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Search yields missing student’s items In the continued search for 20-year-old Morgan Harrington, police have found her purse, ID and cell phone in the parking lot of the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena, the Roanoke Times reported. However, there has still been HARRINGTON no sighting of
Harrington herself. Harrington was last seen Saturday, Oct. 17 near the arena. She traveled that night to see a Metallica concert with friends. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with tan letters reading “Pantera” across the front, a black mini skirt with black tights, and knee-high black boots. She has long blond hair and blue eyes. Harrington is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 120
pounds. “I know her parents are very concerned, and they’ve put out a request for anyone with information about their daughter to contact law enforcement,” Gov. Tim Kaine told WSLS 10, the Roanoke NBC affiliate. “They indicate this would be very uncharacteristic of her.” “I know both the state police, local police, and the two university polices — Virginia Tech and
UVa — are very engaged in doing all they can to try and determine where she is,” Kaine said. Virginia State Police are asking anyone with video or images from the Metallica concert to check the footage to potentially identify Harrington. Anyone with concert material is encouraged to call investigators at 434-9247166.
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Steve Publicover, of Roanoke Equality, challenges candidates to take firm stances for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
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he Collegiate Times interviewed all nine of the campaigning candidates for the four Blacksburg Town Council spots. Paul Lancaster stopped campaigning for a position in September to dedicate his time to
his health, but his name will still appear on the ballot. This is the second installment of this series, which runs every Wednesday and Friday leading up the Nov. 3 elections. Candidates were
“I came here as a graduate student in the fall of 1980, and I got my master’s degree in mathematics in 1982. I’ve been teaching at Virginia Tech ever since then.
asked how they are connected to Blacksburg and why they feel compelled to serve the area.
“I’m currently a senior instructor in mathematics. When I came here I don’t think I had any intention of living here longer than completing my degree, but as many other
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people who have come to Tech, I fell in love with Blacksburg, I fell in love with the area and decided this is where I wanted to live.”
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“I moved here 25 years ago with my family and at the time I had a one-and-a-half-yearold son. He’s now 26 and lives in Vail. I had come from Santa Fe, N.M., where I went to school. My wife and I moved here in 1984 and I’ve been here ever since. “I’ve worked in the area for 25 years, I’ve JOHN built houses. I went to graduate school at BUSH Virginia Tech for architecture and I received a master’s degree in 1992. I worked for the timber’s framers in Christiansburg for 5 years
both as a shop joiner and a designer. Then I worked as an intern architect in Radford for 4 years and now I work for Virginia Tech as one of the staff architects. “I’ve been here for a long time, I feel like I know a lot of the people, I’ve raised my kids here, they graduated from Blacksburg High School. They played on the soccer teams as well as the cross-country and basketball teams. “My wife had her own business here for a
long time; she now works at Tech. In addition to that, I served for the past 12 years as the historic chair, which looks at the historic district that we’re currently in and looks at new development and issues that pertain to the historic district. I’ve been serving the town in that capacity for 12 years. I feel like I know a lot of the staff and I have a really strong feeling about the strong quality of life we have here in Blacksburg.”
“I’m a fourth year undergrad, graduating in May; the only undergraduate running for town council. “I originally grew up in Fairfax County and I came here for school, but I immediately fell in love with the community and I’ve been BRYCE involved with a lot of local organizations, particularly the Environmental Coalition at CARTER Virginia Tech.
“We’ve worked very hard the last couple of years pushing forward with the Virginia Tech climate action commitment, a sustainability plan which was passed. “We’ve worked previously supporting the town council with various issues including approval of the Cool Cities Initiative. I’ve been to places, from growing up in Fairfax to visiting areas like Portland, Ore., and have seen
different types of developments, and the good and bad. “I think Blacksburg is the place to be right now because we’re right on the cusp of choosing the future we want, and I feel like with my experience I can really make a difference.”
“I was born here. This is my hometown. I grew up here, I went to Margaret Beeks Elementary School, I went to Blacksburg Middle School, Blacksburg High School, and then I left for college and graduate school. “In the meantime, I have always been a reporter here. I worked for the Roanoke Times, I started actually when I was 15 years old writing for the New River Current. And while in Blacksburg I also wrote for Inside Out. That column got picked up by Bella Magazine, and I
currently am a columnist for New River Journal. “But my experience has also spanned to TV and radio. I was a reporter for WVTF, the NPR station, for a number of years, as well as the host of Blue Ridge Live, the live call in show of Blue Ridge Television. “Currently I’m getting my Ph.D. in urban affairs and planning here at Virginia Tech. But basically the reason I’m running is because I care about my hometown, I care about the future of my hometown, and I want to give back
to the community because I feel like I know the issues, and I have a balanced approach, and I’m very passionate about the attraction and retention of young adults. “I’m part of a team of people who organize an event called Up On The Roof, and it’s a social networking event for young professionals. And so I’m very passionate about attracting and retaining young adults here after college, those that have grown up and want to come back.”
