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Stinespring out as Tech highlights national playcaller for Hokies eating disorders week NICK CAFFERKY sports reporter The Hokies football team continues to change up its coaching staff, announcing Tuesday morning that quarterback coach Mike O’Cain will take over playcalling duties from offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring. Frank Beamer, head coach, said Stinespring made the decision himself, citing O’Cain’s everyday communication with the quarterbacks as the reason behind the change. “I think you sometimes get more in tune with what your quarterback likes in certain situations, or he knows why you’re calling things in a certain situation,” Beamer said. “I just think that it is kind of more open in that regard.” O’Cain, who has been the Hokies quarterback coach since 2006, helped

turn Tyrod Taylor into the dynamic quarterback he became by his senior year. This is not O’Cain’s first experience as a playcaller, as he held the offensive coordinator position under head coach Frank Beamer from 1981-85 when Beamer was coaching at Murray State. He also served as offensive coordinator for North Carolina and Clemson. He served as the head coach at North Carolina State for six seasons during the ‘90s. One reason for the change could be the Hokies’ sputtering offense over the past five seasons. Although the 2010 Hokies offense was the most productive since the 2000 team that featured Michael Vick, the team has had an offense ranked 99th or worse in three of the past five seasons. Such futility has led to a large group of Tech fans calling for new offensive leadership. The most vocal fans started websites

such as www.FireBryanStinespring. blogspot.com. The site’s mission statement reads: “We at FBS believe that offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring bears the largest share of the blame for years of sub-par output from some of the most talented players ever to set foot on Worsham Field. We believe the main objective of the VT football program — a national championship — will escape us as long as Stinespring is making the calls. We therefore advocate the improvement of our football program through the replacement of our offensive coordinator.” Regardless of reason, those fans are elated by the news that someone new will be calling the plays next season. Though O’Cain will take over the playcalling on game day, Stinespring will retain the title of offensive see STINESPRING / page six

Tech first to offer property management concentration MALLORY NOE-PAYNE news staff writer Virginia Tech is the first university in the nation to offer a full curriculum in residential property management, and has since helped other universities develop their own programs. Graduates of the program have a high success rate of finding jobs in a market where jobs are a rare commodity. RPM graduates are prepared for leadership positions in the multifamily housing industry. This may involve managing apartment complexes, condo communities, senior housing communities or commercial properties. Rosemary Goss, the founder and a professor on the RPM Advisory

Board, said, “It’s a good major for people who like days that aren’t routine, working with people and solving problems.”

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We can’t provide the industry with as many people as they are willing to hire. ROSEMARY GOSS RPM PROFESSOR

Coursework includes “Managing Affordable and Specialized Housing” and “Contemporary Issues in Property Management,” as well as assorted finance, marketing or law classes. Every student is also required to do an internship or field study. A senior in the program and

president of the RPM Club, Carter Powell, completed two internships during his time as a student at Tech. “(The internships) contributed immensely to my development and growth within the field,” Powell said. Most students who graduate have multiple offers in the field already, partially because of close ties between the program at Tech and the professional field. “We can’t provide the industry with as many people as they are willing to hire,” Goss said. Of the average 25 person class, normally there is only one person who does not have a job by graduation. By the end of the yearly career fair, Powell said, “most students will have multiple internship or full-time job offers on the table.”

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The “Dying to be Barbie” exhibit in McComas Hall shows what Barbie’s unrealistic proportions look like.

EATING ISSUES AND BODY IMAGE WEEK PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH EVENTS TO BOOST SELF-ESTEEM ERIN CHAPMAN & MIA PERRY news staff Virginia Tech is partaking in a nationwide observance of Eating Issues and Body Image Awareness Week through Saturday. Last year, Tech’s Eating Disorders Task Force, Cook Counseling Center and Schiffert Health Center began planning for the weeklong celebration of healthy body image, self-esteem and eating attitudes put on by the National Eating Disorders Awareness

Association. The theme for the week is Journey to Recovery: It’s Time to Talk About It. Linda Davis, a dietician with Schiffert, said it will allow people to open up about body image issues and eating disorders. “Eating disorders are frequently swept under the carpet, and there is a stigma attached to having them,” Davis said. According to Katherine Cruise, director of communications and marketing at Screening for Mental Health, Inc., almost 20 percent of college students

have eating disorders, and nearly threequarters of those affected have never received treatment. Those with eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental health victims. Many also deal with depression, anxiety and substance abuse. The events planned for this week are aimed at combating these statistics. Tech has been doing more recently during the national week of observance. “Our numbers have really increased, and we are definitely raising awareness,” Davis said. Events began Monday with “Dying see EATING / page ﬁve

