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Old middle school property Offense explodes to be rezoned for mixed use MALLORY NOE-PAYNE news staff writer A master plan to create a mixeduse property on the site of the old Blacksburg Middle School has been launched by Montgomery County and Blacksburg. The goal of the plan is to create a public space combining residential and commercial, retail or office use. The two-month process includes stakeholder meetings and a community master-planning workshop. The plan will be finalized by the end of May and the land will be rezoned and sold to developers. Blacksburg has tried unsuccessfully in the past to create similar designs. The outdoor mall at First & Main and the Bruce Smith Project, consisting of Hilton Garden Inn and Smith’s Landing Apartments, were both originally intended to be mixed-use development. “Sadly and unwisely, the council a few years back was more naive than the current council and they learned the hard way that you can’t let someone flash a pretty picture in front of you and rezone on that basis,” said Leslie Hager-Smith, a Blacksburg Town Council member who has been heavily involved in the process. “They gave us a cookie-cutter mall,” Hager-Smith said of First & Main. The town council has clearly laid out the guiding principles for mixeduse design and what it hopes to see from the space. Hager-Smith said she imagines a central gathering place for community members as well as private housing and retail. “Town council will not be duped again,” Hager-Smith said. In order to avoid this, the council is trying to maintain partnership and collaboration with Montgomery County. “We have high aspirations about that property, which is right in the heart of our town,” Hager-Smith said. “We

want the best design possible and to participate with them in a true sense of partnership.” This partnership is essential, because while the town of Blacksburg is responsible for rezoning, Montgomery County Public Schools owns the land and will benefit from its sale. Based on its present zoning, as low density residential, the land is valued at $2.2 million by the town of Blacksburg. This number, however, isn’t an accurate portrayal of what revenue the property could generate. With different zoning, Montgomery County predicts more. “The county fantasizes that it’s worth something more like $8 million, but the truth is it’s probably somewhere in the middle,” Hager-Smith said.

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Sadly and unwisely, the council a few years back was more naive than the current council and they learned the hard way that you can’t let someone ﬂash a pretty picture in front of you and rezone on that basis,. LESLIE HAGER-SMITH BLACKSBURG TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER

The property consists of more than 20 acres. About six acres have already been promised to local ad agency Modea for $2.45 million. But, as HagerSmith pointed out, “that doesn’t mean that every six-acre parcel is going for that same amount.” Beyond initial land sale profits, a mixed-use development is expected to raise more tax revenues than housing or retail alone. The large majority of taxes will benefit Montgomery County. The mixed-use plan currently

includes connecting streets, a town common, a park, a corner plaza and a link-up for the Huckleberry Trail as public and civic spaces. These spaces mean less room for business and less potential tax income. “But remember, some of the most valuable land in New York City fronts Central Park. Civic spaces add enormous value to land,” said Greg Tew, a member of the town’s planning commission, a professor in the architecture school and a current resident in a neighboring community. Tew, an active voice in the process, said the space has potential but the county and town must handle the situation carefully and thoughtfully to avoid the same mistakes. “Planning is for the long term, we must approach this work with one question in mind. What will people 213 years from now think of our work?” Tew said. According to Hager-Smith, the best way to achieve this is through clear expectations. “The mistake before is we rezoned based on unmet and unmatched expectations between the town and the developer,” she said. “(This time) there is a very open design process and when a developer comes they will understand to get rezoning they will have to target their project to our explicit wishes. No more guesswork.” Tew still voices concern that the plan is not enough and “the proposed master plan has potential but lacks the visionary moves. Let’s not miss the opportunity for something truly special.” Blacksburg and the county are working with the urban planning firm Arnett Muldrow & Associates, based out of South Carolina. The next public open house will be May 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Blacksburg Motor Company building on South Main Street.