“I was an undergraduate, and then I left and came back. “Currently I work in Alumni Relations at Virginia Tech and I’m heavily involved with the community in a whole host of com-
munity service project — I serve Town and Gown. That is an organization that brings together town issue and university issues. “My folks lived here, my parents’ first home was above the Lyric.
“Virginia Tech’s always been a real special place to us as a family and to me and it concerns me deeply, I want to bring Blacksburg a few steps forward a generation.”
“I moved here 10 years ago when my wife and I retired. We have no connection with Tech at all, outside of the fact I drive part time for Blacksburg Transit. It’s a nice
little part-time job, but I have no affiliation or background with Tech at all. “We knew the area, came in, took a look at it, and decided that this is where we
were going to look to retire five years later when we did retire.”
Affordable Housing Group. I’ve volunteered in public schools. I’ve been a coach at Blacksburg High School and Blacksburg Middle School, for track and cross-country. I’ve been organizer and representative of the BennettHill Neighborhood group. “They are all on my Web site. I’ve had a long history of volunteering and serving time with the town. Everything was on volunteer
capacity. I have also started two businesses in this town. The first one I ran from home for four years and then sold it. The second one is a business called Energy Check and I am currently the business director for Energy Check. “I am also a mother. I’ve been a stay at home mom with my kids. I’ve worked at home and done jobs that have allowed me to stay at home with my kids.”
came to the D.C. area. It didn’t work, then I came back to Blacksburg. And I was hoping to work for my Ph.D. — which did not pan out, but I’ve been living in Blacksburg now for roughly 27 years. So I’m a transplant, but I came here due to Virginia Tech. But how
many years did you have to be here before you become part of the town? (laughs) Is 27 years long enough?”
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FRANK LAU “I was born and raised here. I’ve lived here the majority of my life. I’ve also lived in four other places but I’ve been here for most of my life. “I have served on the Blacksburg Planning Commission, the Long Range Planning CECILE Committee, the Townscape Committee, the Rental Permitting Program, and the advisory NEWCOMB board for that. I was on the advisory board for “I am a student. I came here to Blacksburg in 1973, into Tech to get my degrees. “I left after I got my master’s in electrical engineering. “After a couple years in Los Angeles I just could not take the big city anymore and I
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“I came to Blacksburg in 2002. This is my father’s hometown, so I had a lot of connections in the area. I started as a Virginia Tech student. I started off as a computer science major, but like a lot of computer science majors I switched out of that and became a communication major. I got involved in a variety of different student leadership
programs. I worked my way up to president of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance and I started a grassroots campaign that led university administrators to create the Safe Watch program. “I also worked for the Collegiate Times. I started off as a staff writer and worked my way up to news editor and then city editor.
I covered a lot of issues, including local government, politics and business. “After I graduated in 2006, I accepted a job with Virginia Tech as a writer for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “I paid attention a lot to local politics, and I’ve been interested in it for a very long time, so now I put my name in the hat.”
ROANOKE — In the last debate before the Nov. 3 election, Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates sparred over how to stay on budget in tough economic times while still implementing initiatives. Republican candidate Bob McDonnell leads Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds in numerous polls with Election Day two weeks away. Both candidates in the debate held at Roanoke College expressed a desire to increase funding for programs such as education and transportation but disagreed on where the funding would come from. Deeds emphasized, as he has throughout the campaign, that he would not take money from education for the benefit of transportation. “Everything is on the table for me except taking money out of the general fund, out of education,” Deeds said in the debate. McDonnell responded by criticizing Deeds for his lack of a clear transportation plan by holding up a blank sheet of paper while accusing Deeds of planning to raise taxes. “He wants to have a committee get together and raise taxes,” McDonnell said in the debate. The Republican said he would unite the two parties with specific plans for transportation improvements. “Anything that’s going to get done in transportation is going to take leadership,” McDonnell said. Deeds was pressured to give areas he would take money from for improving transportation. “The only honest approach is that anything that has a nexus to transportation is on the table. We’ve got to talk honestly and solve the problem,” Deeds said. Despite a focus on transportation, both candidates plan to transfer resources to education. Deeds, using a frequent statement, said McDonnell wants to “rob Peter to pay Paul,” or take money from education to fund his transportation plan. “We have got to make college more affordable,” Mcdonnell said. “We cannot afford the doubling of college tuitions every 10 years.” Deeds said economic recovery was dependent on higher education. “From my perspective, this is an area where we can’t afford to fail in,” Deeds said. “We must move forward.” Brandon Pope, a junior at Southwest Virginia Community College, questioned how college could be made more affordable. “I think both have pretty interesting plans for helping pay for college,” Pope said. “But will they really do it?” McDonnell said he had a clearer cut plan to fund improvements. “The difference between Creigh and I is that he has no way to pay for it,” McDonnell said. McDonnell said he would like Virginia’s government to run more like a business. “It’s about setting priorities,” McDonnell said. “I think we need to have government run a little more like business. We need to have more innovation, more consolidation.” McDonnell proposed a raise for teachers and increases in classroom funding within the education budget. Deeds fired back, labeling McDonnell’s increase as an unfunded mandate for school districts to shoulder. As an alternative, Deeds said schools and the Virginia Department of Transportation had room to improve efficiency. One of Deeds’ specific proposals was privatizing food services and janitorial services. Candidates also addressed campaign attacks. Moderators Jay Warren and Virginia Tech communication depart-