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Expert to discuss violent video games, mental health MEIGHAN DOBER news staff writer Christopher Ferguson, an associate professor in the department of behavioral sciences at Texas A&M International University, has been conducting research on the correlation between media violence and violence or aggression in our youth. He will present some of his findings during a teleconference in Torgerson 1000 today at 1 p.m. Before his presentation, Ferguson took the time to talk to the Collegiate Times about violence on-campus and on-screen. COLLEGIATE TIMES: How did you get involved in this type of research? FERGUSON: I basically kind of fell

into it backwards. Probably like a lot of people that get interested in psychology, I got into it for all of the bad reasons. You know, the interest in “Silence of the Lambs,” and serial killers and all that kind of stuff. I went to graduate school and was starting to do research on violent behaviors, kind of leading me out the realm of “Silence of the Lambs,” and doing some more serious stuff. I happened to come across a comment that had been made way back in 2001. This was a comment by a couple scholars who had taken it upon themselves to declare the debate over media violence to be over. I was sort of interested in this in a peripheral sense at the time. I’d been looking at violent behaviors and why people become criminals and that kind of stuff. In criminological

literature, media violence doesn’t really rise up as a major issue for the most part. When it does get raised, it certainly gets a lot of debate. So to suddenly hear out of the blue that the debate was over was kind of strange. That’s what scientists do. They get curious about something and start looking into it. The more I looked into it, the less the data really seemed to match that kind of conclusion and that led me to get interested and start doing some of my own studies and look at things first hand. The deeper that I’ve gotten involved in this research field, the less convinced I am that this kind of argument shows that there is a clear link between media violence and violent behavior. see GAMES / page four

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In “More Students identifying as multiracial,” (CT - Feb. 18), Ray Williams refers to the post-Civil Rights Movement era, rather than the post-Civil War era. The Collegiate Times regrets this error. In “Campus to lose 500 beds,” (CT-Feb. 22), Mr. Onopa’s name was spelled incorrectly. Also a quote attribution given to Dr. Ed Spencer should have been given to Mr. Onopa.

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virginia Tech falls out of top 10 “Best Value” list Despite state budget cuts and tuition hikes, five Virginia colleges and universities, including Virginia Tech, ranked among the 100 “best values” in the nation in higher education. Tech, James Madison University, the University of Richmond, the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia all made the list in “The Princeton Review’s 100 Best Value Colleges for 2011.”

The news was particularly good for the University of Virginia, which for the third year in a row topped the national list of 50 of the best values in public higher education. But the news for Tech was not as good. The university fell out of the top 10 this year, after placing 8th in the 2010 ranking. University spokesman Larry Hincker issued a written statement

Tuesday. “It is unclear why we slipped out of the top 10, but as it is with most of these rankings, any slight change in factors can move one’s ranking,” Hincker wrote. “Still, our inclusion indicates a quality academic offering at a competitive price.” -tonia moxley, mcclatchy newspapers

nation Amazon challenges Netﬂix with videos LOS ANGELES — Amazon.com has launched its long-awaited subscription video-streaming service, setting itself up to be the first serious rival to fast-growing Netflix. The online retail giant on Tuesday began offering U.S. subscribers to its $79-per-year Amazon Prime shipping service the additional benefit of access to 5,000 movies and television shows that can be streamed at no additional cost on computers and certain other Internet-connected devices. Amazon has signed up two major studios, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., along with 13 independent providers including the BBC, PBS,

Magnolia Pictures, IFC and National Geographic. The eclectic mix of content immediately available includes the movies “Hairspray,”“TheHumanCentipede” and “Stripes” and the TV shows “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Bonanza” and “Farscape.” That’s only a fraction of the content available to subscribers of Netflix, which has deals with every major film studio and a number of TV producers. Moreover, though most of Amazon Prime’s content is more than a decade old, Netflix has much fresher titles, including movies less than a year old, thanks to deals with pay cable networks Starz and Epix.

The company first decided to get into the subscription video business last summer as a way to take on Netflix, which has attracted 20 million subscribers, more than twothirds of whom have streamed movies and TV shows from the Internet. Amazon already offers more than 90,000 movies and TV shows for rental or purchase on a oneoff basis. It also recently acquired Lovefilm, a European company that, like Netflix, offers DVDs by mail and videos online to subscribers. -ben fritz, mcclatchy newspapers

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Elimination of gender speciﬁc skills important I

