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Virginia Tech’s women’s basketball team announced yesterday that it had garnered two recruits during the signing period. Shanel Harrison, a guard from Olney, Maryland was rated as the 39th best prospect by Mike White’s All-Star Report and the 14th best guard in her class. She averaged 14.9 points and 8.9 rebounds as a junior at Good Councel High School last year. Brittany Lewis, a forward from Orange, Florida also signed a national letter of intent. Lewis averaged 14 points and eight rebounds as a junior at Fleming Island High School last year.
The DesignIntelligence journal, which produced the only national college ey focused solely on design for the last years, recently ranked Virginia Tech’s tecture program No. 1 in the nation for
news MANUAL PUBLISHED ON INTERNET Some Guantanamo detainees were denied Red Cross visits and mail, had criticism of the U.S. government or leaders censored from their letters and were at first isolated without Korans, according to a once-secret prison camps manual that suddenly appeared on the Internet. Military spokesmen confirmed the March 2003 policy manual was authentic, but sent mixed messages about how much of it to confirm and how much to disavow, citing security needs at the remote Navy base in Cuba where the Pentagon today holds about 300 war-on-terror captives for possible interrogation and trial by Military Commission. — Miami Herald
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Ben Nason (14), Georg Zehender (3) and Patrick Nyarko (12) all came up big in yesterday’s ACC tournament win against Maryland. he No. 8 Virginia Tech men’s soccer team tacked on yet another accolade to their memorable season Wednesday afternoon in Cary, N.C. After earning the program’s highest ever ranking (No. 4) and shattering the school’s record unbeaten streak (15 games) earlier this season, the Hokies earned their first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament win, defeating No. 19 Maryland 3-0 in the quarterfinals. “It’s a great thing any time you win a game in the ACC Tournament with a shutout against a ranked opponent,” said Virginia Tech head coach Oliver Weiss. “I think if you look at our entire season, it may rank up there with one of our best performances.” Coming off their first loss since August 31 — a 3-1 loss to Boston College on Friday — the Hokies responded in impressive fashion and snapped the Terrapins own 10-game unbeaten
MEN’S SOCCER FINAL: Virginia Tech: 3 Maryland: 0 NEXT UP: Boston College, 5:30 p.m. on Friday streak. Senior midfielder Ben Nason led the charge for the Hokies offensively and opened the scoring 21:15 into the game. Following a Maryland foul just outside the goal box, sophomore midfielder Charlie Campbell took a free kick for the Hokies and played the ball to Nason 25 yards out. Nason, who was recently named a second team all-conference midfielder, fired his shot past Maryland goalkeeper Will Swaim to give the Hokies the early advantage.
“Ben had a huge hand in (the win,)” Weiss said. “If he plays well for us, we have a great chance of winning.” The one-goal Tech advantage held throughout the first half, though barely. Maryland nearly tied the game in the 42nd minute on a free kick of their own, but Graham Zusi’s shot hit the post and bounced out of harm’s way. First team all-conference forward Patrick Nyarko landed on the scoresheet next for the Hokies, tallying in the 65th minute. Midfielder Georg Zehender sent a long cross to a streaking Nyarko, who managed to sneak behind the Maryland defense and bury his fifth goal of the season. Nason finished the scoring for Tech at 82:57 with his second goal of the game and his sixth of the season. Nyarko controlled the ball in the
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Bedford County libraries pull books ANDREA WOODS
corrections The story “Reconsidering a switch from coal to nuclear power” (CT, Nov. 9) should have had Daniel Breslau saying, “They are all coming at the issues from a different kind of (disciplinary) or professional background.” The story “SGA forum focuses on addressing diversity,” (CT, Nov. 13) should have listed Alliance of Concerned Students (ACS) as the sponsor, not the SGA. Lesley Mitchell’s name was misspelled in the story “Virginia Tech garners top 10 ranking in agricultural funding” (CT, Nov. 13). The Collegiate Times regrets these errors.
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ct news reporter Schools in Bedford County recently pulled two books from library shelves due to complaints from parents about inappropriate material. Press over the removal of these two books has caused concern with which books are being put on the shelves of elementary, middle and high schools. “At school, the school is responsible for what (students) are reading,” said Peggy Bias, the director of Bedford Public Library. Pulled from the high school library was a books entitled “The Making of Dr. True Love” about a sixteen-year-old black high school student who is struggling with his first sexual experience. Derrick Barnes, author of “The Making of Dr. True Love,” said he wanted to provide readers with a male perspective on relationships, specifically from an black male’s point of view. “There is not a graphic scene in the book, there isn’t an actual sex scene, it’s just talk,” Barnes said. However, Ryan Edwards, public relations coordinator of Bedford County Schools, said that Bedford County high schools felt it was unnecessary to promote that kind of behavior with 15- to 18-year-old students. “There have been high teen pregnancy
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rates in Bedford and we have tried hard to curb that,” Edward said. “We strongly suggest emphasis on young adult (reading).” Comments from readers on Amazon.com have praised Barnes for the “real hip-hop vibe and sexy undercurrent” as well as the fact that his “language is so real.” The book was chosen by the Young Adult Library
Services Organization as one of its 2007 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. “I want it to be real when teens read it. I want them to think that’s how I talk,” Barnes said. “Totally Joe” is the title of the book recently pulled from elementary school’s shelves. The
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Students’ social security numbers turn up online CAROLINE BLACK
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In early September, sensitive personal information about several students was exposed by Virginia Tech through filebox.vt.edu. A random search conducted by the Liberty Coalition, an organization that works in conjunction with partner organizations to preserve citizen’s autonomy and privacy, found files on a VT server that contained sensitive information about students. “We found this information on Yahoo, with just a simple Internet search,” said Aaron Titus, an information privacy director with the Liberty Coalition. “There were a total of six files, two of them were duplicates, and three of the files contained social security numbers (of Virginia Tech students). The remainder had grades and other types of information.” The files contained information on roughly 100 people, including 12 social security numbers. The files ranged from team rosters to grading spreadsheets used by professors and were found on Tech’s filebox server at filebox.vt.edu. Many organizations devoted to personal liberties and privacy protection often conduct random
searches for information that could lead to identity theft to help protect citizens from the increasingly common crime. Titus was conducting a standard search on a search engine such as Yahoo or Google, “a search that anybody can do,” Titus said. One of the files that happened to pop up on the search was filebox.vt.edu. “Filebox is the place that (the information) was all located,” Titus said. “Many universities have online file repositories like this; this is neither the first time that universities have leaked information, nor is it the first time they’ve leaked information through these online file repositories. It’s an ongoing theme.” Titus attributes the mistakes to faculty members’ misunderstanding of how the filebox system works. He thinks that some users of filebox mistakenly believe that because they logged in to upload their files that somehow they are automatically protected, or that users have to have a password to upload them. “In order to upload to filebox, you have to login,” Titus said. “But you don’t have to login to access the information or download it; it’s available to the public.” Randy Marchany, an IT Security Lab Director at Tech, could not comment on the specific leaks
of early September, but noted that such errors are not uncommon and are handled very quickly and appropriately by the university. “Usually, it’s just a misconfiguration error and as soon as we find out about it, we remove the access to that filebox until (the sensitive information) is taken down. That is the usual case,” Marchany said. He added that the filebox issue in question was “resolved months ago.” “There are a number of sites that run around and try to look for places where social security numbers are displayed. Typically, if a site finds something like this, they’ll notify us they found a Web site,” Marchany said. “We verify that link does indeed have a social security number and usually within 24 hours the site is offline and owners are notified about the information.” Marchany said all students whose social security numbers were discovered online were notified. “Very rarely is a leak like this malicious, with the exception of criminals,” Titus said. “It is universally anywhere from stupidity, negligence, accident, mistake, any combination of them. I would hate to be a university IT specialist; essentially what you’re doing is guarding massive quantities of information, but you have tens of thousands of people who can log in at will.”