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ment head Bob Denton asked Deeds to explain the significance of McDonnell’s graduate thesis, a document from Regent University that has been addressed in the campaign. Deeds responded that McDonnell shows a tendency of concentrating on social issues above the economic issues central to his campaign. “The thesis is relevant because it puts into context Bob’s record,” Deeds said. “Virginia needs a governor in these troubled times who will focus on these big issues. Bob McDonnell has spent his legislative career focused on social issues.” Carlin Crowder, chairman of the College Republicans at Tech, said Deeds’ negative advertisements have hurt him. “Deeds has been a running a negative campaign and I think in this debate we saw the reason that Virginia is supporting McDonnell,” Crowder said. “It’s going to take more than platitudes like opportunity, prosperity and hope.” McDonnell said while he thinks values and character are important, Deeds has looked too far into the past. “I think he’s made the conscious choice that he has to go over and attack me on an old college paper,” McDonnell said. “In fact, most of his campaign has been backward looking.” Virginia’s handling of federal stimulus money was also addressed. McDonnell quipped that current Gov. Tim Kaine has slowed the state’s economic progress, particularly while serving as Democratic National Committee chairman. “I think we could really use a full-time governor,” McDonnell said. “Maybe that’s one of the reason we were the last to apply, the last to spend. Maybe that’s why rest stops are closed.” McDonnell said Virginia should encourage residents to become entrepreneurs. “You know what they tell me?” he said. “It’s about keeping taxes and regulations and litigation low.” Deeds said more recovery money needed to be directed toward regions of the state with high unemployment rates. “Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have so much government spending that they have a buffer from the recession but out in Virginia there are plenty of localities with double-digit unemployment,” Deeds said. Cynthia Bowles, an local who said she volunteers for the Deeds campaign, hopes Deeds can bring Southwest Virginia’s economic struggles to the forefront. “I’m excited for representation for Southwest Virginia,” Bowles said. “Government requires constant supervision.” The proposed federal healthcare bill was also discussed. When asked if they would opt Virginia out of the public option program, McDonnell answered with a firm yes, while Deeds said the program was “not required” in his views. After drawing the endorsement of the Sierra Club, Deeds said he does not support cap-and-trade legislation, but hopes to use technologies being developed at Tech, the University of Virginia and James Madison University to make Virginia “a leader, maybe even the national leader in alternative and renewable energy.” Alex Munro, a senior at Roanoke College, was disappointed by the candidates’ performance. “I want them to focus on the economy and jobs, and how to pay for college,” Munro said. “I thought the debate was kind of shallow.” liana bayne contributed to this story
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Knives, lasers and unicycles: Another workday for juggler KELSEY CAREY features staff writer Almost everyone attempts to juggle at least once in his or her life. You pick up a few bouncy balls, apples or even pairs of rolled up socks and throw them into the air trying to at least mimic a good juggling technique. Some are more successful than others, but most put down the apples after a few attempts and continue on with their lives. But for Mark Nizer, juggling is his life. He puts down the apples and picks up soccer balls, bowling balls and even propane tanks to juggle. As a professional juggler and comedian, Nizer does whatever it takes to put on the best performance possible. With his juggling prowess and wits he won the International Juggling Championships and the Comedy Entertainer of the Year presented by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities. Nizer will be performing at the Lyric Saturday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. COLLEGIATE TIMES: How did you become a professional juggler? MARK NIZER: I took a juggling class when I was 12-years-old and I took 2 weeks of that and learned a bunch and then kind of learned the rest of it on my own. Most of it at MIT in Boston where there was a big juggling club. CT: When did you start doing comedy? NIZER: I started doing standup comedy when I was 17 in San Diego at The Comedy Store and then I did it in New York City at various clubs and then Los Angeles as well. CT: What made you want to start doing shows that incorporate 3-D technology? NIZER: I wanted to stand apart from everyone else so I added visual arts into my acts. CT: What kinds of visual arts do you use? NIZER: Anything really. I use pingpong balls and things that (other jugglers) wouldn’t consider juggling. Lots of different things, but the cool thing is that it’s all totally real. Like a magician is hiding what they’re doing, there’s nothing hidden at all, everything is completely how it appears. There’s no magnets or Velcro or anything making it something else. Everything is done with regular, every
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Professional Juggler Mark Nizer will be appearing at the Lyric this weekend. Nizer’s set consists of more than just juggling, and will contain comedic and 3D elements.