recently read an article telling of a little boy who was asked if he’d like to be a pilot when he grew up, to which he responded in disgust, “Ew, no way! My mom is a pilot — that’s a girl job!” Needless to say, this little boy’s notion of what a pilot’s job is like is different than the image most of us probably get of a uniformed man leading a troop of prim flight attendants through a gate’s doors. At first I figured that this little boy’s assumption was borne out of sheer innocence to the notion of professions being associated with certain genders; however, upon further thinking, I began to acknowledge the fact that psychology has much more to do with it than anything else. What I find most fascinating about psychology being connected to notions of gender is what many may believe, that women are born with certain skills and males with another set, may be downright untrue. Recent research such as that conducted by neuroscientist Lise Eliot have shown that the parts of our brains we stimulate determine the parts of it that will be strong and dominant. I would assume that most people agree with this notion, and perhaps some would agree with me that males and females are born with hardly any differences in potential skills and capabilities. Instead, a reason that can explain why males have excelled at subjects such as math, science and engineering for so long is that these parts of their brains were stimulated at very young ages through things like playing with blocks and video games — activities that motivated their understanding of spatiality, depth and geometry. On the other hand, women will obviously end up with caring, emotional and matronly tendencies if at ages as young as five they are being given dolls to take care of and kitchen sets to play with. I personally find these distinctions completely outdated, as did my parents who went as far as refusing to allow me to play with Barbie dolls. As extreme as this may have been, for better or for worse, I have been told that I perhaps lack some “girly” tendencies — whether that is meant as a compliment or insult, I’m still not sure. Now, I’m not a psychology or sociology major or remotely an expert; however, the culmination of my beliefs that gender roles are hardly much more than psychological have led me to believe that only good can come from the realization and acceptance of these facts. I think it’s important for us to realize that women are not only good for professions such as teaching. If we believe this is true, it will undoubtedly become the case. On the other hand, if we are open minded and equitable in our teaching of the next generation then we will probably see that women have jobs our parent’s generation might find surprising.

In fact, while the ideas of genderspecific roles in society are becoming rare, once gender-specific skills become more widespread between both genders and consequently society, it will be greatly beneficial. This passage of archaic boundaries and notions of what tasks suit females and males can only constitute progress in our fluid and constantly changing society. Frankly, assuming that one’s gender should or can restrict their role or purpose in society is absurd and inefficient. With every male or female crossing into unchartered territory, the workforce is becoming more equitable and equal across professions like never before. We can see these changes happening right before our eyes here at Virginia Tech, where the enrollment of females in subjects such as engineering, as well as males in majors like English, are on the rise. I believe this evidence shows that these changes in men and women’s goals and what they feel comfortable with are the effects of increasing equality in education and upbringing styles. No longer are there constraints placed on what we can achieve or should be interested in based on our genders — a feat that is not one to scoff at. Moreover, women are not the only ones being affected and finding that they are doing jobs previously not considered in their realm. As the shortage of nurses persists and causes nursing jobs to become more appealing in terms of stability and pay, an increasing number of males are entering the profession. While some may dismiss the idea of a male nurse or even laugh at it, I’m sure most would appreciate a male nurse being able to tend to them, if needed, as opposed to a few overworked female nurses. Further evidence of how society benefits from the elimination of gender-specific skills is the benefit that can be reaped from not shutting out an entire population from contributing to a field. For example, one thing that has been scientifically shown through studies is that women have greater ability to multitask and analyze details while men see larger pictures. Both of these styles of thinking have their own advantages and pitfalls, leading one to believe that engineers, scientists, nurses, pilots and teachers of either gender can bring something to the table. Ultimately, in realizing that gender distinctions in capabilities have long been enforced and believed in, I think it’s important to be aware of how much psychology and sociology play a role in our development as a society. With the progress being made in gender equality in profession choices, next on the list to tackle is gender equality in salary.

NOOR KHALIDI -regular columnist -junior -economics major

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any of you may remember my writing from last M spring. I was denied entrance into what was supposedly the ring dance for the Class of 2011, my own year. In what can only be described as a joke, last spring’s function failed miserably in the eyes of my fellow classmates and myself. Now, once again, we are barred. If you haven’t heard the new “policy” on admittance to the dance, you must now have tickets, which are distributed to juniors (Class of 2012) who bought rings — OK, fair enough. The next round goes to juniors who did not buy a ring. But, what about those of us who are now seniors? Many of us also paid a small fortune for our rings and did our time. After the second round, it becomes a free-for-all for the remaining tickets. Is this considered “fixing” the situation? An entire class was shirked, and worse, not a single class officer stepped up to answer for it. Did we not vote you in for a reason? Some friends and I had joked about getting in line for the dance the day after the event last year. However, that’s what it really seems to be coming to. Either you’re in or out — unfortunately, for those rejected last year by

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Lack of attention paid to national issues troubling in the evening. Flanked by a of coffee, I hunker down with Isomet’cups laterequired reading and try to keep my feet warm under my bed’s comforter. No more than three paragraphs in, my roommate barges in with a familiar look on his face. I have seen this expression several times before — he looks like he just watched a drunk try to ride a unicycle down a flight of steps. You know, that “I just saw something that’s too stupid to be real,” look that we have refined during our adolescence. “Dude,” he begins, taking a breath from laughing, “you aren’t going to believe this.” Try me, I retort in my head. But before I can respond with anything, he divulges his news. “Mississippi has a new commemorative license plate. Do you want to guess what’s on it?” I had not heard anything on the situation. It’s not like Mississippi’s Department of Motor Vehicles is on my RSS feed. “No. What are they doing?” “They’re putting Nathan Bedford Forrest on them.” This columnist is not going to waste his time arguing the ethics of celebrating the founder of the Ku Klux Klan by way of license plates. I could spill a box of Alpha-Bits cereal on the floor that would spell out a sufficiently cogent argument against this hideously insensitive decision. I groaned, apologized for being rude and asked my roommate to let me get back to my homework. No more attention was paid to this stupid piece of news until this morning, when I scoured the website of a Richmond, Va., based newspaper for an interesting idea for this column.Top news this morning — the show-dog that won the Westminster Kennel Club hails from Virginia and will receive a steak dinner from Sardi’s in New York City. Buried a few stories below this immensely essential story is another stating that Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will be meeting with state officials about the 2011 budget.

