches in a session of committee meetings. Along with announcing that Patrick D. Hogan would become the executive vice president and chief operating officer and holding a subsequent press conference, the Board proceeded to suggest a series of changes to improve its governance structure. The basis for these alterations stems directly from a series of complaints the Board has heard since the summer, and its willingness to take these procedural steps gives hope that improvements are possible. In the session of its Governance and Engagement committee, Board members proposed constructive pieces of legislation that went on to pass unanimously. George Martin, the Board’s vice rector and chair of the Governance and Engagement Committee, introduced an amendment that would increase the number of members required to reach quorum in Executive Committee. Previously, only two members of the Executive Committee were needed for it to meet; last summer, the resignation of University President Teresa Sullivan was accepted by only three members. With Martin’s proposal, four of the six members of the Executive Committee would have to gather for it to vote. Next on the agenda, the Governance and Engagement Committee — without any opposition — accepted an amendment enabling Sullivan to select a faculty member for every Board committee. Although this is a far cry from the voting faculty member on the Board that some parties, including the Faculty Senate, have called for, giving faculty a seat at committee
tables will provide a forum for academic perspectives. What’s more, this development will better allow Sullivan to act as a liaison between the Board and the faculty. One of the closing gestures of the Governance and Engagement Committee was to accept a proposal addressing the procedure for changing the University president. Board member Timothy Robertson asked that the Board meet in full before accepting a University president’s resignation or asking a president to step down. More than the other amendments, this reform directly engages with the criticism the Board faced in the summer: that it did not meet in accordance with guidelines about how to remove a president. Robertson’s amendment would not only update the previous policy, but also clarify omissions in Board procedures In a September letter to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation agency, the Board maintained that its manual did not provide protocol on how to ask its president to resign. This new policy establishes such a protocol. That these amendments passed in quick succession, and unanimously, could be evidence of the Board’s newfound commitment to improving its governance. It could also be a publicity stunt to improve its reputation while the University waits for SACS to review its accreditation status this year. Until these amendments passed in Committee are approved by the Board, it would be preemptive to solidify our enthusiasm about the new measures. Yet, in the meantime, we appreciate the Board’s willingness to improve its practices as both correctives for the future and in admittance of past wrongdoings.
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OPINION
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | The Cavalier Daily
The digital beast Newsweek’s switch from the print medium to a digital format indicates changes in economics, as well as in readership
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HIS PAST week, Newsweek ning a print magazine, we see magazine announced that that magazine ad revenue in it would be cancelling the United States has risen 2.6 its print publication of nearly percent this year alone, accord80 years and switching over to ing to eMarketer, a research group cited by the digital issues. In Associated Press. spite of the surprisDENISE TAYLOR What’s more, the ing and somewhat OPINION COLUMNIST publication dataabrupt nature of base MediaFinder the switch, Editor in Chief Tina Brown went on reported that 181 new magato state that going all-digital zines were launched so far was “not about the quality of during this year, while only the brand or the journalism...” about 61 shut down in the same but rather the “challenging eco- time. Paired with the fact that nomics of print publishing and subscriptions for paid magazines went up 1.1 percent in distribution.” Whichever the reason, this is the past year, it’s safe to conbig news. Having gotten its start clude that the magazine indusin 1933, Newsweek’s place in the try’s been shaky, but nothing stands among the other news that would suggest a collective magazines like Time and The demise – yet. So what made Newsweek one New Republic has been something of an undeniable posi- of the 61? While economics play tion. And although a number a large part, the problem in of people who followed News- question has deeper roots than week’s recent identity crisis saw that. Brown said that despite the it as print failure from a mile away, the digital-switch still new digital format, the publicaraises the question of whether tion remained “committed to the failure is specific to News- Newsweek and to the journalism week or the magazine industry that it represents.” But what does as a whole. More importantly, Newsweek really represent? If what can other publications do the answer is a “hip” journal for political commentary, there is to avoid it? If we go back to the so-called hardly a print audience for that “challenging economics” of run- anyway. As stated in Commen-
tary Magazine, Newsweek has feared that the same will be said been “redesigned by its editor, of all types of print material, Jon Meacham, in the model even beyond political opinion. of… an opinion magazine.” But If you think about it, Newswhen a publication is saturated week’s demise was big news not because people with opinions revered it, but for a tech-savvy “In other words — because it was audience — a it’s not that there’s the first one to quality that, as no longer a place for get kidnapped many students can agree, was political and social com- in the horror movie that is practically invented by the mentary pieces, but the the shift to allchanging market has digital media. Internet — it’s And as both almost counter- decided that the place is an Internet and productive to no longer on paper.” horror movie continue printenthusiast, I get ing it on paper. This is not to say that opinions it. On the one hand, ideas are don’t have followings, but the becoming easier, faster and followers today look elsewhere more accessible. The laptop for it. Newsweek’s devoted read- replaces the newspaper, the ership is also a very small and phone becomes a magazine, and uniform group, so the limited we could stop at any point if we demographic does not lend itself wanted to. The flip side — and to the practice of mass printing. maybe the majority opinion — In other words — it’s not that is that digital media is breaththere’s no longer a place for ing down our backs, ready to political and social commentary consume us the minute we turn pieces, but the changing market around. It may be a bit of an exaggerahas decided that the place is no tion, but in a weird sense, the longer on paper. Based on the comparative suc- latter has already started. I can’t cess of other magazine sales, it remember the last time I physiseems that the change is spe- cally picked up a news magazine cific to Newsweek. But in 20 — or even a newspaper for that years time, or even sooner, it’s matter — to read in my hands
(sorry, Cavalier Daily). Conversely, however, the thought of not being able to read off paper altogether is more foreboding than I’d ever like to admit. But in spite of the fear, it’s impossible to know the extent to which what we’re seeing is the psychological side-effect of more technology, or the beginning of a permanent shift we’ve been afraid of. When Tina Brown speaks of a “tipping point at which [Newsweek] can most efficiently and effectively reach [its] readers in all-digital format,” it could very well mean an omen to print media. What’s most important, though, is to recognize that horrifying or not, the shift is the sum of the choices we make as readers. The fall of print Newsweek is an example of knowing your demographic well and beating some “challenging economics” to reach them. So if we are, in fact, the monster we fear, then an eventual shift is not only inevitable, it’s what we’ve wanted all along. Denise Taylor’s column appears Tuesdays in The Cavalier Daily. She can be reached at d.taylor@cavalierdaily.com.