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day objects. CT: What are some of the juggling tricks and techniques you have invented? NIZER: I invented this Laser Diablo. Basically we turn all the lights off and then I start spinning these four lasers around and it makes these really cool tunnels, and we fill the stage up with fog and fire up the 3-D glasses and we have these red tunnels flying around peoples’ heads out in the audience. And I invented this trick I’m going to do with toilet paper that I don’t want to say too much about because it’s kind of the finale. I also juggle propane gas tanks, electric carving knives and a bowling ball. That’s all original stuff I came up with. CT: How do you incorporate bowling balls into your act? NIZER: I do a trick where I spin a ball on my right index finger, like a volleyball. And then I balance another ball on my forehead and then I roll the ball down my back and kick it with my heel. It comes up and lands on top of the other ball and they spin
together. CT: How long does a trick like that take to learn? NIZER: The one I just described took me seven years just to get one time. Other tricks usually take about one to four years to put in the show. It takes a long time. I have a trick where I juggle five pingpong balls using my mouth. I learned that in a swimming pool. That way they wouldn’t drop on the ground and get all disgusting. Plus, I didn’t have to take bathroom breaks. I won’t tell you what pool I used. It wasn’t on campus. CT: Well that’s good. How often do you practice juggling? NIZER: I juggle every day mostly for fun to work on new things. I also write jokes every day, a little bit of both to keep on creating new stuff. Some days I do more of one and less of the other. It keeps me in shape and keeps the show getting a little better every time. CT: What is your favorite prop to juggle with? NIZER: It changes all the time. But I could be perfectly happy with a single soccer ball. I could spend my entire life practicing with a soccer ball. CT: Do you just like soccer or is it see JUGGLER/ page five
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omedian Stephen Colbert recently said, “If there’s one thing you can say about my opinion, it’s that I have them.” The message here is obvious, and whether or not you are a fan of Colbert, take it to heart. Opinions really are an important part of a healthy society. When people think homogenously, or are just too afraid to speak their opinion, there really can be no progress, socially or politically. With that said, the Collegiate Times staff members have varying opinions on a wide range of topics. Editorials are thought out and written by the editorial board discussing topics that affect our campus. When some sort of consensus is reached, we share our views with the community. There are usually a couple of hours of research involved on the part of the opinions editor. All facts we use are double-checked. It’s a service all newspapers provide for their readership. The idea is not to tell readers what to think, but to give them another well-informed opinion on topics that affect them. Editorials are meant to delve deeper into topics in ways that news can’t. In the past few days, many papers — such as the Roanoke Times to the Washington Post — have come out endorsing candidates for governor, town council, and other local and state offices. These endorsements are standard and are always included in the opinions section so that it is clear editorials are not something presented as news or facts (although they do generally include facts to create a well-substantiated opinion). So why is it that the Collegiate Times has not come out and endorsed any candidates? The answer isn’t that we are too cowardly to put forth our opinions or that we believe other newspapers are doing something wrong by endorsing candidates. We have not endorsed candidates because we don’t feel it is necessary and we question the effectiveness of these endorsements. What sets CT editorials apart
from other news sources is that we cater specifically to students and the Blacksburg community as a whole. While the governor’s election is obviously very important to Virginia Tech and Blacksburg, editorials about the elections can be found in most Virginia newspapers. Town council elections are more localized, but we strive to cover town council events and give readers coverage of the candidates without the editorial board taking a position. These are the reasons why we are not endorsing candidates through an editorial. Learning about the various candidates is as easy visiting a few Web sites or reading our news coverage (such as today’s installment of the candidate Q&A). What’s more important to us at the CT is that is that our readers vote at all — and the readers do not need our opinions to vote. Also, our staff changes radically every year — people move on, graduate, or switch positions. If the editorial board were to publicize its views, the repercussion could be that boards for years to come may feel pressured to continue on the path we’ve started. Issues change every year, so it would not be practical for us to start a legacy of editorial endorsements. Remember that the outcome of the gubernatorial race will affect Tech with issues such as funding. Town council candidates will have a say in what happens to our community. Take the time to read up on the candidates and make an educated opinion based on what you think needs to happen in our state and town. You don’t need us to tell you how to vote, but we are encouraging you to make an educated choice. Well-informed opinions are very important to every community. Take a page from Colbert’s books and be proud to have them. Go out and vote. The editorial board is comprised of Debra Houchins, Peter Velz, and Sara Mitchell.