And that’s when it hit me. Huxley was right; Orwell was wrong. Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” more accurately forecasted the relationship among government, media and the citizen than George Orwell’s “1984.” Huxley’s magnum opus portrayed a dystopian universe that distracted citizens from government action by socializing them into appreciating and prioritizing Hedonistic pleasures over the duty of being responsible citizens. Orwell’s most read novel portrays a different dystopia, one where government oppression is omnipresent. No matter the circumstance, “Big Brother” is watching you. There is nothing wrong with local dog enthusiasts keeping tabs on a hometown hero. However, dog show winners are absolutely not front page news when the federal budget is released that same week. In a political climate that has endorsed expenditure as the paramount topic, it is baffling that the newly proposed 2012 budget is not the most heavily scrutinized topic in American political discourse. Instead, we get the unionization of Wisconsin workers and Democratic legislators to satisfy our revolution-flavored 2011. Perhaps it is the intention of the media to perpetuate the images of discontent of world citizens. From the neo-Orientalist coverage of the revolutions in Bahrain, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan and Yemen to the suddenly worthy-of-national-attention Wisconsin state employees, we get the understanding that everybody is revolting against something. Now, don’t get me wrong: I am enthralled by the revolutions abroad. It is highly refreshing to see that governments still require the consent of the people to govern. My trouble is with the Wisconsin state government and their bastardization of Reagan-era economic theory and its immense obsolescence. How seriously troubling is it for Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, to disregard the collective will of the roughly 300,000

state employees (constituents, remind you) to shut down their collective right to carve a more suitable existence? Why does the party of “fiscal responsibility” believe that extending Bush-era tax cuts and subscribing to a foolish “trickledown economic theory” makes sense? So what if their average health care benefits slightly exceed that of national averages? Show me means, not averages. Show me why it is wrong for these citizens to stand up for themselves. Show me why, suddenly, the disenfranchised and the soon-to-be powerless are villains and the parties benefiting most from the incumbent power structure are victimized. Doesn’t trickle-down economics only work when everyone is employed? If you want to balance a budget, try increasing revenues vis-à-vis taxes. Sometimes, people have to pay taxes. If Wisconsin thinks that the best way to balance the state budget is to spit on its workers, then it’s wrong. I guarantee you that the 300,000 state employees this boneheaded political maneuver affects will not vote for the incumbent governor. I guarantee you that Scott Walker’s political career is over at the end of this gubernatorial term. Treating a large voting block like you would discipline your teenage son is as demeaning as it gets. In other news, the allocation for defense spending is the third-biggest designation in President Barack Obama’s proposal behind the Department of Health and Human Services and Social Security, respectively. Finally, we are spending more money improving the lives of our citizens than perpetuating our imperialism. As soon as we’re finished watching Dale Earnhardt memorials, we’ll get around to studying the budget.

BEN WOODY -regular columnist -senior -English major

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their own event, odds are they will not be able to attend this year either. I will graduate in May; there is no “victory lap” for me. And it seems as though it wouldn’t make any difference — each year from here on out will have their “fair shake.” But not the Class of 2011. We will not have the memories of our dance, of celebrating our rings and reflecting on our time as Hokies. We will remember standing in line for hours, having no information about the dance in 2010 (although, in case you didn’t hear, there was food downstairs). Now, we will also remember standing in line for whatever scraps of tickets are left in 2011, should there be any. To say I am disappointed would not do it justice. I do not wish scorn upon the Class of 2012. I truly hope you have a blast. I am glad you will have the opportunities you deserve and have worked so hard to get. Enjoy these times; as a senior, let me tell you, it slips by fast. I know you will remember your years here as some of your best. From my heart of hearts, congratulations Class of 2012 for all you’ve achieved and good luck in all that you have yet to discover.