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Regardless of year, it is never too late to get involved in University activities
O S T O F u s ing a midterm. It’s easy, in the entered the Univer- grind of first year, to lose sight sity as overanxious, of the impulse to be involved enthusiastic first years ready to — to forget about the extracurdive into college life and grab ricular activities that enriched our lives before the futures we had we got here. been dreaming of KATELYN MILIAM I say this from since we were kids. FOURTH-YEAR TRUSTEE experience; I was We were empowthat first year. I ered and ready to take on the world. Then we real- anxiously attended the Activiized at some point during that ties Fair the first weekend of first chaotic year that college school. I was excited to find my can be confusing, scary, over- niche at this large university, whelming and intimidating. We though admittedly I was a little are no longer the student body confused as to what exactly I presidents, team captains or wanted to accomplish at the valedictorians we were growing University. My whole life had up — no longer the big fish in a been devoted to sports. Thanks small pond. We get to college, to a knee injury my senior year, and all of a sudden we don’t that was out of the question. I know who we are or what we’ve remember feeling totally panaccomplished in our short lives. icked as I walked through the We’re no longer buoyed by our crowds of upperclassmen adverhigh school accolades. Instead, tising their clubs and asking me we find ourselves just hoping to join. I signed up for a few to get through the day without random clubs and then left the getting lost, missing a class, scene as fast as I could. I never forgetting an assignment or fail- attended any of the meetings
or BOOS S O HO Boo
for the clubs though; honestly, couldn’t do at another univerI think I still get emails from sity?” Frankly, I came up with some of them. I quickly grew nothing. I had not made the homesick and found myself University my university. So, first years, second years, burdened with idle time outand even third side of studying for classes. It “So, first years, second y e a r s : I t i s time. Get was not until I years, and even third your involved. Find came home for T h a n k s g i v i n g years: It is your time. your role to play at the Univerthat I realized Get involved. Find why I felt so apa- your role to play at the sity. Unlike high school, it’s not thetic. University.” about compiling I grew up in a laundry list of a small town with a strong sense of commu- activities and leadership posinity. Everyone knew everyone. tions to put on our résumés; it’s When I saw parents of my high about finding a few things that school friends over break, they define us during our short time were quick to ask me how I at this magical place nestled in was enjoying the University. the foothills of the Blue Ridge Without hesitation, I always Mountains. Take the next few months to said, “I love it!” assuring them that I remained the enthusiastic think about what is important achiever I’d always been. But to you. Reflect. What excites after some reflection I came to you? Volunteer services? Diverquestions like these: “Why do I sity? Politics? Environmenlike the University? What have tal concerns? Athletics? Come I done at the University that I January, it will be your moment,
Katelyn Milam is a Fourth-year Trustee.
The Opinion section live-blogged the final debate — Obama v. Romney Round 3: Here are some highlights.
Russell Bogue, 9:20 p.m.
Katherine Ripley, 9:28 p.m.
Russell Bogue, 10:10 p.m.
This Syria issue seems a weak debate topic. There is broad agreement between the two candidates... It’s a quagmire, a hugely complicated issue, and one that any president, Republican or Democrat, would struggle to adequately address.
Didn’t take long for Romney to start making this into an economic issue. Do you have anything else in your bag of tricks, governor?
Finally, Pakistan. Our Achilles Heel. The ally who undermines us at every turn, abuses our leniency, supports terrorist groups, and terrorizes its own citizens. It’s high time we move away from our policy of tolerance.
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Ashley Spinks, 9:12 p.m.
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your fresh start, your time to get involved. Start small. Attend a couple information sessions for some clubs that interest you, or go to Madison House one afternoon and read up on the different and all-encompassing programs they have to offer. There are people at the University who want to help; they want you to get involved, regardless of organization. You live in an environment where exploration, learning and discovery are valued above almost anything else. Embrace what the University has to offer and get ready to put your stamp on your University. Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz said, “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” So get ready, get set, go! It’s your time to shine and take the stage!”
“The 1980’s are now calling to ask for their foreign policies back.” That was funny, Barack. Also, is Romney really in favor of increasing the number of troops in Iraq? I really hope that isn’t true.
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Sam Novack, 10:16 pm.
Rolph Recto, 9:33 p.m. Oh no, domestic policy is leaking into a foreign policy debate, from both Obama and Romney alike. Perhaps this is just cynicism, but I think that if there isn’t mention of the economy a lot less people would be listening.
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Obama can’t pretend that sanctions are having the desired effect – Iranian leaders don’t care about the sanctions... Even if the people are feeling the sanctions, the leaders are ignoring them and continuing with their nuclear program. See more at cavalierdaily.com
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Jordan foils terrorist plot Authorities disrupt al-Qaida-linked group’s plan to attack civilian, government targets By Joby Warrick The Washington Post
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Bison raised by the World Wildlife Fund were released Oct. 9 at the Teberdinsky Nature Reserve in Russia’s North Caucasus mountains. The effort is designed to restore the bison population that once roamed the region.