e survey was posted in the November issue of Architect magazine, which can ewed at www.caus.vt.edu. e annual survey is based off the responses 0,000 professionals in almost 300 differrms. h’s graduate architecture program was ranked No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 in c universities. rnell University, which had been ranked for the past three years, came in second to on this year’s survey. h was ranked fourth last year, and sevin 2006. h’s School of Architecture and Design mparably large, containing more than 0 students and 100 faculty and staff mbers. e architecture class of 2008 was also featured in Architect magazine, along with all the ranking information. -Ashley Oliver, CT News Staff
Facebook introduces divisive ads LIZA ROESCH
ct staff writer Facebook users will now soon be able to track another action of their friends. Facebook Ads, a new advertising program revealed last week, will allow businesses to create their own Facebook pages to promote their services. First, they’ll encourage users to become “fans” of their products, and then make ads based on what their fans do across the Internet. For example, if a Facebook friend plans a vacation using Orbitz.com, the vacation planner’s picture could appear on an ad for the friends to see on their page, promoting that travel site. These ads can be viewed on the left hand ad section as well as in the News Feed. Additionally, if a friend puts an item up for auction on eBay or buys a movie on Amazon.com, you’ll be able to see it through their Facebook page. Advertisers will promote their services based on the supposed recommendations of its “fans.” The goal is that the actions of friends will encourage viewers to use the same companies. “Pushing your message out to people is no
“What they’ll need to do is ask users for permission in a way that makes them know they’ll be used in an advertisement. They haven’t done it yet and I don’t think they’re going to.” - GUILHERME ROSCHKE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER longer good enough,” said Mark Zuckerberg Facebook CEO in a recent conference. “You have to get your message out to the conversations.” Concerns have been raised over the legality of this new program. Privacy laws in some states forbid the use of a person’s name, picture or voice from being used in ads without written approval. These regulations beg the question: does becoming a “fan” of a company mean someone is willingly agreeing to be part of an advertisement? “What they’ll need to do is ask users for permission in a way that makes them know they’ll be used in an advertisement,” said Guilherme Roschke from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. “They haven’t done it yet, and I don’t think they’re going to.” Roschke said Facebook has made other similar modifications in the past, such as when they created the News/Mini-Feed system to update users about every action of their friends. “They create something and don’t ask people for permission to use their information,” Roschke said. “People go on Facebook to share information with their friends, not with advertisers.” On the other hand, Virginia Tech assistant professor of marketing Jane Machin said Facebook Ads will not be an invasion of privacy because Facebook isn’t sharing any personal information with advertisers. She also stressed that becoming a “fan” of a company is a personal choice that a person isn’t forced to do. Machin also said that a recommendation from a friend is the most persuasive form of communication and that Facebook Ads will be an innovative attempt to commercialize this fact. “This boils down to a fundamental principle of marketing,” Machin said. “Offer the consumer something he or she desires. And in this sense, Facebook Ads have a key advantage
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Southwest Virginia Survey shows increases in international coal mine goes green graduate students at American universities BEN J. BYARD
ct staff writer Governments all across the globe have been working for decades toward solutions to the problem of carbon dioxide emissions, a greenhouse gas thought to be a cause of global warming. Researchers at Virginia Tech think they have found a possible answer. Throughout Southwest Virginia, primarily in Buchanan, Dickenson and Wise counties, there are many coal seams that are either too small or too deep to economically mine. For the past five years, Tech researchers at the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (VCCER) have been preparing a test to inject roughly 1000 tons of carbon dioxide gas into a donated coal seam in Russell County. This project stems from the need to dispose the carbon dioxide captured through the process of carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration is the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a special processing plant. “Coal has the characteristic that it can form very strong chemical bonds with carbon dioxide and, by nature, has a very weak bond with methane,” said Michael Karmis, leader of this project, VCCER. This is a simple gas exchange within the coal. Carbon dioxide injected into these unproductive coal seams then displaces methane from the unusable coal, which can then be collected and used as natural gas, a much cleaner fossil fuel. Carbon dioxide is one of the most worrisome molecules in existence today due to its nature as a greenhouse gas. Nearly all organisms exhale this simple compound, but its biggest producers are
power generation and transportation through the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gasoline and coal. Across the country, several other tests of this nature have occurred. “The one in the San Juan basin showed quite a bit of success, so this is where quite a few of these ideas came from,” said Nino Ripepi, a Ph.D. student working with Karmis. For this reason, many coal and energy companies, including Tech’s partner, Dominion Generation, are interested in helping this research succeed. Dominion recently donated half a million dollars to Tech and plans to help whenever possible with the rest of the project. “With no proven technology currently available to utilities, this proposal presents a unique opportunity to make history,” said Mark F. McGettrick, president and chief executive officer, Dominion Generation. “We are proud to be associated with Virginia Tech, one of the leading research universities in the country.” The coal, with the attached carbon dioxide, is thus ruined and no longer fit for burning by current environmental standards. Fortunately, the seams used with this technology are not expected to become economically minable on any scale of time. In theory, less carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, pleasing environmentalists and the public, and more methane gas is produced, pleasing energy corporations because they can generate more power and generate more wealth. In addition, most state governors and even the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are interested in seeing this project succeed. “It’s really a project that’s backed by a wide variety of disciplines,” Ripepi said.