Examining Wal-Mart and its negative impact L
ast month, a bevy of Richmond, Va., residents joined with preservationists in filing a legal objection to the proposed construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter within firing range of the Wilderness Battlefield. About 30,000 American soldiers were injured or killed on that field 145 years ago, and while we hope no blood will be spilled in the eventual outcome of the skirmish, the stakes are still fairly high. Neither side of this dispute is likely to see the world through the others’ eyes. But a close look at the evidence makes clear that, historical significance aside, the addition of another 130,000 square feet of Wal-Mart to a region already cluttered with the stores will bring significant collateral damage. Wal-Mart boasts of having the lowest possible prices on the widest possible selection of goods, thereby offering both convenience and value. But a few years ago Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained economist Emek Basker decided it was time to examine that claim, and engaged in a study of Wal-Mart stores located near 165 cities across the United States. What she found was that Wal-Mart does indeed offer low prices, but not on everything it sells. In fact, Basker found that Wal-Mart prices were actually higher than average for the region on one-third of its stock. Equally interesting was that on those items for which prices were lower, the average savings was 37 cents, with about one-third of goods carrying a savings of no more than 2 cents. Research for this study concluded prior to the ongoing recession, thanks to which Wal-Mart — like most retailers — was forced to reduce its prices still further to keep the customers coming. It did so by aggregating the power of millions of individual consumers to gain leverage over its suppliers, the folks who actually manufacture and deliver the goods. As the nation collapsed into its worst economic downturn in generations earlier this year, former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. couldn’t have been more pleased. “In my mind there is no doubt that this is Wal-Mart time,” he gloated. “This is the kind of environment that Sam Walton built this company for.” When the nation is in pain, deep discounters like Wal-Mart gain. They do not have to innovate to gain profit share; they simply squeeze their employees and suppliers a bit harder. The power to wring cost out of bar-
gain-basement goods is what makes Wal-Mart so appealing to consumers, and the leverage to do so while maintaining record profits is what makes Wal-Mart so appealing to company executives and investors. Naturally, these “everyday low prices” are not plucked out of thin air — they come at a substantial cost to most of us. What might one day be called the “Wilderness Battlefield Wal-Mart” will bring jobs, but not necessarily the sort of jobs our Civil War ancestors battled to protect. Wal-Mart is fairly secretive about its pay scale, but what is clear is that most members of its rank-and-file work force do not make enough to build a solid middle-class life. Often these workers require supports in the form of subsidized health care and even food stamps, and the taxpayers foot the bill. We’ve been asked to believe that low prices on T-shirts and toilet paper and hamburger compensate for these poverty-level wages, but we know in our hearts that they don’t. Especially when so many of the cheap goods these “associates” stock and sell are manufactured or grown far away, in low-wage countries siphoning off jobs that once made possible the middle-class futures our ancestors sacrificed their lives to preserve. It’s not just Wal-Mart workers who are suffering under this system. For 90 percent of Americans, wages and benefits have been flat or declined for years: We may be able to afford those cheap Tshirts and toys, but it’s become increasingly difficult to pay for the necessities — fuel, housing, health care, and a decent education for our kids. Low prices are made possible by low wages, job insecurity, and the loss of workers’ rights up and down the supply chain. With the unemployment rate hovering at 10 percent, can we really afford to continue down this path? Civil War battlefields deserve our respect. And so do the memories of the soldiers who fought on them. It’s impossible to know for sure what President McKinley would have said about the Wilderness battlefield, but we can garner some clues from the historical record. “I do not prize the word ‘cheap,’” he once said. “It is not a badge of honor. Cheap merchandise means cheap men.” More than a century later, his words ring truer than ever.
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Obama deserved peace prize despite opposition O
n Oct. 9, it was announced that Barack Obama had received the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee awarded it to him for “creating a new international climate” and “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Obama very much deserved to win this award, although his win was as much of a surprise to me, as anyone else. I was not aware that he was nominated for this award, but I support the decision. Obama, in the last nine months and before, has worked diligently for international peace through diplomacy. In the last nine months alone, he has attempted to make progress in the Middle East between the Palestinians and the Israelis, with regards to Iran and its development of a nuclear weapon and dealing with the legacy of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama has also worked tirelessly with other world leaders on nuclear disarmament, a significant and alarming issue facing the world today. However, what is just as important is his commitment to hope and change. Obama, with his historic election last November, gave hope to millions of Americans that change was coming and that we could hope for a better future for all. Now, he is sharing such a vision for the world — that we can use diplomacy instead of warfare: Maybe one day we will not fear the use of
nuclear weapons during international warfare. However, this award could also be a political hindrance for Obama. There are many out there who think that Obama does not deserve the prize based on what he has done. They say that he has not accomplished something crucial, such as Roosevelt did when he settled the end of the RussoJapanese War, or Woodrow Wilson with his effort to form the League of Nations. Nevertheless, the Nobel Peace Prize is not always awarded for what one has done; it also acknowledges the impact made on the world stage based on one’s vision and plan of action. Still, his opponents are likely to use this against him by arguing that he has done little in his first year in office. Others will argue that the prize was awarded to Obama merely because he is not George Bush, and the committee was just showing its excitement and pleasure that there is a new political air in Washington. However, whether or not this is true, it is irrelevant. Obama has done far more than get elected, although that was a truly amazing accomplishment in itself. He has done the work necessary to win such a prestigious award, and is furthermore grateful and humble in his acceptance. Obama’s dedication to diplomacy, his work with nuclear proliferation and the hope that his vision brings to the world is more than enough to win
this prize. It seems as though many people are using the fact that he has not passed a healthcare bill, which is not necessarily his fault, to defend their claims that he does not deserve this. Obama has worked hard and done what he can to get Congress to make a decision to pass a bill everyone can agree on. He has told Congress what he wants regarding healthcare reform, and the outcome is now out of his hands. This is the fault of the system, not of any one person. His political accomplishments were not the only consideration for awarding him this prize, and additionally they may not even have mattered. What has to be considered is what he has done for the world and the promotion of peace. That is why it is a peace prize. It is not a political accomplishment prize, or a getting the healthcare bill passed prize; it is all about, and only about the recipient’s efforts to promote peace, which Obama has more than accomplished.