Kate Pandick senior history major

never to let my schooling interwith my education.” That’s a Iquotetryferefrom Mark Twain that I really feel should define students’ time here at this university. At first glance, it may seem like this is telling us to disregard our classes and other academic experiences in order to place more significance on nonclassroom activities and experiences. However, that is a narrow reading that does not consider the true character of what an “education” should be. Individually, students should decide what they would like to get out of an education at Virginia Tech, and if we consider this, most of us will probably come to the same conclusions. We want to be able to walk out of this university with a sufficient knowledge base in our subject area. We also want to be able to communicate with others and critically analyze by building upon that knowledge. We want to use those skills to solve real problems within our communities. For example, a biology student spends four years in the classroom and doing research to become an expert in that specific field. She does well on all her exams and is very knowledgeable in the biology field, and she walks away with a very nice degree from Tech. However, what good is this degree if she does not have the ability to share her expertise and engage in a dialogue about what this expertise can do for the overall community? What good is this degree if she does not have the ability to critically analyze information to determine where it fits in her knowledge? What good is this

degree if she is not able to apply this knowledge to recognize real-life problems and work toward solving them? The Tech community provides a place for us to develop these types of skills. We have the opportunity to meet and interact with a broad variety of people with diverse interests, backgrounds and opinions. We can be involved in campus organizations to learn how to contribute to a team that accomplishes goals. Moreover, we can use these experiences to be able to recognize problems and how to work toward solutions for them. We can even go off campus or out of Blacksburg, or the United States to further develop these skills and define how to use our educations. We must be active in planning our own education by taking it upon ourselves to work closely with faculty and staff to create a learning environment that fosters the development of critical thinking skills. We must attempt to be engaged in significant discussions with a diverse group of people. It is only through working with people that do not share our background or beliefs that we can truly define what it is that we believe. And it is through this involvement that we define exactly what our passions are. In that same vein, students must try to meet and get to know as many people as we can. Knowing people not only builds a network that we can rely on for knowledge and support, but also allows us to gain insight into how others think and work. All of these ideas should be a part of the education we strive for, and the

university environment provides a place to do just that. Tech provides us with a place to grow into the successful people we want to be, but we have the responsibility to take advantage of that opportunity. As students, we have a responsibility to work with Tech faculty and staff, people in the community and other institutions, and even university administrators, to grow and develop into contributing citizens and leaders. It is not enough to place importance on doing well in classes. It is not enough to simply learn information to score high on exams and term papers. We must take it upon ourselves to develop an education that includes the ability to think critically, work effectively with other people, engage in meaningful conversations within our communities and contribute to any endeavor in which we are involved. Twain’s quote is not saying that classroom learning inevitably “interferes” with us being successful and efficacious citizens. He is simply trying to point out that we must be careful not to let being successful in the classroom define us. We must be active in building an education that allows us to use our skills and expertise to improve our communities. Mark Twain was right. As important as “schooling” may be, it has no use to us without the development of a true education.

BRAD COPENHAVER -regular columnist -junior -agricultural economics major

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Games: Expert argues video games don’t cause violence There was a comment that was made on Fox News, and I guess we can all shake our heads at Fox News in general, where a psychiatrist was commenting about a new violent video game that must have some sexual themes in it. She was saying these kinds of violent games, particularly if they have sexual themes in them, are responsible for the increase in rape. For those people who actually know what they are talking about, they should have been stopped cold in the fact regarding video games having any influence on violent crimes. Rape is at its lowest level in 30 years. I don’t

know what this increase in rape she was talking about (is). There is certainly no evidence linking violent games to rapes or any other kind of behavior that is a serious crime. So that’s one of the observations. There seems to be a lot of bad information out there that people are creating. That’s something that you kind of expect from what people call a “moral panic.” People get upset about something and all of a sudden there is all this bad information and people get very extreme in their views. Unfortunately,

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CT: What, if any, general conclusions have you found throughout your research? FERGUSON: When you’re looking at things like video games or violent television, a couple conclusions are made. One is obviously society, and some scholars like to make a big deal out of those things, but that there seems to be a considerable mismatch between the kind of comments people make sometimes and the actual data to support those comments.

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some scholars contribute to that. On the other hand, the actual evidence seems to suggest that looking at violent video games or television was a wrong turn. There is not much evidence linking those kinds of media use with violent behavior. Instead, the evidence seems to suggest that some of the major risk factors for violent behavior had more to do with mental health issues. You kind of see this with the Tucson shooting. Often times the perpetrators in these events have a history of mental health problems and perhaps are

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depressed as well. In my research, I have found more or less the same thing. Kids who are most prone to use violence tend to be those who have a history of anti-social traits and also are currently depressed. CT: Do you believe that video games have any negative effects at all? FERGUSON: We always have to be alert for the potential negative effects, but on the other hand we have to be aware that we may exaggerate those negative effects. There certainly is a long history of

people getting upset over all kinds of different media and suggesting that youth are going to be horribly corrupted. Then 20 to 30 years later we realize that this was a horrible mistake. So certainly the question, “Do video games potentially cause harm?” is a good question and it is worth looking at as long as it’s looked at very carefully. There doesn’t seem to be much proof in the realm of aggression or violence. That’s where a lot of the attention has been. I think we’re getting to a point that if you look at the majority of kids, see GAMES / page ﬁve