Activists drop leaflets South Korea fails to stop group sending pro-democracy pamphlets across border By Chico Harlan The Washington Post
South Korean police on Monday tried for hours to block a civic group from sending pro-democracy leaflets across the border by balloon after North Korea threatened the activists with a “merciless military strike,” but the South’s efforts ultimately failed. Hundreds of police swarmed roads near the peninsula’s demilitarized zone, encircling the vehicles that were transporting activists to the planned launch site. After a 3 1/2 hour standoff, the activists retreated, 200,000 leaflets still in the back of a van. But hours later, after backtracking and eluding police, about 10 activists — compared with the 80 who started the day — made it to Ganghwa Island, not far from the
border, where they released half of their leaflets. “We wanted to show our strong intentions,” group leader Park Sang-hak said by phone. Though it ultimately failed to stop the leaflet launch, the South’s attempt to intervene marked a sharp departure from recent years, when North Korean threats were either shrugged off or answered with daring defiance. Even previous balloon launches by activists, which also sparked North Korean threats of military action, went off as planned. Monday’s police-enforced de-escalation comes two months ahead of a tight election to replace hardline President Lee Myung-bak, and each of the three leading candidates have called for a more conciliatory approach to the North. Polls suggest that a major-
ity of South Koreans want rapprochement, after several years in which Seoul cut off virtually all aid and Pyongyang responded with a pair of military strikes that caused multiple fatalities. “The South Korean government must feel the need to manage the situation by not causing problems,” said Kim Heung-kyu, a political science professor at the Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul. “They don’t want to give any excuses for provocations” ahead of the election, because “any North Korea-related problems now can be burdensome for the ruling party.” A defense ministry spokesman said Monday that the police, not the government, were responsible for blocking the activists, and added that South Korea’s military was ready to retaliate if North Korea launched an attack.
Authorities in Jordan have disrupted a major terrorist plot by al-Qaida-linked operatives to launch near-simultaneous attacks on multiple civilian and government targets, reportedly including the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Amman, said Western and Middle Eastern officials Sunday. The Jordanian government issued a statement confirming the plot and saying that 11 people with connections to al-Qaida’s affiliate in Iraq have been arrested. The foiled attack, described as the most serious plot uncovered in Jordan since 2005, was viewed with particular alarm by intelligence agencies because of its sophisticated design and the planned use of munitions intended for the Syria conflict — a new sign that Syria’s troubles could be spilling over into neighboring countries, the officials said. The alleged plotters are Jordanian nationals. The officials said the group had amassed a stockpile of explosives and weapons from Syrian battlefields and devised a plan to use military-style tactics in a wave of attacks across Amman. The scheme called for multiple strikes on shopping centers and cafes as a diversionary tactic to draw the attention of police and security officials, allowing other operatives to launch attacks against the main targets, which included government buildings and
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CAMPAIGN dEFIANCE Bruce Wilhelm, left, and Larry Glick have a drink at Jimmy’s Food and Spirits in Defiance, Ohio. Wilhelm, who worked at a metal company, is now unemployed. Glick works at the General Motors plant.
Nobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka’s research helps company pinpoint experimental drugs’ pitfalls By Makiko Kitamura Bloomberg News
GlaxoSmithKline is applying Shinya Yamanaka’s Nobel Prizewinning discovery in stem cells to identify heart risks linked to experimental drugs earlier in the development process. Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine this month for his work in turning ordinary skin cells into induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells with the potential to become any cell in the body. That breakthrough has enabled the London-based drugmaker to create heart-muscle stem cells that may be used to test compounds for cardiovascular safety, said Jason Gardner, head of Glaxo’s early-stage regenerative medicine research. About half of all experimental drugs fail for safety reasons, and half of those failures are due to toxic effects on the heart, Gardner said. Finding that risk even before animal testing could potentially save drugmakers millions of dollars in clinical-trial costs and better protect patients, he said. “I call this a low-risk, must-do approach to stem cells,” Gardner said in an interview in Upper Providence, Penn., where Glaxo has been building on research using iPS cells that began in Britain in 2010. “It’s on the verge of being used now for decisionmaking.” Other applications include using the test, also called an assay, to help discover new medicines that improve heart function, where there is a “huge need,” he said. The iPS cells can also be used to create motor-neuron cells, aiding development of treatments for conditions such
embassies. A Western official briefed on details of the plot confirmed that the U.S. Embassy in Amman was among the targets. Like others interviewed for this report, the official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is still unfolding. The Jordanian government’s statement said its intelligence service had broken up a cell that had been planning the attacks since June, arresting 11 people described as “supporters” of al-Qaida in Iraq. The group had intended to use TNT and mortar shells acquired from Syria, as well as machine guns, car bombs and militia-style guerrilla tactics, to ensure “the highest death toll,” according to the statement. A security official with ties to Jordan’s General Intelligence Directorate confirmed in an interview that the plotters were linked to al-Qaida in Iraq. He said the suspects were probably assisted by Islamist militants within Syria. The official did not rule out involvement of the Syrian regime in the attacks but added, “We are following every lead possible.” The timing of the plot was viewed as curious. Jordan has increasingly allied itself with forces seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian autocrat opposed by both rebels and a growing cadre of foreign Islamist militants inside Syria. Jordan hosts hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees inside its borders and has helped deliver humanitarian aid to rebel-held cities.
as Parkinson’s disease, and test for drugs’ damage to the nervous system. At a laboratory in Upper Providence, Glaxo scientists are working with heart-muscle cells created from skin cells from a donor. In a petri dish, individual cells can be seen beating like a heart under a microscope. The new safety test may bring drugmakers closer to “clinical trials in a dish” and enable them to reduce the number of animal studies, Brian Donovan, an investigator of platform technology science, said during a tour of the lab. Drug testing may be a key application of Yamanaka’s work, said John Gurdon, the British scientist who shared the Nobel Prize with Yamanaka. “If you can take cells from a patient, like a patient with a neurodegenerative disease, and grow those in culture in the laboratory, you can test drugs on them easily,” Gurdon said at an Oct. 8 press conference in London. “But you wouldn’t be allowed to test drugs that might have some health implications on the individual, on humans. To be able to derive cells that reflect a disease, in culture, is immensely important.” Glaxo and its peers have an “ongoing dialogue” with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as they work to validate the test’s effectiveness, and it will probably be used across the industry within a year or two, especially for development of diabetes and cancer treatments, Gardner said. While the test will help cut short some drug development, it may also be used to continue with further trials while highlighting any risk uncovered to regulators, Gardner said.