U.S. ENROLLMENT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS INCREASES FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, FOLLOWING SHARP DECLINES AFTER SEPT. 11 CANDACE SIPOS
ct news reporter A recent survey conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) revealed a seven percent increase in total enrollment of international students in American graduate schools between 2006-07. This is the second annual increase after the enrollment number of foreign students took a dive following Sept. 11. This survey, which took place in October and questioned 172 universities about their fall enrollments, showed the largest rise in numbers since it was first conducted in 2002. Virginia Tech’s Graduate School is one of the participants in the research from CGS. Despite the supposed success for diversity, the country is still only returning to its original position before 2001. “I don’t call it significant, but we are
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over traditional media — the ability to target more effectively based on detailed demographic information.” Twelve major advertisers have signed onto Facebook Ads, including Blockbuster and Coca-Cola. Other businesses have created more than 100,000 Facebook accounts since site last Tuesday, the first day Facebook Ads became available. On their website, Facebook states that users will not begin to see more ads than they usually do as a result of this
new program. Facebook claims it will simply create ads that are more relevant to the individual user. Furthermore, musical artists and celebrities will also have the ability to create pages to keep fans updated and provide a place for fans to meet. Dave Matthews Band, for example, already has a page where users can listen to several full songs for free. The Web site also said although it will take time for all of the various businesses, artists and organizations to make pages, once they do, they will be valuable and resourceful tools for all Facebook users.
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heading in the right direction,” said Monika Gibson, Director of Student Services and International Graduate Student Services. “Even with this increase in the last two years, we are still just going back to numbers that we held previously, about five or six years ago.” Gibson said that a dip in enrollment compared to previous years from the mid-90s and early 2000s. She also stated that she attributed the sharp decline in foreign graduate students indirectly to the attacks on Sept. 11. Immigration rules became stricter, making the attainment of Visas more tedious for foreign students. Also, she said that higher education experienced an increase in cost. “At the same time, other countries have realized that there are great benefits to be had from international student enrollment,” Gibson said.
book tells the story of a thirteen-yearold homosexual middle school boy who is doing a class assignment in which he has to examine his life by using the letters A to Z to represent him. James Howe, author of “Totally Joe,” has also received praise for his novel, including comments from Tolerance.org, which states that Howe helps to address the issues of “tolerance” and “diversity” in the book. “Totally Joe” was also recognized in the Association for Library Services to Children’s 2006 Notable Children’s Books for older readers. Early this month, “Totally Joe” was removed from Bedford County elementary schools because the topic was assessed to be appropriate for elementary school students. “It is important for us to have information in schools that are appropriate for age groups,” Edward said.
Even though “Totally Joe” was removed from the shelves of elementary schools in Bedford County, Edward said the book may be moved to the middle school level where it would perhaps be more suitable. Edwards said the policy for books held in Bedford County School libraries has recently changed. In the past, the policy in place was that if there was a complaint, it would be submitted in formal writing and then presented to a committee where the complaint was reviewed and a decision was made. Now these decisions are made on a more individual school level. Edwards said that they want to make it between the principal, library specialist and the person who filed the complaint to come up with a solution to the problem. If the person who filed the complaint is still unhappy, the complaint can be forwarded to the committee for review.
“Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and other European countries in general, have made very serious and concentrated efforts to recruit international students. Other countries came up with more affordable programs and easier immigration rules, so they attracted students away from us.” James Turner, associate vice provost for diversity at Tech’s graduate school, agrees. Although Turner recalls a significant number of foreign students in his program over the years, he did note a decline after Sept. 11. “It’s harder for them to get a Visa to come here as a student,” Turner said. “I think it’s much more difficult to leave their country, and it’s even more difficult once they get here to go to a conference and re-enter the country or to leave for the summer term.” The physical sciences and education were the only fields of study that did not experience any growth. Enrollment from all countries that
send the majority of graduate students, including China, and South Korea, are on the rise. “I think it’s fairly evenly distributed, although I think it’s interesting to note that our enrollment from Middle Eastern countries has been going up, even though people would assume that those are the nations where enrollment would decline after Sept. 11,” Gibson said. The study reported that 87 percent of deans from graduate schools have attempted to attract more international students with various forms of outreach. Dan Hartman, associate executive director of international education at Virginia Commonwealth University, has seen some of this outreach. “We’ve been doing more recruiting,” Hartman said. “Since last year, the Office of International Education has had a director of international recruitment; someone in this office who is actually structuring the recruitment plan.”