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The old middle school property could have residential and commercial spaces as well as parks.

in scrimmage ZACH MARINER sports reporter

New starting quarterback Logan Thomas posted an impressive stat line in the Hokies’ final open scrimmage before Saturday’s spring game. The Virginia Tech football team hosted the scrimmage Friday night. Its annual Maroon and White Game is this coming Saturday. In a night where the offense dominated, Thomas completed 9 of 16 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns. “I thought we went out and played well,” said Bryan Stinespring, offensive coordinator. “It was encouraging. We want to feel like we have a chance to be successful when we walk on the field.” The Hokies’ passing game totaled 375 yards on the night. Redshirt freshman Mark Leal completed 5 of 9 passes for 132 yards and a touchdown. Junior Ju-Ju Clayton struggled on the night, going 6 of 15 with 39 yards and two interceptions. Running back David Wilson, who hasn’t had many chances to practice this spring because he is a sprinter on the track team, looked anything but rusty. He carried the ball eight times for 76 yards, including two touchdowns. “We may need to send a couple more guys over to the track (team),” said Frank Beamer, head coach. “He was something there in the few plays that he had.” Leading the receivers were senior Danny Coale (seven catches, 158 yards, two TDs) and junior Marcus Davis (five catches, 107 yards, one TD). Beamer offered praise all-around for his offense. “Some really good stuff offensively,” he said. “Two receivers over 100 yards, Logan continues to do well. Marcus Davis is a guy who has taken his game to another notch. Danny Coale is right there. DJ Coles is a guy that could really help this football team if he continues to move the way he is.” DANIEL LIN/ SPPS While many of those first-team player stats Quarterback Logan Thomas looks came at the hands of the second-team defense, some of them did come on big plays given up by down the ﬁeld while scrambling. the starters — primarily the secondary. “With the first group of guys, we had some big plays given up in the run and pass game that we’re better than,” several backups to make said Torrian Gray, defensive backfield coach. “But we’ll names for themselves. Chase Williams and Brian watch it on film and get better.” The longest offensive play of the night came as a result Laiti both had interceptions, of poor tackling from that same secondary. Leal hit while Clark opened a few eyes Davis roughly 30 yards downfield after he got behind with his imposing defensive presence. cornerback Kyle Fuller. For the fifth consecutive year, the Fuller went for the strip, but failed and allowed the talented wide receiver to break away for a 70-yard Hokies will welcome a first-year starting kicker. Before Friday night’s scrimmage, the team was still uncertain touchdown. However, the defense did show several signs of prom- on who that kicker would be, but after hitting four of his ise. Sophomore defensive end J.R. Collins recorded five attempts, sophomore Cody Journell appears to have seven tackles, four of them for a loss, including two become the frontrunner for the job. “I was ready to come in today,” Journell said. “We knew sacks. Defensive tackle Antoine Hopkins and defensive this scrimmage was going to be one of the bigger ones, end James Gayle also added one sack each. “Everybody on the D-line’s been making plays,” Collins since it was right before the spring game. I’m glad to see said. “Gayle’s been making plays, our D-tackles are mak- I’m getting more reps now, so that I can show them that ing plays, our backup D-ends are making plays. I like the I’m the No. 1 guy.” His head coach seems to have noticed. way the D-line’s working hard right now.” “I think we made some strides tonight about who’s Sophomore linebacker Telvion Clark had a team-high eight tackles, including two for a loss. Sophomore rover going to be our field goal guy,” Beamer said. The Hokies will finish up spring practice this Saturday Antone Exum totaled five tackles, with two of them for with the Maroon and White Game, beginning at 2 p.m. a loss. An injury-depleted group of linebackers gave way for in Lane Stadium.

Tech introduces meteorology degree Parking garage to hold solar panels JAY SPEIDELL news reporter

A new meteorology degree program, the first in Virginia, is forecasted to expand the relationship between Virginia Tech and Blacksburg’s National Weather Service office. Blacksburg’s NWS office is responsible for providing weather data, forecasts and alerts to an area covering 40 counties in three states, and is one of 122 in America. Half of the NWS offices were closed in the 1990s and the remaining offices replaced their outdated World War II-era equipment with advanced satellite and Doppler radar technology. The Lynchburg and Roanoke offices were shut down and replaced by the Blacksburg location because of Tech’s potential for a meteorological program. Many NWS offices are co-located with universities that have meteorological programs because the relationship is mutually beneficial. Tech will model its degree on those programs. “Our co-location with the university will benefit their future program because we intend to integrate what we have available here as a learning experience with their developing curriculum,” said David Wert, the meteorologist-in-charge at Blacksburg’s NWS office. Internships at the NWS will be used