GABI SELTZER -regular columnist -philosophy -sophomore
People should consider what or whom they think of as God A
s organized religion is carefully stripped apart by pseudoLeninists and people begin to venture into their own form of self-discovery, I find many people making a common mistake in their quests. I have witnessed many taking natural objects for supernatural beings. While I understand that we are a superstitious species, I find it difficult to comprehend the reasoning behind worshipping a manmade object versus someone who is clearly mortal. When picking a god, one should give serious thought before choosing. A portion of Americans and many across the world have selected the president as their god. For those who detest capitalism, our president is a gift from heaven. Just recently the Olympic committee challenged Barack Obama’s godlike status. For a brief period of time he appeared mortal, but then he was resurrected. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I think it was for bringing peace to the Middle East, but didn’t Jimmy Carter do that? Wait, I think it was for giving U.S. citizenship to his aunt or maybe buying a decent house for his half-brother living on the outskirts of Nairobi on less than a dollar a month. Regardless of what the messiah has done or has not done, it does not matter. People love him and his intentions are good. Another group of modern day deities are scientists and their findings. I love science by the way. I sit on the edge of my seat three days a week in my 8 a.m. physics lecture as my professor explains ideas and equations
that were derived nearly 200 years ago. It is incredibly fascinating material and I am only learning a tiny fraction of a pixel of it. My imagination reels at what is being done today in scientific research. Science is responsible for our comfortable lives. However, one should not worship this institution or the men who have built it into the mega theory it is today. Science is manmade, and the people who contribute to it are also manmade. Darwin, Einstein and Newton are three big names that are often held in a high regard — almost godlike. Just recently, someone asked me if I was a “Darwinian.” I was dumbfounded by such a question. I didn’t even realize there were such people. The contributions of Darwin, Einstein, and Newton are immense and inarguably valuable, but the men themselves are nowhere near as great as the ideas they formed. Darwin believed white European men were the superior species and Einstein allegedly cheated on his wife with numerous women. The only bad thing I can try to place on Newton was his supposed attempt to take all of the credit for inventing calculus. Those who care about the origin of differential and integral calculus know the role Leibniz had in its creation. From science we have our vast technological empire — information at the tips of our fingers, worldwide communication, pictures of cats with silly captions, just a slice of the technology available for us. These are childish novelties on the grand scale of things. Your BlackBerry isn’t going to
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save you from the next terrorist attack or natural disaster. People and material goods are temporary and are only valuable in the natural world, but a supernatural god that has always existed and will never cease — now we’re talking. The Judeo-Christian faiths do a good job of perpetuating this kind of god. God gives incredible strength to those who believe in Him. Certain people and organizations want the faithful to appear foolish and weak. These individuals tell the faithful that they are prisoners of the church. While a church does ask for your money, do not forget a politician needs your vote, a company needs your business. God does not ask for anything. At least, my God doesn’t ask for anything in return. A supernatural god is something that science can’t touch, the government can’t tax, and only you can take away. If you don’t believe in a god, that’s fine. I simply ask that you take note of those in the world who are battling for your heart and mind. Do you have a golden calf? For those who choose not to believe in a god I ask you to remember the words of Mille Petrozza, “You can’t believe in nothing, insane to trust in anything, so I don’t trust in no one but myself.”
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American Indian speaker asks Tech, ‘Who owns the past?’ DAN WAIDELICH features reporter October is National American Indian Heritage Month and Virginia Tech’s Multicultural Programs and Services encourages the community to think about Virginia’s first residents. The conflicted history of Virginia’s native people will be explored in “Who Owns the Past,” a presentation by Karenne Wood, the director of the Virginia Indian Heritage Program at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Wood also happens to be a member of the Monacan Indian Nation. “What I’m really going to be talking about is who constructs the past,” Wood said, “the way that we frame the historical narrative about American Indians in general and Virginia Indians specifically.” A particular focus of the event will be on the rights of native people to contribute their own perspective to history, Wood said. A key point that will be explored is the exclusion of that perspective in the discussion of American Indian history. According to Wood, in order to
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just because of the ball? NIZER: I can roll it all over my body. I can roll it around my head. I can bounce it off many parts of me. I can catch it on my toes, balance on my feet, things like that. There’s no end to what you can think of. CT: What would you consider to be a successful show? NIZER: It’s really all about the interaction of the audience and having a good time with them. Having them relax and trust me and then we can start playing together and have a good time. The best show is when the audience is involved and I’ll say something and they say something back to me and we get to really have a connection, which makes it better. Really, when it comes down to it, it’s about having fun with people. The performance is what it is, but the best part and what people remember the most is when we have this moment together on stage. That’s really the ultimate kind of performing. CT: Have you had any embarrassing events happen during one of your performances? NIZER: All the time. I’m doing a 90-minute show; nothing is ever perfect. I’ve had my pants rip and I’ve had the tip of my finger cut off. It was bleeding like crazy, and I put some duct tape on it and kept going. I’ve had some hand sticks break and glow sticks go flying. One time a fog machine was leaking and the oil was really slippery and I went sliding right off the stage. You never know. I try to keep an open mind and go with the flow. CT: Do people often ask you to teach them to juggle? NIZER: Yup. I teach for nothing. It’s free. I’ll teach anyone that wants to learn. I have some people here I practice with and teach. I can only help you get started and then it’s about you being willing to put the time into it. Anyone willing to show up I’m perfectly happy with teaching. CT: Have you always known you wanted to be a juggler or did you have a different career path in mind? NIZER: I have a degree in premed, so I could have gone on to be a doctor. But by then, I had been sidetracked. I went to the University of New Hampshire and San Diego State, but I never used my degree after I graduated. CT: When people ask what you do, what do you tell them? NIZER: I usually don’t tell people because it’s too hard to explain. If I can show them on a laptop I will, but by the time I explain it’s too confusing. I’d rather just tell them I’m a district attorney. But, if I can show them the video of my show then I will.