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Thanksgiving feast: Mom’s not only one who can cook a meal In the spirit of an impending holiday revolving almost entirely around food, we’ve bumped Cheers! until the week after KATELYN Thanksgiving. LAU Honestly, what kind of food ct features columnist would associate editor I be if I let Thanksgiving, the biggest food day of the year, pass by without comment, advice or a good recipe? Now, I suspect a lot of you are like me. Every year since I was little, I watched my mom make Thanksgiving dinner. Once I was old enough, I began to help with the hours of cooking and baking and table-setting. But watching or helping is different than doing it alone. As a senior, with only one year left of helping my mom make Thanksgiving dinner, I started to wonder if I’d be able to make this all-important meal myself. Not to mention, if one wants to celebrate here with his friends before going home, when does the turkey go in the oven? How long does it stay in there? What about stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy? Or, if cooking up a feast isn’t your forte, where can you find a Thanksgiving MRE — meals ready to eat? Obviously, the most important component of your Turkey Day dinner is, well, the turkey. You should make sure your turkey is big enough to provide about a pound of meat per person; so if you’ve got 20 friends, you might actually need the 20-pound bird my mom insists on making for eight people every year. But don’t forget to keep in mind how big your oven or roaster pot is — that 20-pound turkey doesn’t do any good if you can’t cook it. The next biggest thing to keep in mind is that no matter how big your bird is, it’s probably frozen, and thawing it can be tricky. Do not, I repeat, do not, leave the turkey on the counter for a week and expect it to be unspoiled and delicious; nor should you pluck it from the freezer on Thanksgiving morning and expect it to thaw in time. If you’re thawing a turkey in the refrigerator, allow about 24 hours for every four pounds of turkey. That means if you’ve got a ten-pound turkey, you’ll need about two and a half days to thaw it. Now, if you’ve never cooked a turkey
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before, I should give you fair warning — you’ll have to remove the giblets bag and neck and rinse the turkey inside and out with cool water before even placing it in a roaster pan. You know how good the turkey makes the whole house smell when it’s neardone or when it’s steaming on the table? Take that intensity and apply it to the smell of the innards of a wet, uncooked bird. It can take some experience to get used to. The size of your turkey will dictate when it needs to go in the oven. It can take anywhere from two to seven hours to cook. A general rule puts cooking time at 15 minutes per pound, but there will most likely be directions on the turkey’s packaging. Now all of that is well and good when you have a small army to feed, but if you and your three roommates want to celebrate together, clearly you won’t need that much turkey. If you’re having a small get-together, consider a turkey breast. It’s smaller, easier and without the heap of bones and bag of organs. Cook it the same way you would a turkey, or even in a crock-pot, which makes it a simple way to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal without the hassle of a giant bird. But let’s say that you buy a 10pound turkey and you want to make gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and rolls — and like most people, you have only one oven. Since your turkey takes the longest, it obviously goes in the oven first, according to the appropriate cooking time, either calculated by weight or according to the packaging. Most of the turkey-cooking hours will be spent checking, seasoning and basting your turkey and preparing the other sides. An hour before meal time, it’s game time. At this point, the first of the sides goes in the oven, and if you do have only one oven, you’ll have to take your turkey out. Be sure to figure this out-of-oven time into your turkey cooking time. If you’ve already prepared your stuffing and its simply waiting to hit the oven, it goes in at this one-hour mark. At T-minus 45 minutes, put sweet potatoes in the oven and start boiling the potatoes for mashed potatoes. You can also start the gravy at this point. It doesn’t take long to make, but thickens as it simmers on the stove. “Crunch Time,” as my mom always calls it, has officially begun. “Crunch Time” is “nobody get in my way or we could end up with dry
Treats for your table Gravy 2 heaping Tbsp. flour 1 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 c. water 2-3 c. turkey broth Salt and pepper to taste
Mashed Potatoes 4-5 potatoes ½ stick butter 1/3 c. milk Salt and pepper to taste Peel and cube potatoes and boil in saucepan, testing potatoes with a fork after about 15 minutes or until soft. Drain water and mash potatoes, preferably with a mixer. Add butter, milk, salt and pepper and mix again.
Whisk together flour, cornstarch and water. Add turkey broth with ladle and salt and pepper to taste. Cook on medium heat for five minutes or until it starts to thicken. HINT: To thicken gravy, spoon a ladleful of gravy into a bowl. Allow to cool, add cornstarch with a whisk and return to saucepan. (Allowing the gravy to cool before adding the cornstarch helps to avoid lumps.)
Stuffing 1 bag stuffing or equivalent bread crumbs 1 stick butter 1 medium onion 3 stalks celery Turkey broth Melt butter in frying pan. Chop onion and celery and sauté in butter. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour mixture over bread in 13 x 9 casserole dish. Use a turkey baster to add turkey broth and fold stuffing to mix bread with other ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes.
Sweet Potato Bake 3 large sweet potatoes 2 sticks butter, room temperature 1 c. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/3 c. milk ½ c. chopped pecans or walnuts ½ c. flour 1 c. packed brown sugar Boil sweet potatoes in sauce pan for approximately 30 minutes or until soft. Drain water and set sweet potatoes aside to cool. When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and mash, preferably with a mixer, in a large bowl. Slice butter into bowl with warm potatoes. Add sugar and vanilla and mix well. Whisk in eggs and stir until smooth. One tbsp. at a time, stir in milk until mixture is most and no longer stiff. Spray casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray and spread mixture evenly in dish. Mix nuts, flour and brown sugar and sprinkle mixture over potatoes. Drizzle with second stick of melted butter. BEN MACDONALD/COLLEGIATE TIMES
turkey, cold potatoes, still-frozen corn, mushy stuffing and soupy gravy” time. In my house, it’s serious, and if you’re not helping, you’re hindering. If you’re in the kitchen, you’ve enlisted yourself, so get in the game or get in your seat at the table and wait patiently.
If you’re thawing a turkey in the refrigerator, allow about 24 hours for every four pounds of turkey. That means if you’ve got a tenpound turkey, you’ll need about two and a half days to thaw it. Rolls, depending on the kind you’re having, usually take about 20 minutes. Something like corn can wait until last, as it takes the least amount of time. Follow the directions on the package for frozen or canned corn. Finally, make a good faith attempt to get everything on the table hot and ready to eat before it gets cold. After the meal, I can’t exactly imagine Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. Honestly, my family is partial to the Libby’s pumpkin pie filling, which
has directions on the label; we make the pies either the night before or that morning and refrigerate them until after dinner. But if “from scratch” isn’t a phrase you want to contemplate or isn’t something you have time for, shortcuts, such as box mixes for stuffing and mashed potatoes, canned gravy or cranberry sauce or even a readymade rotisserie chicken instead of a turkey can help you save time and effort, while still delivering the classic Thanksgiving foods. Heinz jarred gravy and Betty Crocker instant mashed potatoes are each on sale for $1 at Kroger and canned cranberry sauce costs just a little more. Twenty- and 14-pound turkeys are $10 and $5-off respectively at Kroger, making them roughly $18 and $15. Entire heat-and-serve Thanksgiving dinners are also available at Kroger. Stove Top stuffing is buy-one-get-onefree at Food Lion. Also, ready-made and frozen pies of are on sale at both grocery stores. Finally, if you really cringe at the idea of spending an entire day cooking, restaurants such as Denny’s, Cracker Barrel and IHOP usually offer a
Thanksgiving dinner. Now I don’t think I can, in good conscience, send you off to any of these places and tell you they’ll have the best turkey and stuffing you’ve ever had, but they’re options at least. Of course, if all else fails, you could always go to the Southern Oven, because I guarantee they’ll put out some seriously delicious Thanksgiving favorites, and after last week’s column,
we all know how I feel about that place. But whether you’re into cooking from dawn until dinner, or you’d rather spend less time cooking and more time sleeping in or watching football, or you’d rather just eat out, enjoy your holiday. After all, a designated day for eating delicious food is clearly a day worth celebrating.