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Web freedom faces hurdle Repressed citizens overwhelm U.S. anti-censorship Internet programs’ market By James Ball
The Washington Post U.S.-funded programs to beat back online censorship are increasingly finding a ready audience in repressive countries, with more than 1 million people a day using online tools to get past extensive blocking programs and government surveillance. But the popularity of those initiatives has become a liability. Ac t i v i s t s a n d n o n p r o f i t groups say their online circumvention tools, funded by t h e U . S . g o v e r n m e n t , are being overwhelmed by demand and that there is not enough money to expand capacity. The result: online bottlenecks that have made the tools slow and often inaccessible to users in China, Iran and elsewhere, threatening to derail the Internet freedom agenda championed by
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the Obama administration. “Every time we provide them with additional funding, those bottlenecks are alleviated for a time but again fill to capacity in a short period of time,” said André Mendes, director of the Office of Technology, Services and Innovation at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which funds some of the initiatives. “One could reasonably state that more funding would translate into more traffic and, therefore, more accessibility from behind these firewalls.” The United States spends about $30 million a year on Internet freedom, in effect funding an asymmetric proxy war against governments that spend billions to regulate the flow of information. The programs have been backed by P r e s i d e n t B a ra c k O b a m a , who promoted the initiatives at a town-hall-style meeting
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in Shanghai three years ago. During his debate last week with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Obama briefly raised the topic of government surveillance in China, accusing the former Bain Capital chief executive of investing in firms that provide surveillance technology to China’s government. For his part, Romney has repeatedly criticized the Obama administration for what he calls its failure to stand up to the authoritarian governments in China, Iran and other countries where Internet freedom is curtailed. The two candidates meet Monday for the third and final debate, this one focusing on foreign policy. The U.S. government funds nonprofit groups and others to develop software that can be downloaded by users in other countries with pervasive censorship.
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Virginia wore special teal and pink shirts before Saturday’s game against Wake Forest to honor redshirt senior forward Paige Selenski’s mother, Judy Selenski, who died of breast cancer in 2003.
Selenski shines against Wake Senior forward honors late mother’s memory by scoring two goals in blowout 4-0 home victory By Matthew Comey Cavalier Daily Associate
Before facing No. 25 Wake Forest Saturday, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team donned matching teal shirts with pink lettering to raise awareness for ovarian and breast cancer. The backs of the shirts read, “In memory of Judy Selenski,” for the late mother of redshirt senior forward Paige Selenski. An emotionally charged Selenski scored her first of two goals less than three minutes into the contest and propelled the Cavaliers (14-3, 3-1 ACC) to a 4-0 win. “It was something I’ve always wanted to do ever since I’ve been here,” Selenski said. “We’ve
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never had a game for cancer awareness. It really means a lot to me, and I’m so thankful to have really great teammates and a great coaching staff to help me put it together.” The Demon Deacons (8-9, 1-3 ACC) had not been shut out this year. The four-point scoring margin tied for the largest differential between ACC teams all season. With the win, Virginia preserved its undefeated record at home, moving to 9-0 at Turf Field. “It wasn’t an easy game to play, for sure,” coach Michele Madison said. “Wake Forest played a lot of big balls to Please see Field Hockey, Page B3 Freshman outside hitter Natalie Bausback tallied 22 kills and a .417 hitting percentage during Virginia’s victory again Wake Forest. Bausback leads the team with 213 kills this season.
Cavs claim first conference win After ceding 10th straight ACC loss Friday, Virginia rebounds next night, downs Demon Deacons 3-1 By Peter Nance
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Virginia volleyball team has finally found its first ACC win this season. After falling to Duke Friday, the Cavaliers bounced back the following evening to defeat Wake Forest and notch their first conference victory of the season. “I’m happy for the girls,” coach Dennis Hohenshelt said. “They deserved to win. They’ve been working hard, and to see it finally start to turn over for them, I’m excited for them.” The Cavaliers (7-15, 1-10 ACC) beat James Madison last Tuesday to break an eight-match losing streak. The team showed steady signs of improvement
even during the skid, coming within one set of upsetting ACC powerhouse North Carolina Oct. 12. Matches against Duke and Wake Forest, two ACC basement-dwellers, gave Virginia the opportunity to turn the corner fully. Duke (12-11, 3-8 ACC) took the first set against Virginia, but the Cavaliers returned to win the second, 26-24. The Cavaliers dropped a heartbreaking third set, however, falling 27-25 after leading 25-24. Virginia collapsed for a 25-15 loss in the fourth set. Many of the team’s season-long problems resurfaced during the 3-1 loss to Duke. After a Jenna Truong Cavalier Daily
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Clear eyes, full hearts Like many college students, I Lights,” perhaps my secondoften lack time to keep up with favorite show of all time. Hailed TV shows as they air. As a result during its critically acclaimed I have an ever-growing list of run for its realistic characters shows — “Breaking Bad”, “Mad and portrayal of life as a high school athlete, the Men” and “Game of show often brings Thrones,” to name a SEAN MCGOEY back fond memfew — building up in ories of my own my Netflix queue. When I find myself with some high school football days, from TV time, I almost invariably summer two-a-days to rivalry do what my friends jokingly games and the state playoffs. This particular rerun has call “The Sean Special”: revisit a show I’ve already seen and proven timely in light of a feablitz through the entire series in ture that ran on ESPN Sunday. The segment focused on Sagabout a week. My latest television binge has inaw, Mich., where local public been to rewatch “Friday Night high schools debated forcing
students to pay fees to play sports because of underfunding and budget cuts. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley, a graduate of Saginaw High School, donated $60,000 to the school to support the athletic budget and eliminate the fees. The feature lauded Woodley’s generosity in making a sizable donation to allow current high school students the same opportunity he had to participate in athletics. The part that resonated the loudest was hearing the players talk about their love for football and how they see sports as a positive alternative
to the troubles lurking outside school. That point of view — that sports have a positive impact on the lives of children — hits at a deeper question not covered in the ESPN feature: What is the role of high school sports? That question is broached several times, if indirectly, in “Friday Night Lights.” In the show’s fictional town of Dillon, Tex., many of the citizens are football lifers. The alums played football for a program that won state championship after state championship, and nothing less will do. But these
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Sophomore Ji Soo Park’s final-round 68 catapulted him to ninth overall at the U.S. Collegiate Championship. His four-under score tied sophomore Denny McCarthy and senior Mac McLaughlin for best score against par this year.