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you can dismiss the idea that video game violence or television is causing youth violence or serious acts of aggression. The data is just not there. I think that there is still discussion over the pathological use of video games, in other words, video game addiction. I don’t think there’s much doubt among most scholars that there are kids who display pathological behaviors. They play too much and ignore their schoolwork, friends and family. There is debate on how do we measure it, what are the appropriate symptoms we should look at, exactly how prevalent is it, is it something that’s rare, something that’s common? I think that’s where we still have good reason to look at video games and the data is still out on that. CT: The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a case in California about the regulation of games with what (Gov.) Arnold Schwarzenegger called “ultraviolent actions.” How do you think the content in the games will be changed and what is your opinion on that? FERGUSON: A lot of people are debating whether this will have a major impact on video games or not. In theory, it’s not really banning violence in games; it’s just saying that kids who are under 18 are not allowed to buy them on their own. Theoretically, parents can still buy them for their kids. The argument the state of California is trying to make is that there is scientific basis for this kind of thing. And if that is the argument that is being made, then it is a false one. The state of California vaguely admitted this when they stated (that) they cannot show causality for it. The debate really came down to if there is even a correlation or not between video game violence and youth. On the other hand, you can take the point that we are all morally objecting to it and we don’t really care what the science says. It’s a whole different argument. I have nothing to say about that one. If people decide that they just morally don’t want kids to play violent video games and they don’t care if it really causes harm or not, then I think that’s fine. That’s a decision that society has the right to make. That can detract money from other places, like with mental health. Video games don’t tend to cause harm, but mental health problems do. There is only a certain amount of money to go around, and if we distract ourselves with the video games or television, and this is exactly what is going on in California, and then there is no money left over for the mental health issues. The state of California has poured a million more dollars at this point into their video game law and putting it through court. At the same time they are slashing education, slash-

ing mental health, and so forth. There is a little bit of a practical lesson in the California situation in terms of the damage that can be done with these kinds of moral panics. It terms of the impact on the video games itself, I think worst case scenario would kind of be what happened to the comic book industry back in the 1950s. Comic books were regulated and kids were banned from reading ultraviolent comic books and that sort of thing. For a while there, it really gutted the comic book industry in that they really had to water down quite a bit with the kinds of things they were publishing. That lasted for 30 to 40 years until everybody got tired of blaming comic books for problems that didn’t exist. I think that this could cause temporary damage to the video game industry, in a sense that we restrict the kind of stuff that they can publish. I think it would be temporary. This, like all other media based panics, has a time limit. Probably 30, 40 years down the line, people will see that video games are not that big of a deal. That’s a worst-case scenario if the video game industry has no way of compromising. CT: It seems like a lot of people have begun to point their fingers at video games following events like the April 16 shooting or the Tucson shooting. Why has this become so common and what makes the video games the prime receiver of the blame? FERGUSON: It’s very similar to the Tucson shooting when people were pointing at Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the conservative commentators and the supposed hate speech that goes on in politics. By the way, I’m no fan of Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck by any means, but I don’t think Sarah Palin’s responsible for the mass shooting anymore than video games have been for school shootings. The VT shooting, of course, is somewhat illustrative in that the official review panel that came out some months after the shooting occurred found that the shooter had played nothing more than Sonic the Hedgehog, of all video games. You see that tendency for people to point their fingers. Sort of famously, Jack Thompson or Dr. Phil started saying that the shooter had possibly played violent video games. You see the kind of rush to judgment. The evidence then comes out six months later and there is no evidence to support the initial prejudgments. Often times, people don’t hear about that. The irony is that this only occurs in young shooters. If you look at Amy Bishop who was the University of Alabama (at Huntsville) biology professor, who was 45 or so, and shot a number of individual members

in her department, video games never get mentioned because the person is too old. The similarities between most of these mass shooters are obvious in that they tend to be antisocial. The sort of general tendency to be antisocial and have mental health problems and depression is mostly always there. Those are difficult problems for society to deal with. The problems with mental health don’t have a lot of politics behind them and are not a fun thing for society to deal with. We’re seeing this now. In this economy, one of the things that is being slashed is mental health services. It doesn’t have a lot of political capita to that. Fundamentally, people just want something to blame. They want something that isn’t them, that they don’t value, but they can hold responsible. Theoretically, they can just get rid of it. We can just get rid of violent video games and horrible shootings won’t happen again. Of course, this won’t happen. I don’t know many criminologists that would give this idea much credence. The reality is that we are not going to be able to predict these events and we’re not going to be able to stop them. But that’s not a very warm, fuzzy message. What people want to hear is that here is the culprit, here’s what we have to do to get rid of it and everything’s going to be fine. CT: Are you excited to speak to the students at Virginia Tech, and what do you hope that they take away from your teleconference? FERGUSON: Of course I am very excited and very honored that I was asked. It’s humbling to be asked in the first place, quite frankly. I just hope that the message for this whole issue is that people just need to be critical thinkers. There is a lot of bad information out there, and unfortunately some if it comes from the scholarly community itself. I think that we all just need to be aware where people are getting their data from and see if people are generalizing the real world. For example, from my own university, we got an e-mail last week and the headline was, “Fall 2010 Semester was the most violent ever.” It was a really alarming message. This wasn’t just for our campus, but for the whole United States. This, in fact, was false. The data suggests that this was one of the lowest semesters regarding violence. We were able to point out that that particular headline was incorrect. We have to be vigilant and be aware there is a lot of bad information that sometimes comes from reputable sources. We have to be better critical thinkers and process the information that we get.