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THE INN AT VIRGINIA TECH AND SKELTON CONFERENCE CENTER PREPARE TO HOST ANNUAL TREE-DECORATING COMPETITION REBECCA TAYLOR
ct staff writer The Christmas spirit will be in full swing by Sunday for those taking part in the annual Fashions for Evergreens event. The event includes 13 area businesses, designers and artists squaring off in a competition to see who can create the most unique and extraordinary Christmas tree. The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center has put together this event for last three years, and it’s quickly becoming a must-see tradition in the New River Valley. “The response over the past couple years has been enormously positive and our competitors are extremely excited and eager each year to participate,” said Michael Quonce, public relations and advertising manager at the Inn at Virginia Tech. Participants are given a 10-foot pre-lit tree to decorate however they wish. There is no cost to participate, aside from the decorations used. In the past there were only eight trees in the competition, but this year there are 13. All decorated trees will be displayed down the ballroom foyer.
JESSICA DUNN The competition is growing each year and will be expanded in the future to include more trees. “Past tree participants get first pick of location and then we fill in the rest as they sign up. Participants can begin decorating on Sunday and must have their tree completed by Thanksgiving,” Quonce said. “We use Thanksgiving as the first day, plus with traffic from our buffets, it’s a nice kick-off to the holiday season.” The event is free to the public and runs from Thanksgiving Day to New Years Day. People can view the trees at any time, seven days a week. Winners will be decided on a public and professional vote. Members of the public can cast their votes until Dec. 17. There will be a reception at the end of the competition to award designers on their hard work and creativity. “The Fashions display is a fantastic way to get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate the holidays. The Inn is transformed into this beautiful winter wonderland that would get Scrooge into the Christmas spirit,” Quonce said. “Everyone is encouraged to visit the display and cast their votes for their favorites.”
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La De Da, a local business, was one of eight participiants in the 2006 Fashions for Evergreens. This year’s event will host thirteen trees.
Recreational aquatics are encouraging faculty and staff to get out of the classrooms and into the water. The Songer White Water Splash Challenge is back for its fourth hoorah, but has a new twist. With refreshed rules, the challenge has never been more novice-accessible. In previous years, the participants were judged based on the number of laps they could swim around the pool. The minimum requirement was 25 miles between two semesters. It takes 36 laps, down and back, to complete one mile, resulting in a 900-lap requirement for the competition. As the hosts of the challenge soon learned, this discouraged new swimmers who felt they had a disadvantage. Even advanced swimmers such as Will Townes agreed. “Swimming 25 miles was pretty daunting,” said Townes, a graduate student who won the competition last year. This fall, McComas Hall and War Memorial pools are only requiring the challengers to “splash” a total of 15 hours to enter the competition. They do not necessarily have to swim laps, but just engage in some type of water activity. This includes the option of recreational swim, or organized water sports such as private swim lessons and classes. “We changed the rules to keep people motivated and stay active in the pool,” said marketing manager Catherine Kropff. “It appeals to more people.” Kropff, along with the coordinator of aquatics instructional program, health and physical education major Whitney Teague, are working with Songer sponsors to give away the grand prize. The New Songer Whitewater Rafting trip for two includes two day trips, one night of riverside camping, tents and food. The only thing the winner needs to bring is a friend and sleeping bag. Songer is also paying $100 to give four additional runners-up a $25 gift certificate to Dick’s Sporting Goods. “We’re willing to spend money if it encourages people to enter the contest and stay active,” Teague said. After 15 hours of participation, the swimmers’ names are entered into a raffle that will be drawn on Dec. 7. There will be an additional contest
and drawing in the spring on April 30. Everyone is eligible, and can sign up any time at no cost. “The competition has grown each year.” Teague says. “There are a lot more people staying with the program this year because of more incentives to win,” said Allison Zuchowski, assistant director of aquatics, who brought the competition to the school. The Gauley and New Rivers are located in West Virginia, just two hours from campus. Cliffs tower hundreds of feet overhead making for adventurous scenery around the gorge. Because the river was cut through a 1,000-foot gorge, there are many different levels of activity. New River is divided into two parts: lower and upper. The lower portion of the river starts out slow, so it is great for beginners. It includes more than 25 class II to class V rapids (the higher the class, the stronger) including Upper and Lower Railroad, the Keeneys, Greyhound Bus-Stopper, and DoubleZ. But, West Virginia is renowned for its most fierce river: the Gauley. One of the top 10 whitewater rivers in the world, the Gauley River defines adventure. When water is released from the Summersville Lake Dam in September and October, the river is an adrenaline junkie’s dream. The river drops 650 feet over 25 miles, and is filled with large waves and giant holes, so it’s no wonder this river earned the nickname “Beast of the East”. The Upper Gauley is the most intense section, and has five Class V-plus rapids including a 14-foot waterfall called Sweet’s Falls. The Lower Gauley is just a step below and packed with rapids as well. There are over 100 major rapids on both sections of the river combined. Looking for something calmer? The upper portion of New River offers quite pools of water along with class I-III rapids. This is ideal for beginners who want to learn and families who have young children. The rafters have the option of traveling down the rivers in a raft or inflatable kayak. Applications are available at either gym or on the Internet. If you don’t win the first time, there is another opportunity to participate in the challenge this spring. The winner of the competition last year leaves some words of advice to those entering the challenge, “Don’t forget your swimsuit!”