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understand the traditional representations of the American Indian, it is necessary to understand how the topic has been studied. “I talk about the history of anthropology as a discipline,” Wood said, “and how it has participated in helping us imagine native people as people of the past by seeing them in the moment of contact with Europeans.” Wood, who is an anthropologist and a poet, would like to provide an alternative perspective on history, one that rejects the purely stereotypical images associated with American Indians. “A lot of people expect us to show up wearing leather outfits and so on,” Wood said. “They don’t think of us as adapting and changing as other cultures do.” Wood’s presentation reflects the focus of Tech’s celebration of American Indian Heritage Month. The focus for this year is on the history of Virginia’s natives, said
Kristen Houston, assistant director for programming in the office of Multicultural Programs and Services. “Karenne has got a lot of education, background, and working experience with Native Americans,” Houston said, “and especially Virginia tribes.” Much of Wood’s experience is based in western Virginia and her knowledge of the history of the state’s people is extensive, Houston said. The choice to focus largely on Virginia’s native history is an effort to examine the attitudes of Virginia that have developed over time. “We provided a model in terms of colonial and then United States policy on how the American Indians were treated,” Wood said. “What happened here was replicated westward a thousand times over.” While “Who Owns the Past” is intended to encourage people to think about the complicated history of the American Indian, Wood hopes attendees will walk away knowing that Virginia’s native people are still around. “We are contributing to society as modern day citizens, but also we are very proud of our cultural past,” Wood said.
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Karenne Wood, Director of the Virginian Indian Heritage Program at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and a member of the Monacan Indian Nation, will speak today on how Virginia’s native people have been represented in the state’s history.
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Men’s soccer defeat Davidson after opponent’s own goal ED LUPIEN sports reporter
With 37 seconds remaining in the game, an opponent’s own goal gave the men’s soccer team its first win in six contests, defeating No. 21 Davidson 1-0 Tuesday night at Thompson Field. “We needed this win so badly to end the skid and to encourage our guys. It was huge,” head coach Michael Brizendine said. “Our guys were in good spirits. Instead of feeling defeated, they came into this game with enthusiasm and enjoyment just to be playing. I’m proud of our guys for that. Conference play is still a tight race and we need points.” With fans heading for the exits, a last-ditch effort off a corner kick by redshirt junior midfielder Charlie Campbell kept the ball in the Davidson goalkeeper’s box long enough for a Wildcat defender to mistakenly tap it back into his team’s own net. The win is the team’s first this month and breaks a five-game losing streak where Tech was outscored by its opponents 15-4. The Hokies outshot Davidson 128 in the game while Campbell lead the team with five shots. Before the score, Tech was not able to capitalize
on 10 prior corner kicks, a habit that has plagued the team throughout the season. Sluggish play by the Hokies’ defense in the game permitted Davidson scoring chances throughout the contest. With 12 minutes to go in the second half, a ball possessed by the backline off an out-of-bounds play was easily picked by Davidson forward Yannick Pilgrim, who then drove past the defenders to force a one-on-one with senior goalkeeper Stefan Caulfield. The Canadian keeper dove to his right in time to reject the shot and in doing so, preserved the shutout. “There were a couple of plays that got my attention,” Brizendine said. “They once headed it for a breakaway. That was crucial. We didn’t give them a lot of chances, but all of their chances were solid opportunities. We of course have to discourage that kind of play for the rest of the season.” Despite the missed opportunities on offense and defense, the first-year head coach was pleased with his team’s performance. “I think our guys played really hard,” Brizendine said. “I thought we did a number of good things. We’re still a little loose in the back because they definitely had a couple of good opportunities. But that’s how the
game goes. We’ve had a ton of opportunities in games past that we didn’t score on. That’s the game of soccer.” In his fifth game in goal this season, Caulfield made three saves on the night for his first shutout of the season. “He’s established himself unless something happens where I have to make a change,” Brizendine said of Caulfield. “One thing I’m not timid or afraid to do is make a change. I’ll go back to (senior forward Brendan) Dunn if I need to. I like the system we have now. I feel like we’re in a pretty good flow and rhythm, but who knows in the future.” Dunn, who started the first 13 games of the season between the pipes before being pulled a week-anda-half ago, contributed with two shots on the night in his newly-defined role at the front of the Hokies’ offensive attack. Two of the three Davidson shots on goal came from Davidson forward Charlie Reiter who notched five of Davidson’s eight total shots in the game. Reiter leads the Wildcats and the Southern Conference with nine goals this season. With four contests left to go in the regular season, the Hokies, now 4-8-2, will face their fifth-straight ranked opponent on Saturday when
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Senior Alexander Baden avoids losing possession in Virginia Tech’s 1-0 win over Davidson on Tuesday. they host No. 2 North Carolina at 7 p.m. Boasting an Atlantic Coast Conference record of 2-3-0, Tech has three in-conference games remaining
on its schedule. “It’s just another team,” Brizendine said of the Tar Heels. “We’ve already played No. 1 and No. 3. I don’t even
see it as a game, I see it as points. It’s a conference game. It’s all about getting ACC points. Hopefully we can get three, four or six more points.”