men miss the point. To them, football and other sports are primarily a way to glorify the school, adding to the tradition and the mystique of the Dillon Panther name. Don’t get me wrong: A successful high school sports team owes credit to the school that houses it. But these people forget the players. Their short-sighted views only acknowledge that success serves to make players athletic legends in town and that failure makes them pariahs. Please see McGoey, Page B3
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Men finish fourth at U.S. Collegiate The Virginia men’s golf team saved its best play for last, closing its fall season with a fourthplace finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championship. The Cavaliers battled a 15-team field that included 10 of the country’s top 25 teams and secured fourth by shooting 3-over 291 Sunday, their best round of the weekend. Virginia posted a three-day total of 880, six strokes off No. 12 Georgia Tech’s winning mark. Sophomore Ji Soo Park improved six strokes from his Saturday score and vaulted Virginia with a final-round 68. Park’s 218 total placed ninth overall and was nine strokes
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behind the tournament’s individual winner, Stanford’s Patrick Rodgers. Sophomore Denny McCarthy also rebounded Sunday, shooting a one-under 71 after a disappointing 77 in his previous round. McCarthy tied sophomore teammate David Pastore for 20th place. The Cavaliers’ performance reflected dramatic progress from last year’s U.S. Collegiate, in which the team finished 13th. Virginia now enters its fourmonth winter hiatus with a positive lasting memory before it begins its spring season in March. —compiled by Ashley Robertson
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Blast from the Past: Oenophiles enjoy evening of tasting
Friday, March 22, 1968 Robert J. Misch proved why wines "always make my friends more interesting" in a lecture Tuesday evening in Alumni Hall. The "chevalier du tastevin" dispelled some old myths about wine and gave some tips to the more than 100 people there. Mr. Misch, who is an author, lecturer and a member of the U.S. State Department committee for wine counsel, first gave the history of wine making and the fermentation process. He quoted liberally from Thomas Jefferson's comments about a trip he made to many wine industries while ambassador to France. He explained that the color of wine is due to the length of time the skins are left in the vat. For example, white wine usually has no skins in the vat; pink wine require skins to be in the vat for 24 to 36 hours, and red wines require a longer time. He said it really did not matter which wines were served with certain dishes. He suggested appetizer wines be served with cheese snacks; white dinner wines for lighter dishes like fish, chicken, white meats, omelets; red dinner wines for hearty dishes like stakes, chops, roasts, game, spaghetti, and champagne and sparkling wines for all types of food. He added that tasting depended on the three senses — sight, smell and taste. The sight test included holding the glass by the stem, raising it to the light and noting color and clarity. To smell the wine one should twirl the wine in the glass, sniff for aroma and bouquet. Bouquet is the more subtle fragrance which comes from the fermenting and aging processes. To taste the wine, one should sip the wine, hold it in the mouth a moment, slowly rolling it around with the tongue, noting the pleasant tartness or richness, body or consistency for the distinctive flavor. The final move is to swallow and enjoy the aftertaste. Mr. Misch's discussion of wines was principally concerned with the wines of the United States, particularly California wines, and all of the wines offered for tasting were California products. This is not but so surprising considering that Mr. Misch is employed by the Wine Institute in San Francisco. His selection of California wines included brands that can be purchased locally, including Almaden, Paul Masson, Louis Martini, Wente Brothers, and Italian Swiss Colony. Following his remarks, Mr. Misch turned the audience's attention to the wines themselves, which was hardly necessary. His final warning to the assemblage was to test the wines (for color, aroma and clarity) and taste rather than go off into a corner and drink. Some of the guests took his advice. Others, needless to say, did not.
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Falling out of Love with Fall Because I refuse to give Com- Orange can only have so many cast any more business than it shades, not to talk of flavors deserves — which is negative and behaviors. Why is the same shade of the 800 billion customers, in case you were wondering — and same color labeled as “crunchy because “Arrested Develop- falling leaf I just stepped on ment” and “Breaking Bad” with my Frye boots” in Octoare on Netflix, I do not watch ber, but then back to “orange” television at school. When I go the day after Halloween? I home, however, I always have could get all Thornstein Veblen an inexplicable urge to watch on you and embark on a tirade Anthony Bourdain’s “No Res- against capitalism, but I only ervations” on the Travel Chan- skimmed that sociology assignnel. Maybe the domesticity of ment enough to participate Northern Virginia makes Tony’s once in discussion. Honestly, I encounters with Icelandic fish- do not even care about the caping captains and fermented italist exploitation of nature’s seasons so much shark that much I care about more appealing, It’s a Punderful Life as our annoyor maybe I have a ing autumnal thing for middlehabits. To you aged, nicotine-affirst years — flicted chefs. That save yourself could explain a t h e l a b e l by lot about my leaving your dating history. necklace-ID But I digress. holders at CauEither way, an then — who episode about Tuscany featured ELIZABETH STONEHILL were playing in the Lawn’s a five-minute segleaves yesterment in which Tony absolutely sautés the use day, that was really cute and I of “seasonal” as an Almighty was sort of jealous. But it would have been much more endearAdjective. I fear Grounds has fallen into ing had I not