as an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned in the classrooms to real forecasting experiences. “It gives the students a real look at operational meteorology, of what goes on behind the scenes — not only during significant weather events but also the day-to-day operations of what these people do,” said David Carroll, an instructor in the geography department. “It’s great exposure career-wise.” Carroll currently teaches most of the meteorology classes at Tech and is involved with starting the new degree program. Wert said the technology used by the NWS is state-of-the-art and capable of integrating data received from a variety of sources including satellites and Doppler radar to create a variety of weather models. “If we see a significant weather event, say a thunderstorm that’s moving, we can click on that storm, it will give us an extrapolation as to how that storm is expected to move, and we can highlight or identify an area that we want to warn and it will automatically ingest all of that background information, towns that are in the path, times of arrival or any significant geographic point and automatically put that into the warning,” Wert said. He said the system can be used to send alerts to the website or personal NOAA radios instantly, and that they had been able to warn local counties of the recent

tornado threat ahead of time. “These tools are very robust, and it allows us to basically spend our time (as the) meteorologists and scientists that we’re hired to be as opposed to clerks,” Wert said. Students will play an active part in this process, and because of this the geography department and the NWS only plan to involve the top students who have completed the required courses and know what they are doing. Though Tech currently lacks a formal degree program for meteorology, the geography department has been involved with the NWS for years. A number of students have volunteered at the NWS for independent study credit through the geography department. These students refer to themselves at the “VT Meteorology Gang” and form a tight-knit group of weather enthusiasts. One of these students is Kathryn Prociv, a geography major with a concentration in geospatial and environmental analysis who is currently both a senior and graduate student. Prociv began volunteering with the NWS during her freshman year. At first, Prociv shadowed the forecasters and watched them analyze radar and update forecasts. But as she became more experienced, she was given more responsibility and involved in climatology projects, including updating the Web pages with weather alerts and putting

together radar images that were used in the media. “They’re really great, if you are interested in something and ask if you can sit in on it or get involved with it, they’ll usually let you,” Prociv said. “I really enjoy working over there. It wasn’t like a job — I just liked going over there.” Prociv is bridging the gap between geography and meteorology for her graduate research project by studying the effect of the Appalachians on tornadic thunderstorms. For her project, she is correlating terrain with radar data for a number of storm case studies to figure out how topography influences the lowlevel winds of supercell thunderstorms. “I’ll be getting my graduate degree in geography, but I’ll be using technologies such as GIS and remote sensing to look at a meteorological problem,” Prociv said. “So it’s kind of taking a new angle and looking at meteorology a new way.” Like Prociv’s research, the meteorology undergraduate degree will have a heavy interdisciplinary focus in geography. “Students graduating will have not only meteorology knowledge but also a skill set in geography,” Carroll said. “That will hopefully make them very attractive candidates for graduate school and employment.” The meteorology degree program will begin in the fall of 2011, with additional professors and courses being added as students advance.

ERIN CHAPMAN news staff writer The recently opened parking garage on Perry Street will soon be home to a major solar panel addition. The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors recently approved a plan to build approximately 480 solar panels that will be added to the top deck of the garage. The project includes the design, installation and commission of a utility grid-connected solar photovoltaic power system. “Photovoltaic” refers to producing electric current or voltage from light from the sun. Once completed, the panels will generate about 136,415 kilowatts per hour annually, which is about 13 percent of the annual energy use of the facility. An average 1600square foot house uses about 18,000 kilowatt-hours per year. The solar panels will be added to the roof of the parking garage and officials said they will not cause any major problems with the current structure.

“There may be some construction issues on the top deck, but the garage will not be closed,” said Michael Coleman, associate vice president for facilities. The original plans for the Perry Street garage did not include plans to add a solar panel, but after a statewide initiative for energy conservation Tech realized it could be an opportune place to build the panels. Wiley Wilson is the architectural firm working on the project, and Siemens Industry is working as the construction manager. The $1.3 million project is being funded from federal stimulus money coming from the state of Virginia. The project will begin in the next couple months and construction could last up to nine months. “We are still in the design phase and trying to work out some contract issues,” Coleman said. So far there are no plans for any other major solar panel constructions on campus. “This is a large scale project we’re undertaking, so we’ll see how it goes and go from there,” Coleman said.

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Anon>> I overlooked this story for a while thinking it’s just another one of those cases where someone is out to sue someone just to get more money ect but After reading the facts (if they are true) in this article then it appears this women had a very legit case against VT. What a shame.