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to be Barbie.” A drawing of Barbie with her body dimensions will be on display all week in the McComas Hall lobby. Students can view it to see the unrealistic dimensions. “Operation Beautiful,” an annual event, will also be occurring all week in the Wellness Resource Center in McComas. Participants will be able to write positive notes about themselves and their bodies. Today, Cook Counseling Center will conduct an eating issues and body image screening. “We used to call it ‘Eating Disorders Screening’ but that really scares people off,” Davis said. “Now people see it as something more general and they are not going to shy away from the screening.” The name of the screening is now “Gauge your Eating Attitude.” Also today, an expo in the Graduate Life Center will provide students with a variety of resources to help them deal with any body image or food issue they might have. Doctors, dieticians, mental health experts and representatives from the department of recreational sports will answer questions and provide counseling. Davis said she hopes these events will start dialogue about body issues. “We don’t have to be quiet about this,” she said. “If someone has a friend, they can find out ways to get

that friend help. There is help, and we need to be aware that it is a serious and life-threatening problem.” The keynote address on Thursday night, held in the Graduate Life Center, will feature presentations by Lorri and Taryn Benson, a mother and daughter respectively, who authored the book “Distorted: How a Mother and Daughter Unraveled the Truth, the Lies, and the Realties of an Eating Disorder.” The two women have also been featured on “The Today Show.” “The keynote address is an event that has been completely filled in the past,” Davis said. “Bringing in these speakers that have recovered really brings a message of hope.” Kathleen MacDonald, a previous keynote address speaker, will also be returning to speak. MacDonald is a member of the For Recovery and Elimination of Eating Disorders foundation, also known as F.R.E.E.D., and is a lobbyist and survivor working in Washington, D.C. to get insurance companies to cover costs for patients with eating disorders when they need hospitalization and inpatient care. Davis said the week is important on college campuses because there is exceptional stress on college students. According to Davis, eating disorders are a manifestation of students coping with pressures. “College is a place where students

can really erupt with eating disorders,” Davis said. “The gym and people exercising in close proximity to others and trying to obtain this ideal body makes a lot of pressure, just like the academic pressure. The social pressure from eating in the dining halls in such proximity to others triggers so many food choices, and that’s really difficult — to decide what to eat and how to eat.” As part of the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Screening for Mental Health began its first annual National Eating Disorders Screening Program public service announcement contest this year. Lauren Webb, a freshman studio arts major at Tech, won third place with her entry in the PSA contest. “When I was younger I had an eating disorder, and it only just recently stopped,” Webb said. “I had never told anyone until a few months ago.” After hearing about the contest from her mom, Webb sent in her artwork to the contest, which was published. Webb offered advice to fellow students dealing with eating issues. “Don’t compare yourself to others,” she said. “That was my biggest mistake.” To find more information about events happening this week, check out www.healthcenter.vt.edu/he/ eventcalendar/eibiaw.htm.

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Wal-Mart to overhaul food Low-fat pepperoni spinach bread products with eye to health MIA PERRY

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KATHERINE SKIBA McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest retailer and grocer, plans to launch an aggressive initiative to make its food products healthier and its healthy foods cheaper. In a low-income section of the capital, first lady Michelle Obama joined Wal-Mart executives Thursday as the retail behemoth unveiled its “Nutrition Charter,” a five-part program that will: —Reformulate thousands of its private-label packaged food items by 2015 so the products contain less sodium and sugar and no partially hydrogenated fats and oils. —Make healthy choices more affordable, saving U.S. customers about $1 billion a year on fresh fruits and vegetables. Officials said WalMart will do this through a variety of sourcing, pricing, transportation and logistics initiatives. It also plans to cut or eliminate the “price premium” on items containing less sodium, sugar and fats. —Develop criteria for a simple “front-of-package” seal so consumers may identify healthier options, such as whole-grain cereal, whole-wheat pasta or unsweetened canned fruit. —Build stores in underserved areas in urban and rural America. —Step up charitable giving to programs that educate consumers about healthier foods. Almost a year ago, Obama launched “Let’s Move,” a campaign to end childhood obesity within a generation. Wal-Mart officials said Obama was the “catalyst” for the nutrition charter. “No family should have to choose between food that is healthier for them and food they can afford,” Bill Simon, chief executive of U.S. stores for the Bentonville, Ark.-based company, said in making the announcement. The retail giant joins a host of packaged food companies’ efforts to cut