also overheard, this very trap, and it makes “Isn’t this just so seasonal of me so sick that I might need a us?” and “Wow, this is going to few au-Tums — am I right? I’m be the best fall profile picture not falling out of love with fall, ever!” Based on my Instagram but our incessant labeling of feed of nearly 80 pictures of the every molecule as “omg, that’s Lawn during fall, it would be so fall” detracts from the sea- hypocritical for me to bash the son’s beauty. Every other time photo shoot. But I still disagree that everyof year, for example, orange means orange — except during thing must be labeled according winter, when orange describes to the season for it to become “a that chick who still does not thing.” Take the picture because care that tanning beds scientifi- raking leaves reminds you of cally augment her chances of childhood or because you find skin cancer. In the fall, though, the pigment changes beautiorange morphs into “pumpkin ful, not because a seasonal fall spice,” “gorgeous gourd” or maybe even “yummy yam.” Please see Stonehill, Page B6
I will be the first to say it — separation anxiety of my life. It’s kind of funny how quickly I am addicted to my phone. I, and we as a sociWhen I leave it ety, have become in another room, Urban Legends addicted to our I always make phones. Gone are sure the audio the days in elemenis up loud so I tary school when know if someone you knew your best wants to talk. In friends’ numbers those small semiby heart and your nar classes where mom used to yell at the teacher can you to wrap up the see your every conversation so dad move, I somecould call as he was times reach into headed home from my bag to “get the office. Gone are chapstick” just to the days in middle see if I have any KATIE URBAN school when everynew texts. And back when I took Introduction one was first getting a phone and to Media Studies and had to live if we sent more than 200 texts without my phone for a whole a month we’d owe our parents 24 hours, I had some of the worst money, which was probably one
of the reasons we all became AIM addicts. By the time high school rolled around, my dad had caved and gotten me an unlimited texting plan, and I became the fullfledged addict I am today. Every addiction requires a lot of brain space and texting is no exception. There’s a reason trashy magazines I love to buy, such as Cosmopolitan, always have a spread on how to decode what exactly a text means. Tone gets lost over text message and things can be misconstrued easily. Some people always text “okay” spelled out, so you know when they text “k,” they are peeved at you. Other people always text “k” but if you’re like me, you’ll freak out anyway and Please see Urban, Page B6
Presence and Absence Being abroad — away from my home, friends, family and school — for more than two months has given me some new ideas about the meaning of presence. The word now means more to me than thinking about how many days I missed lecture during the semester, or how to cure my fear of missing out: a newly coined term stemming from our generation’s obsession with social media. My childhood best friend and I were talking the other day when she came to visit me from her studies in Spain, and she told me about the difficulties she was having being more than 4,000 miles away from everyone. She felt guilty for not being there for her mother who was going through a hard time, left out of memories her friends were making and flustered about missing preparations for her
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that I can’t even say that I really sorority’s recruitment. I sat thinking about what I feel absent. I know that I am still could be home for. My own spiritually present, just not cormother, in the middle of a depres- poreally. When it comes sion; the birth of my to family, I have second niece just Living in Lyon lived apart from days before; my my siblings for friends in Charlotabout 14 years tesville attending because of our football games and large age differparties and my best ence. And like friends’ 21st birthmost of us at the days, figuring out University, I’ve my housing situalived apart from tion for fourth year my parents for a and my abandoned couple of years extracurriculars. as well. Yet do I There’s a lot that ever feel absent ties each one of us VALERIE CLEMENS from my family? down to CharlottesAlthough we are ville. To me, presence is about more all physically together and presthan physically being in one ent only about once each year, place. The emotional aspect of does that make us any less of a presence and absence is largely a dominating factor, so much so Please see Clemens, Page B6
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AROUND THE ACC administer a 10-second runoff in Saturday night’s primetime Florida State at Miami game. It also levied one-game suspensions against head linesman Tyrone Davis and side judge Angie Bartis for failure to follow rules related to player
safety and game mechanics in the North Carolina at Duke game ... Duke may be more renowned for its ‘Cameron Crazies’ than its football fans, but Blue Devil students rushed the field Saturday after clinching bowl eligibility for the first
time since 1994. Quarterback Sean Renfree tossed a touchdown pass with 13 seconds remaining as Duke stole a 33-30 victory against rival North Carolina ... After No. 12 Florida State notched a decisive 33-20 win against Miami Saturday,
coach Jimbo Fisher announced Monday that the Seminoles’ leading rusher, senior Chris Thompson, had torn the ACL in his left knee and will sit out the remainder of the season. —compiled by Ashley Robertson
Field Hockey | Defense peaks with shutout performance Continued from page B1 try and get down and around us. They showed great speed, but we held our composure and were able to shut down their interior attempts to score goals.” After Selenski dribbled the ball into the circle and tapped in a slow roller to put Virginia up 1-0, sophomore forward Rachel Sumfest found the net twice. Her first goal came after an assist from Selenski. The sophomore’s two goals tied her career-best single-game performance, and the Cavaliers entered halftime with a threegoal lead.