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Keep the university honest through open dialogue Given the model presented in Tuesday’s column, it is possible to make predictions about what the news in the Collegiate Times DEVIN will look like. STONE In general the stories that regular are published columnist will be in favor of the ideas that are promoted by administrators at Virginia Tech, as framed by the Office of University Relations. Some of the most important stories will never be told. Both of these results stem primarily from an asymmetry of information and access. One way these results occur is through the selection of sources. A way to check this is to simply label and categorize the sources that are mentioned in each article about new university initiatives. Normally, in most stories published on the front page, the number of administrators or faculty who have a stake in promoting the new initiative will outnumber the critical, dissenting voices. The language, terminology and issues will
also be set by representatives for the university, as these individuals have far more experience and first hand knowledge of how to stick to their talking points when communicating with reporters to influence the direction of a news story. There will also be a long list of stories that will never be published simply due to the way information is organized at this university. One of the strangest peculiarities of the opinion pages will always be the sheer amount of columns and letters to the editor written about the occupation in Iraq. Never have I read a column regarding the role the university plays in regard to global issues; such as through grants from the Department of Defense, or our school’s relationship with questionable corporations and recruiters. The main issue is not whether these relationships are good or bad, but exploring why there is so little news or analysis regarding these issues. There are also the stories that simply fall through the cracks. Examples include when the university began copying hard drives from professors in the English department this summer, to the “Security Infrastructure
Working Group Report” released this August by Virginia Tech, which advocates establishing video surveillance over most of the campus. As for students, one of the biggest problems in political activism is the high turnover rate. Students leave after four years of gaining first hand knowledge and experience of how the university functions. Once these students leave, the next class of freshman must start anew, having to relearn the same lessons on their own. Mechanisms must be put in place to help battle this problem of institutional memory. This can partially be done through strong recruitment efforts by student organizations and local activists. If large groups of freshman and sophomores can become politically active this will provide a chance for seniors and graduate students to pass on their knowledge while they are still at Tech. There must be a sustained effort by alumni, even after they leave Blacksburg, to reach out to the student community. This can be done through something as simple as sending an e-mail to compliment those students who continue the good fight to more time-consuming activities such as writing letters
to faculty, administrators or the CT in support of the issue students are campaigning. Students can also play a meaningful role through constructive criticism. If you feel that a story is biased, do not be afraid to contact the editor or journalist. Learn to analyze the news that is published from a critical viewpoint that pays particular attention to the sources who are quoted and the voices that should have been interviewed but are missing from the story.
As for students, one of the biggest problems in political activism is the high turnover rate. Students leave after four years of gaining first hand knowledge and experience of how the university functions. When writing to the media, provide helpful suggestions in a respectful manner and attempt to create a dialogue. Such a strategy will not only help make the paper more accountable, but will allow students to better
refine their skills in how they read and evaluate the news. It may also be worthwhile to establish a public listserv for students and faculty to encourage such a discussion. Students should also be encouraged to contact and request interviews from professors and administrators, even if these students do not have journalistic credentials. Remember that these men and women receive their paychecks from your tuition money. These tactics, though, can only work if such students have the necessary support from professors. Professors need to take a more active role as mentors who can offer their expertise and knowledge. Better dialogue between students and professors can also help to direct students in the right direction in finding information or to learn the right questions to ask pertaining to local political issues. The first step is to initiate a dialogue, so that everyone can contribute based upon his or her own personal experiences and knowledge. It is only through such a process that lasting attempts can be made to create a better-informed campus so that students can actively campaign for their own shared interests.
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Local violence leaves students worried about safety In the days following April 16, the world’s attention focused on Virginia Tech. Those who had never heard of the small town of Blacksburg wanted to know what kind of school we were and what kind of people made up our community. Everyone was wondering, how could something like this have happened? If the rest of the world was surprised, we were more surprised than everyone. Almost seven months later we all still carry that memory with us. The sense of community and togetherness we once shared seems to have dimmed with the passing of time. Even though the event shook our campus to its core, in the immediate aftermath, many of us still felt safe on campus and with each other. However, a recent spree of crimes at Virginia Tech has left many of us with feelings of insecurity and fear about even the most simple of daily activities. Of course as a whole, we are all more sensitive now, but dangerous activity is definitely happening at a rate we’ve never seen before. In the past two weeks, we’ve received e-mail after e-mail from Virginia Tech Police indicating suspicious or illegal activities that have been taking place in our own community. Within the past few weeks a woman was assaulted, knocked unconscious and dragged behind bushes near Burger King; a male was seen with a gun in the stadium parking
lot; a stabbing and mugging took place in an alley behind Taco Bell, and someone fired shots at ‘Macho’ Harris’ apartment. This past weekend a confrontation in Oge-Chi’s Restaurant and Bar spilled out into Draper Road and flared into 30 to 40 fights, resulting in multiple arrests. In addition, the recurring presence of a suspicious Nigerian man offering rides to female students and attempting to grab them, has kept us all on edge during the first few months of this semester. What is disappointing is how we preached that Blacksburg was such a peaceful place, and now all these incidents are occurring, leaving us all so unsure. Students are scared walking to their cars late at night or alone, unsure about staying at the Math Emporium after dark, and hesitant to study late at Torgersen Bridge, out of fear of having to walk back to the commuter parking lot alone. What we’re wondering is, what happened? The gates have seemingly opened up for violence, and unsuspecting students are being victimized. Virginia Tech isn’t a place where students should be on edge, or living with the small, yet all-too-real possibility of being made victim of a senseless act of violence. The editorial board is composed of Amie Steele, Joe Kendall, Saira Haider, Laurel Colella and Sara Mitchell.