Foster brings experience, rings to push track & field COURTNEY LOFGREN sports staff writer Charles Foster owns 19 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Rings. Impressive? Yes. Intimidating? Perhaps. Motivating? That is Foster’s goal. Foster, the new sprints, hurdles, jumps and relay coach at Virginia Tech, told the team that he will continue wearing ACC championship rings that display the logo of either Clemson or the University of North Carolina until the team can FOSTER win one for Tech. “I’ll continue to interchange (the rings) everyday so they won’t get bored looking at the same ones everyday,” Foster said of his two rings he proudly displays, one on each hand. Foster was hired at Tech in August to help the track team as a whole become a legitimate contender in the ACC. In recent years, Tech has always sported a strong team in the field, but a weaker team when it came to sprint-
ing, hurdling, jumping and the relays. These are the events Foster calls the “exciting stuff.” “People come to see the exciting stuff,” Foster said. “I like those events and the excitement of it and the responsibility of creating it.” Foster is no stranger to excitement himself. He was the 1974 NCAA champion in the 110-meter hurdles for North Carolina Central University. He competed in the same event two years later at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, finishing fourth and just falling short of a medal. The Olympic Final was the only race Foster lost that year. His Olympic experience did not end after Montreal. Since the ’76 games, Foster has participated in some capacity in all but the 1988 Games in Seoul. He has worked with nine different countries as a coach and traveled to 86 different countries. He even helped design the track at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, where Michael Johnson earned the title of “World’s Fastest Man.” Foster’s latest trip to the games was in 2004 in Beijing. He served as a coach after one of his athletes from Clemson made the Olympic team. Foster continued to coach professionally as well as for Clemson as an assistant coach, but after leaving Clemson in 2008, he wanted to return to the collegiate scene. “I was training very good athletes, but they whine too much,” Foster said. “Pro-athletes are talented but they need too much attention.” When Foster became available to collegiate coaching once again, he was one of the most coveted coaches in
the county. One of the reasons Foster chose to interview at Tech was because the team competes in the ACC. When head coach Dave Cianelli saw Foster’s name as an applicant for the vacant position, Cianelli knew he could not pass up an opportunity to bring Foster on board. “When he applied for the position, he immediately went to the top of my list,” Cianelli said. “He was clearly the top candidate for me. His experience in developing high-level collegiate athletes over a long period of time was the main thing that attracted me to him.” Foster sees great potential among the athletes Tech already has. In particular, Foster feels juniors Queen Harrison and Kristi Castlin will lead the women’s team, and sophomore Keith Ricks will lead the men’s team. The athletes themselves have already seen a difference since Foster was introduced as the new coach. “Our previous coach was not as effective as (Foster) with training, organization and communication,” Castlin said. “He’s very accomplished, and I hope that we can accomplish a lot with the team in the next year,” Ricks added. Cianelli said Foster’s presence would help not only the current men’s and women’s track teams, but the future ones. “When he’s talking to a recruit or contacting a recruit, the fact that he was at one time the best in the world automatically commands attention,” Cianelli said. “No other coach has that. I think it commands the respect and attention for potential student athletes and those who are already in
CHARLES FOSTER Resume RUNNING CAREER 1974: NCAA champion in 110-meter hurdles for North Carolina Central University 1976: Member of the U.S. Olympic team that competed in Montreal, Canada
OLYMPIC CAREER 1992-97: Manager for Sports Planning on Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games
COACHING CAREER Won 19 ACC team championships as coach at Clemson and North Carolina Coached 12 Olympians and more than 50 All-Americans Coached two Olympic gold medalists, one silver medalist and one bronze medalist
the program.” Foster hopes to build up the team to become a force within three years in not just the ACC, but also the national and international scene. “What we’re going to establish is an elite group of student athletes,” Foster said. Cianelli also has high expectations for the teams. “We want to be one of the best teams nationally,” Cianelli said.