“I was a bit worried about a let down after the half, just because we had such great control early in the game,” Madison said. “At half time we just refocused on what the game objectives were and we picked up the pace and tried to drive the tempo.” During halftime, the Cavaliers announced former field hockey great Cindy Carzo was in attendance. Carzo holds the Cavalier single-season records with 76 points and 37 goals. The announcer mistakenly introduced Carzo as second in Virginia field hockey career points, but Selenski recently passed Carzo on the list, knock-
ing Carzo down to third. After her five-point performance Saturday, Selenski sits just two points away from catching Meredith Thorpe for the all-time scoring title. In the second half, the Cavaliers scored their fourth and final goal almost immediately when Selenski took command of the ball and dribbled past the entire Demon Deacon defense for an unassisted score. “We’ve been working a lot all week on building our attack,” Selenski said. “I think we did really well with that today. We had moments where we weren’t as successful, but it’s come a long way in the last
couple of games.” Wake Forest found a few opportunities to get on the board, most notably on a penalty corner with seven minutes remaining. Instead of taking the normal shot at the top of the circle, the Demon Deacons passed the ball out left for an open look. Sophomore goalkeeper Jenny Johnstone, however, secured the shutout for Virginia with a critical save. Though the Cavalier offense has been potent all season, the defense has recently peaked. Wake Forest was largely unable to muster any offense in the second half. Virginia held the Demon Deacons to just three
shots during the period and has now shut out three of its last four opponents. “ We w e r e v e r y s o l i d o n defense,” junior back Elly Buckley said. “Jenny [Johnstone] played really well and we did a great job getting the ball out of the back.” Johnstone earned her eleventh win of the season in goal with her five-save performance. She now allows a mere 1.41 goals per game and is close to breaking into the top 10 nationally. Two games remain in the regular season for Virginia. The Cavaliers clinched a first-round bye in the ACC tournament after Maryland fell to North
Volleyball | Coach preaches keeping ‘foot on accelerator’ Continued from page B1 strong start, Virginia’s level of play dropped significantly, and the team squandered close games while posting 25 attacking errors and 11 serve errors. “It was a tough loss to Duke, but we definitely learned that we can play really well for a couple games,” junior libero Emily Rottman said. “We really have to push through, and if we lose a set we have to come back and push even harder.” Virginia returned to action the next day against the Demon Deacons (8-15, 2-9 ACC). The teams traded streaks during the
first two sets, but the Cavaliers ultimately won both, 25-21 and 27-25. Wake Forest dominated the third set, going up 11-4 early and never trailing during a 25-17 drumming. The teams exchanged points one-for-one in the fourth until Virginia started to pull ahead with a 23-19 lead. The Deacons scared the Memorial Gym crowd by rattling off four straight points for a 23-23 tie, but the Cavaliers claimed the last two points to win the match 3-1. Virginia’s underclassmen starred against Wake Forest, as freshmen outside hitters Natalie Bausback and Kayla Sears
each posted excellent matches. Bausback had 22 kills and only 2 errors with a .417 hitting percentage, and Sears tallied 19 kills and 2 attack errors with a .515 hitting percentage. Bausback also added a solo block and six block assists, becoming one of four Virginia players with at least six block assists. By downing Wake Forest, Virginia overcame one of its major weaknesses — successfully closing out a match. Even during its win last Tuesday, the Cavaliers needed five sets to top James Madison despite taking an early 2-0 lead. After dropping a disappointing third set to Wake
Forest, Virginia never trailed in the fourth. “The lesson they have to take from [the Wake Forest match] is, when you’re playing well, how you keep doing that,” Hohenshelt said. “It’s like the team is in a wave pool all the time: There’s highs and there’s lows in the wave. They have to learn how to get to the top of the wave and stay at that high level ... that’s when I talked about putting your foot on the accelerator; you have to go.” Next weekend the team travels down to the Sunshine State to battle No. 12 Florida State and No. 24 Miami. The Seminoles
and Hurricanes are the ACC’s only nationally ranked teams, and each has just one conference loss this year. Virginia lost to both teams on consecutive nights early this season. The Cavaliers now hope to take momentum from their first conference win down south as they seek an upset or two. “It’s awesome to have a win,” Bausback said. “We’ve been waiting for an ACC win for a while. But we need to go into practice and work hard and put up a fight against these next two teams. I think if we play hard, we could have a shot. But we have to work hard.”
McGoey | High school sports provide critical after-school outlet Continued from page B1 It overlooks the benefits that being part of the sport brings. I understand that academics are the first priority for schools. They should be. But levying fees on athletics, particularly at public schools with higher percentages of lower-income families, has unintended consequences that go outside the realm of simply helping to balance the schools’ budgets. There are so many potentially harmful activities for teenagers
to get caught up in outside of school — drugs, violence, gangs. Although it would be foolish to look at high school football as a cure-all for the ills of society, it would also be foolish to overlook the benefits provided by athletic programs for young men and women. A stable, consistent activity such as a sport takes up a lot of time — multiple hours of practice each day, several games, sessions in the gym and the film room — and ensures that those players are accounted for
during that time. Another benefit to high school sports comes in the form of life lessons imparted by a role model: the coach. Responsibility, accountability, work ethic and team bonding are all important skills taught through commitment to a high school athletic program. Coach Eric Taylor’s players in “Friday Night Lights” look up to him as a role model and a father figure, and although this might be easy to pass off as a clichéd, hokey Hollywood archetype, I personally found football was a learn-
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ing experience and coaches were mentors. Football taught me the benefits of working hard to achieve goals. It forced me to band together with my teammates and it taught me the satisfaction of achieving goals, the pain of failing to achieve them and the accountability that drives me to work even harder in the face of adversity. For that, I owe a debt to my coaches and my teammates. That’s what the role of sports in schools boils down to: They
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should benefit the players, offer them life lessons and an environment in which to hone skills that are applicable not only to sports but also to life. All players deserve this, regardless of their ability to foot the fee to play. Taylor’s motto was: “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.” As long as there are coaches like Taylor to help teach the benefits of sports to kids, and people like Woodley to ensure new generations of athletes get the opportunity to compete at the high-school level, we can’t lose.
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DJANGEO BY STEPHEN ROWE
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). The importance you give your work is all the importance it will have. Your luckiest move of all is to make sure that your night is filled with music. The cares of the day collapse into sweet melody. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are a responsible person, and irresponsible people are drawn to you. Be aware that when you befriend someone troubled you make a tacit agreement to take on some of those troubles. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You may not realize the breadth of your commitments until you put them all on paper. You are as happy as you are organized. Write down the place and time of every appointment and you feel, once again, in control.