sodium, sugar and trans fats. But as the nation’s largest grocer,Wal-Mart has the power to shape what consumers buy and eat. Wal-Mart has more than 8,700 stores and restaurants under 59 different names in 15 countries, the company said. It has more than 2 million employees worldwide. In the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2010, its global sales were $405 billion, the company said. The initiative, Obama said, has the “potential to transform the marketplace and to help American families put healthier food on their tables every single day.” Company officials said the reformulations would apply to its “Great Value” private brand and that they would collaborate with suppliers to reformulate other national brands in the same categories. Specifically, they said, by 2015 the company would cut added sugars by 10 percent and sodium by 25 percent in key categories of food products and eliminate industrial trans fats in packaged-food items. The reduction in sugars would affect products including fruit drinks, canned fruit and grain products; the cut in sodium would affect products such as lunch meats, potato chips and canned pasta. Wal-Mart officials said if the planned reformulations were adopted by the entire grocery industry, U.S. adults would consume about 47 million fewer pounds of sodium annually — equal to the entire yearly sodium intake of every person in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. The announcement came in a community theater in southeast Washington, an area represented by Marion Barry, the former mayor ofWashington, who sits on its City Council. Barry, who attended Thursday, said the announcement “sounds fantastic.” Barry said his ward, with 70,000 residents, has only one full-service grocery store and two sit-down restaurants.

In light of Eating Issues and Body Awareness Week, try this fat-reduced favorite. Enjoy bread but in a healthier way. Ingredients: 1 roll of Pillsbury crescent rolls 1 package of turkey pepperoni 1 cup of low-fat shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1 small bag of frozen spinach, thawed 1 egg salt and pepper Directions: -Preheat oven to 350 degrees or to temperature on the crescent roll package -Spray an 8-inch by 8-inch baking pan with Pam or other nonstick spray -Take half the roll of crescents and line the bottom of the pan, setting the rest aside. If you have to pull apart some of the dough to evenly cover the pan, that’s fine -Cover the dough with a layer of pepperoni, adding another layer if desired -Beat the egg in a medium mixing bowl, and add a dash of salt and pepper -Take the thawed spinach and squeeze out the excess liquid into the sink or trash. Add the spinach to the egg mixture. Mix so that the spinach is coated in egg -Spread the spinach over the pepperoni in an even layer -Sprinkle the cheese over the spinach to make another layer -Take the rest of the dough and cover the cheese to make the top crust -Bake for 30 minutes

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This low-fat pepperoni spinach bread combines comforting ﬂavors with some healthy ingredients.

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Hokies take care of struggling Wake Forest, 76-62 GARRETT RIPA sports editor The Virginia Tech basketball team rebounded from Saturday’s loss at Virginia to defeat Wake Forest, 76-62. This game was a must-win for the Hokies (18-8, 8-5) as they continue their push for their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. Wake Forest, the uncontested worst team in the Atlantic Coast Conference, drops to 8-20 overall and just 1-12 in conference play. The Hokies had a sluggish start to the

game in which forward Jeff Allen picked up two quick fouls and they committed 11 first half turnovers. With 5:42 remaining in the first half and Tech holding a narrow 20-18 lead, forward Jarell Eddie hit a three-pointer and the Hokies broke open a 38-25 halftime lead. Eddie, who did not play against Virginia because of a “coach’s decision” after he was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, had his best game of the season. He finished 6-6 from the floor for 17 points and tallied nine rebounds. Eddie’s scoring, along with two points

from Manny Atkins accounted for a total of 19 bench points, an improvement from the eight points the Tech bench had scored over the previous four games. Malcolm Delaney and Allen each added 17 points in the victory. The Hokies have three days to prepare for Saturday’s showdown, when consensus No. 1 Duke comes to Blacksburg. Tech’s last win over a No. 1 team was a 78-71 triumph over Wake Forest in January 2009. A win against Duke would almost certainly lock up an NCAA bid for the Hokies.

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Jeff Allen (left) scored 17 points despite running into early foul trouble. Delaney (right) also scored 17 points as the Hokies played a strong game in their ﬁnal tune-up before facing No. 1 Duke on Saturday at home.

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coordinator and keep all of his weekly responsibilities. “Bryan (Stinespring) formulates, with the rest of the offensive staff, the game plan, and then Mike (O’Cain) will be the primary playcaller during the game,” Beamer said. “Nothing has changed in that regard other than Mike will be the primary playcaller”

In addition to coordinator duties and being tight ends coach, Stinespring will coach the offensive tackles. Curt Newsome, Tech’s offensive line coach since 2006, will now be in charge of just centers and guards. “Curt had five positions, and no one on our football team is responsible for five positions,” Beamer said. “So, we took that, and now he has just centers

and offensive guards and Bryan has tackles and tight ends.” With these moves added to last weeks additions of Cornell Brown and Shane Beamer, the Hokies are content with their staff. “This is what we’ve got,” Beamer said. “I like what we got and I’m eager to see if we haven’t improved ourselves overall.”

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