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Letters to the Editor Questioning the military can be patriotic In the recent column “Exploiting troops to further public agenda,” (CT, Nov. 14) the author criticizes the producer and company who bring about a critique of our war policy. He states that there is “no proper time” to criticize anything that our troops or their superiors do. Have we really reached a place where questioning what is going on in our foreign policy is unpatriotic? I would argue that it is actually the most patriotic thing we can do as Americans. We spend more (of our tax money) on the military than every other country in the world combined. I think it is reasonable to demand that the money not be used to debase other societies and consequently the world’s opinion of us. In fact, if we want to be champions of freedom, we should be very upset with even just a “small minority” of soldiers raping young Iraqis, torturing “potential” insurgents, or shooting blindly into houses. We have the responsibility to raise awareness and demand our commanders crack down on such activities if we know them to exist. Is our presence in Iraq worth the cost in dollars, American men and women, innocent Iraqis, and our reputation? Personally, I would rather my tax money be spent on things that benefit me rather than hurt me (or not pay the tax at all). Regardless of what you think, however, you ought to pressure your government, commanders and troops to behave responsibly. Otherwise, we are as bad as the “evil” that we claim to be fighting. Brad Shapiro senior, mathematics
Coaches should ensure athletes’ safety During the Virginia Tech versus Florida State football game last Saturday, Tech quarterback Sean Glennon suffered a concussion only
to return late in the game to replace Tyrod Taylor who also came out injured. Concussions are serious injuries — the NFL requires a neurological exam before allowing a player with a concussion to return to play. How can Tech coaches and medical staff approve placing Glennon back into the game knowing the health risks? Brian Collins alumnus, class of ‘81
Nuclear energy story contains inaccuracies I want to point out several inaccurate statements published in the Collegiate Times story, “Reconsidering a switch from solar to nuclear power,” (CT, Nov. 9) concerning last week’s Choices and Challenges forum on nuclear power. The most egregious errors in the article include: The notion that the resurgence of nuclear power results from the desire to replace oil as an energy source. Nuclear power plants produce electricity. Since conventional power plants use little oil to generate electricity (only 1.6 percent of the fuel mix in 2006), nuclear power would play only a small role in displacing oil consumed in the United States. Rather, nuclear fuel would replace a much greater amount of coal and natural gas as raw materials, which together are used to generate about 69 percent of the nation’s electricity. Much of nuclear power’s appeal today stems from the drive to produce electricity without the release of greenhouse gases (as occurs when burning these traditional fuels). Another error is the assertion that the U.S. “currently derives 49 percent of its energy from coal…” As noted in my presentation, this number refers to the percentage of electrical energy that comes from the combustion of coal — not total energy. Only about 23 percent of all energy consumed in the U.S. draws on coal. The nation burns oil to meet about 40 percent of its total energy demand. Moreover, it imports 60
percent of its petroleum needs — a fact that has huge security and economic implications. The claim that “Bush proposed in 2002 that (nuclear) waste be stored in Yucca Mountain.” The issue of how to dispose of nuclear waste has been studied for decades, and the Department of Energy began examining Yucca Mountain as a waste repository in 1978. As noted in my talk, Congress passed a law in 1982 to establish a waste repository, and President Bush made the final decision in 2002 to select (not propose) Yucca Mountain as the preferred waste site. Finally, a third error is the idea that the main use of recycled atomic waste in France consists of making nuclear weapons. I noted that nuclear fuel reprocessing yields materials that power plants can use for further production of electricity, though some of the spent fuel can also be employed in nuclear weapons. I further pointed out that President Carter terminated the American project for reprocessing used nuclear fuel in 1977 because he feared that some of it could be obtained by unfriendly nations for making atomic weapons. (For the same reason, American policy makers today remain anxious about construction of nuclear power plants in North Korea and Iran.) But I never suggested that the French nuclear plants churned out plutonium for use primarily in nuclear weapons. In fact, the French recycle a huge proportion of the spent fuel into material that they use to produce more electricity. As the Choices and Challenges forum demonstrated, even “experts” have serious and legitimate differences about how to interpret the facts relating to nuclear power. But it is important that the public debate draws on accurate information reported by the news media. Richard Hirsh professor, Department of History director, Consortium on Energy Restructuring
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Brad Greenberg wins in his home debut as Radford’s coach CHARLES R. BARRINEAU
ct sports reporter RADFORD — Former Virginia Tech men’s basketball associate head coach Brad Greenberg registered his first career win as a college head coach, leading Radford University to a 68-54 win over the Presbyterian College Blue Hose in Wednesday’s home opener. “I don’t have enough coach speak in me to act like it wasn’t (great) — it was cool,” Greenberg said. “It was a very, very nice feeling to see that clock wind down and realize that after a long, strange trip in basketball, doing a lot of different things, to coach a team that, I think, played real hard tonight — and played pretty well … I’m enjoying that feeling. It’s a nice feeling. I hope I get to enjoy that feeling a lot more times before I’m done doing this.” Greenberg took the Highlander head coaching position back on March 23, just five days after the Virginia Tech Hokies were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament in the second round by the Southern Illinois
Salukis. The coaching staff in Radford slightly resembles the one that was in place during the 2006-07 season in Blacksburg. Two staff members made the 14-mile trek with Greenberg down Prices Fork Road to Radford. Rick Hall, the former director of Tech’s men’s basketball operations, was the first assistant coach hired by Greenberg after signing with Radford. Cedric Smith, Greenberg’s second hire, was the assistant strength coach for Tech men’s basketball from 2005 to 2007. Smith previously worked with Greenberg at the University of South Florida during the 2002-03 season, where Greenberg worked under his younger brother, Seth. “It’s easy, it’s like working with family,” Smith said. “I’ve known Brad. He’s always been around there when I played at South Florida … Now, coming here, I’ve been around the Greenbergs for a while now. They can’t get rid of me.” Greenberg and his staff started their new coaching chapter with a road trip to the state of Michigan
this past weekend. The Highlanders tipped-off their 2006-07 season with a televised 82-55 loss to the University of Michigan Wolverines. Two days later Radford lost a 72-55 game to the Eastern Michigan Eagles in Ypsilanti, Mich. The victory over Presbyterian is more than just the first win of a college head coaching career for Greenberg, it is a building block for potential future successes. The Blue Hose will join the Big South Conference next season and, as brother Seth has shown, programs can be built on conference success. It will be interesting to see whether or not Greenberg can once again propel Radford to the Big South success and the NCAA Tournament berths that the program previously enjoyed. But to do that, the Highlanders will have to overtake the Winthrop Eagles as the league’s dominant team. But, as Seth has made the Tech community well aware, building a basketball program is a process. A coach has to bring in quality, talented players and work with the ones he
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already has. “It’s been a big difference from just the style of play, to the way he coaches, to the way he prepares us for practice and for games,” said Radford junior Martell McDuffy. “It’s been a total 360 I can say, a total turnaround from one coach to another.” But building a program requires more than just talented players and in-conference success. Brad has taken a page from Seth’s playbook by putting together a competitive nonconference schedule. Games against Michigan, the Air Force Academy, Gardner-Webb, Georgetown, South Carolina and West Virginia highlight the Highlanders’ 2007-08 out-of-conference slate. “It makes you more attractive in recruiting,” Greenberg said. “Those kids want to play higher than whatever level you define Big South Basketball at. One of the ways to get them excited about being a part of the Big South is to tell them you are also going to get to experience playing teams from different leagues.” But don’t expect Virginia Tech to necessarily be added to that non-conference slate. “I’m not looking forward to doing that and I don’t think Seth is either,” Greenberg said. “We’re, I think, enjoying the idea that we can be supportive of each other without having to play each other. I think it would be a tough thing for two brothers to have to do that … I like the fact that he can come to my game and tell me what he thinks and enjoy the game — and I want to be able to do the same thing … It’s only a win, potentially, for one of the brothers, so I don’t like it.” One of the final steps in the process is student and fan ownership of the program, which could can be a challenge if Radford continues to be a mediocre Big South team. But if the 2600 fans, including Seth, who
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Radford head coach Brad Greenberg barks out orders from the sidelines of the Highlander’s game against Presbyterian College on Wednesday. showed up to the home opener Wednesday were any indication of what’s to come, the Highlanders may be playing in front of a few more fans this season. “This is more than a pretty good crowd,” said Radford University President Penelope Kyle. “This is a fabulous crowd for Radford University. If you had told me two years ago when I arrived here that I would ever see a crowd like this for the first basketball game of the season, I never would have believed it.”