GREEK LIFE BY MATT HENSEL
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Everyone has unique strengths to wield. Through the next three days, your superpowers are surging. If you don’t yet know what they are, they should be pretty obvious by the end of the day. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re fond of getting others involved in your projects, especially if they have to do with healing or improving yourself. Just now though, you are your own best teacher, healer and improver. Trust yourself.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE AMAZING <THE> A-MAN BY EMILIO ESTEBAN
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You cherish the people who make you laugh almost, but not quite as much as you cherish those who you can make laugh. The one who finds you amusing, witty and fabulous is simply irresistible. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When you’re in the right it’s easy to find people who will take your side. And when you’re in the wrong, well, it’s just you and that loyal friend. It’s good to be wrong sometimes, just so you can see it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Life has gotten big and complicated. The details to keep track of are mind-boggling. Exercise makes it all better. Start walking and the good feeling in your body leads to peace of mind. Everything becomes manageable. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You have the confidence to do what you haven’t done before. It might be Rollerblading, investing in stocks or planning a party. Whatever the endeavor, your fresh take on it makes it a success. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Family activities get a special dose of cosmic luck dust. The ones who usually find something to fight about will do just the opposite, finding something to love and admire about their kin. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There is a method to your madness, though exactly what it is would be anyone’s guess. Sometimes you don’t know why you do what you do, but asking why is for less confident souls. Continue honoring your instinct. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What is needed is a dramatic statement. Your gestures of good will are gladly received, especially if they are grand. Making your supporters happy makes you happy, too. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (OCTOBER 23). This year you realize that you can do more and be more than you ever attempted in the past. You recognize the role you want and through the next seven weeks take a dozen necessary steps to get there. By March you will be holding your prize. Sweet romance is part of your holiday fun. Aquarius and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 40, 11, 33 and 16.
SOLE SURVIVOR BY MICHAEL GILBERTSON
CHICKEN STRIP BY SAM NOVACK & SORCHA HARTMAN
TWO IN THE BUSH BY STEVE BALIK & DANA CASTNER
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. BEAR NECESSITIES BY MAX MEESE & ALEX SCOTT
MOSTLY HARMLESS BY PETER SIMONSEN
Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com
A BUNCH OF BANANAS BY JACK WINTHROP & GARRETT MAJDIC
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Stonehill | Fall brings unwarranted trends, fanfare Continued from page B2 profile picture would go so well with your diabetes-inducing fall Starbucks beverage. Now, you wannabe lumberjack, off with your flannel! I know it totally made you fit in at the Avett Brothers concert, but wearing
flannel to every event between September and October does nothing to make them certifiable fall festivities. You wear flannel because it keeps you warm and because your brother had that L.L. Bean employee discount a few years ago, not because you are the embodiment of all that
is autumnal and holy. In fact, if we really wanted to be “so fall,” we would trek out into Orange County — oh shoot, I mean Popping Pumpkin County — and actually harvest some crops. I doubt we would actually think those tractors are sexy. Call me a curmudgeon or a
Slytherin, but reliance on “seasonal” as a way to describe and live life reduces everything to a cycle. “That is so fall, so winter, so spring, so summer.” Aside from sounding like a rejected chorus to a “High School Musical” ballad, this pattern offers no dimension. If nothing else, let us
remember that earth’s revolution — not an infiltration of plaid or pumpkin — ‘tis the reason for the season. Elizabeth’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at e.stonehill@cavalierdaily.com.
Urban | Texting punctuations, emoticons causes stress Continued from page B2 assume the person is mad at you until you remember they never spell out the word “okay.” There’s also the issue of how quickly to respond to a text. If your mom is like my mom, you better respond as soon as possible or otherwise she’ll think you have been abducted by aliens. If it’s your roommates, you respond at your earliest convenience, but there’s not the same life-ordeath urgency — and you don’t
have to respond if it’s a passive aggressive reminder to take out the trash. If it’s one of your good friends, you can relax because hopefully by now they know if you’re a stellar or sub-par texter and won’t take it personally. But if you’re texting someone you like, you immediately make the simplest of tasks difficult by overanalyzing how quickly you should respond to their initial text. If you respond right away, you look desperate or boring, you tell yourself. If you
wait too long, you look uninterested. Then you decide half an hour is an appropriate period of time, but you don’t want it to be obvious you’ve decided to wait exactly half an hour. So should you reply in 27 minutes or 32 minutes? Don’t lie to yourself. You know you’ve had one of these seemingly huge texting crises before. And your roommates can attest to it, because they told you to respond in 37 minutes. Then there’s the dilemma cre-
ated when said person texts you back. How much punctuation should you use in your response? Is an exclamation point appropriate? Hint: probably not. Is it too soon for a smiley face? Correct answer: yes. Do I capitalize the first letter of every sentence or keep it casual and go the alllowercase route? Texting — the method of communication that was supposed to make our lives easier because it meant we had time to formulate our responses and respond at our own leisure
— suddenly isn’t so simple at all. That’s when you turn to the trashy magazine and hope some junior editor has some amazing insight, or you pray your roommates are home and willing to draft a response with you to put off their homework. Thankfully, you don’t even have to move from your bed to find out. You can just text them. Katie’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.urban@cavalierdaily.com.
Clemens | Experience overrides physical presence stateside Continued from page B2 family? Emotionally, we’re 100 percent there for each other, and communication is never an issue. We’re present — just on the other side of a telephone line. I feel the same way about my friends, at least the ones who matter. I always knew that wherever I would be this semester, and whomever I would be
spending my time with, a part of me would be back in Charlottesville. The people closest to me are thinking about me as I’m thinking about them. I may be missing out on making memories with them and experiencing more college life at U.Va., but if that’s the price to pay to be able to make my own memories in France and travel around Europe, I’ll pay it in a heartbeat.
I’ll have seven semesters in Charlottesville and just one in France. I’m going to live without thinking about what I’m missing. I will try to embrace each day because I know that next semester when I’m drowning in midterms like some of you are right now, I’m going to remember this exact moment sitting here writing this, probably willing to give up my first-born child to go
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back to it. The people who care about you care about you no matter what you’re doing in life or where the world has taken you. They won’t change, and if you do, they will still love you for who you are. I don’t want to spend even an hour a day Skyping, chatting or calling friends from home when I have this beautiful French city right outside my front door.
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Sure, the distance is more than 4,000 miles, but to me it’s only a couple of plane rides away. The day I go home, two months from now, I’ll wake up in my bed in Lyon and fall asleep in mine at home, and that means it’s pretty darn close if you ask me. Valerie’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at v.clemens@cavalierdaily.com.