One of the ways to get the student body into a game is to distribute T-shirts, which the Hokies have done in the past, and the Highlanders did Wednesday night. Many students purchased ‘Dread the Red’ T-shirts for the season. “It’s been used in the past,” Greenberg said. “The ‘Dread the Red’ slogan has been something that’s been something that has been a part of Radford Basketball years back … I heard they were selling pretty well at the bookstore.”
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in the second half and cruised to a 24point victory. “We came out with lots of fire and intensity on defense in the second half and that fueled our run,” Dunkenberger said. The stat sheet was filled career highs. Guard Laura Haskins finished with seven steals and tied a single-game best with seven assists. Center Eleanor Brentnall totaled ten points in just 16 minutes. “I think Eleanor can be a force in the paint,” Dunkenberger said. “She
did a nice job of getting good position and getting good high percentage shots.” Freshman guard Andrea Barbour followed her impressive collegiate debut versus High Point with a 17point effort against the Lady Rams. In the opener, Barbour had 18 points, four rebounds, and two assists. The leader on offense was Brittany Cook. After shooting 3-of-9 in the first half, Cook was a perfect 4-for-4 in the second half. She finished with a game-high 18 points and seven boards. Winston-Salem State only had one
returning starter, senior guard Keoshia Worthy, who played in last year’s 43-33 Tech win. However, her contributions were severely limited by the stingy Tech defense, and Worthy only managed two points. The win over the Lady Rams extends the Hokies’ remarkable success in non-conference contests. In the last 11 seasons, Tech has compiled a 115-35 overall record in these games, with a 64-9 mark in Cassell. Tech’s next opponent is Liberty, out of the Big South Conference. The Hokies will host the Flames on Sunday at 7 p.m.
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game for the Hokies, giving them a three-goal advantage with only 7: 03 remaining in regulation. “It feels great,” Nason said. “This win was really big. Everyone contributed and converted on their chances. Overall, it was a really good win.” Junior Markus Aigner turned away a pair of Maryland shots to earn his third shutout of the
season and improve his record to 6-1-5. “It was important for us to win a game for these seniors who had been with us for four or four-and-a-half years,” Weiss said. “Ben (Nason) is one of them. He’s been through these ACC and even Big East Tournaments, and this is our first conference postseason victory. It was a tremendous feat, and it’s been a long time coming.”
The Hokies hope more tournament wins will follow, and they get their chance Friday. With their win and a Boston College victory over Virginia on Wednesday afternoon, the fourth-seeded Hokies will now face the top-seeded Golden Eagles in the first semifinal match of the tournament. The game is scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the SAS Soccer Complex in Cary, N.C.
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Check Out All VT Rec Sports Has to Offer!! What’s Your Game? JEFF SLOYER/SPPS
Guard Brittany Cook drives past a Winston-Salem State defender during Wednesday’s game. Cook led the Hokies with 18 points on the night.
Women roll past Winston-Salem State BRIAN WRIGHT
ct sports reporter The scoreboard rarely lies. As the final buzzer sounded, it showed a 67-43 blowout. But it was truly a tale of two halves. The beginning of Wednesday night’s game between the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team and the WinstonSalem State Lady Rams was similar to last year’s meeting.
“We saw a team tonight that had a little bit of a lapse in defense during the first half and we left that affect our offense.” - BETH DUNKENBERGER HEAD COACH In 2006, the Hokies trailed at halftime before a second half run helped them escape with a ten-point win. Tech was hoping for a reduction in drama this time around. “We definitely didn’t want that to happen again,” said guard Laura Haskins.
On Wednesday night in Cassell Coliseum, the end result was the same. However, unlike last year, the outcome was decided well before the final buzzer. In the opening half, the Hokies (2-0) found difficulty putting significant distance between them and their opponent from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Tech never led by more than nine points in the first twenty minutes of play, and took a 30-23 lead into the halftime break. “We saw a team tonight that had a little bit of a lapse in defense during the first half and we let that affect our offense,” head coach Beth Dunkenberger said. However, the Hokies pulled away with an impressive second half performance on both offense and defense. Tech put together a string of 18 unanswered points, turning a 14-point game into a rout. The Hokies forced the Rams, who have eight freshmen on their roster, into 30 turnovers. Tech managed to limit its mistakes. The Hokies committed only five turnovers
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Check Out All VT Rec Sports Has to Offer!! What’s Your Game? Interested in Running? – Then Join Champ’s Running Club Informational Meeting and Group Run on Tues, Nov 27th , 5:30pm at Champ’s SportsBar & Cafe, for more information email aarner@vt.edu.
Special Events Nov. 27, Tues: Hokie Gobblers/ Foxridge Apartments Intramural Sports Flag Football Championships, Lower SRA, 6:00pm: Want to see the real Heisman candidates in action - come see the best you have never heard of, as they compete in the Intramural Flag Football Championships. There will be FREE prizes, contests and giveaways for everyone! Sponsored by Foxridge Apartments, Coca-Cola and Pizza Hut.
Dec. 4, Tues: Hokie Gobblers/ Foxridge Apartments Intramural Sports Volleyball Championships, McComas Hall, 6:00pm: Cheer on as the competing volleyball teams battle it out for the Volleyball Championship honors. There will be FREE prizes, contests and giveaways for everyone! Sponsored by Foxridge Apartments, Coca-Cola and Pizza Hut.
“Win a Getaway Trip” with Rec Sports Incentive Contests Take the Songer Whitewater Splash Challenge Splash in the pool at McComas Hall and/or War Memorial Hall and track time spent swimming laps and attending water aerobics to win prizes. Participants that splash 15+ hours are eligible for the grand prize drawing of an “Overnight New” Songer Whitewater Rafting for 2. Four runner-up winners will be chosen this semester from the eligible participants, and each will win a $25 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card. Free for VT patrons. Registration forms are available online or at 142 McComas Hall. Dates and times subject to change, check recsports.vt.edu.
For more information visit recsports.vt.edu or call (540) 231-6856.