Jochebed>> Often it’s a “man’s world” because women put themselves in that position. Women tend not to ask for a higher starting salary, tend not to push for raises, etc. As a result, they start lower and stay lower on the pay scale. We want to be “nice” and “liked” and it hurts us.

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Google Inc. said Monday that it recently invested $100 million in an Oregon facility expected to become “the largest wind farm in the world,” as the Internet giant continues to pour money into alternative energy initiatives. Google said its investment in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm near Arlington, Ore., brings the company’s total investment in clean energy to more than $350 million. General Electric Co. announced in 2009 that it had won a $1.4 billion contract to build wind turbines for

Operations Rick Needham said in a post on a company website. Google said it is investing in Shepherds Flat alongside Sumitomo Corp. and Itochu Corp. subsidiary Tyr Energy. Google has invested recently in other alternative energy projects, including a $5 million contribution to a solar photovoltaic power plant near Berlin, Germany, and a $168 million financing for a solar energy power plant in California’s Mojave Desert. –john letzing, mcclatchy newspapers

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Focus on studies without losing sense of purpose s nearing the end of the school and graduation looms, a time Iwhent’year indifference and stress come hand-in-hand. After a year of giving in to stress and ignoring the desire to neglect classwork or just half-ass it, I’m a little drawn to the idea of just calling it quits. And I doubt I’m the only one. It’s springtime, and with the end in sight and sun out, I think we’re all reluctant to open a book instead of sitting in the sun. Let’s pretend I know where I’m going with this, and say something about persevering in times of stress and limitless reasons for procrastination not being as rewarding as following through with classes and such. Let’s pretend this isn’t a random column about investing time in yourself and your schooling so you can get the most out of what little is left in the semester. I’ll be honest and admit that nothing makes me want to skip every single class more than when it’s absolutely amazing and sunny out. But, I don’t — and that’s not to say that I’m the picture of an amazing student, because trust me, as often as I don’t give in to my desires to skip class, I do give in to my desires to not read. Recently there have been a few columns about the graduation aftermath — getting a job or not, being successful or failing immediately after graduation. Now, I know this may not seem related to what I started with, but these issues made me think about the stressful factors of student life and academic requirements. Now more than ever, students are continuously presented with the idea that they need to do more. More classes, more work and more extracurricular activities — how else will we become well-rounded? It’s stressful, at the least, and while I don’t think the idea of needing to do more rather than less will change any time soon, I do think we could all use a little less stress and worry. A student’s experience should be well-rounded, educational and enjoyable. I don’t believe in stressing over something that doesn’t excite you, or investing yourself in a curriculum that does nothing but make you uneasy.

Not all things are easy, obviously, but the work comes naturally when it’s something compelling and interesting enough to keep the students engaged. When you study what you love, it comes naturally. Unfortunately at times, the educational aspect comes with — wait for it — classes. None of this is new, I hope. Well-roundedness, though, has more to do with all the little hobbies and interests people pick up in school. College exposes everyone to so many different things, whether they are ideas, or walks of life or skills of some sort. Finding something that peaks your interest and captivates your mind — and following it — is what really makes an individual wellrounded. So what does this have to do with the end of the year, the stress and that great feeling of spring that mixes cut grass and sunlight? Probably nothing. This is, I suppose, just a reminder to keep breathing and doing what you love. The sun is out (most of the time), and the end of the semester is right down the road — whether it be the end of a semester or the end of college life altogether. And instead of stressing over classes, or ignoring them, do what you enjoy. When it’s between stress and happiness, stress should never win, but when a class or curriculum does nothing but cause stress, there’s a problem. What comes after a college education comes after, and what happens during a college education can be changed or fixed later. The most important thing is to study what you have a genuine interest in and follow those interests and passions through college and after. Worrying about the future does nothing for the moment, just as stressing over the moment does nothing for the future. Spring is here, so breathe a little.

SEAN SIMONS -regular columnist -junior -English major

Judge new ideas with open minds a pre-health organization I am involved with on campus, we In have guest speakers come each week. We have had a doctor in the military, the individual in charge of a free clinic, and a nutritionist, amongst others, come and tell us about what they do professionally. Our speakers are usually positively received. However, our last speaker, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, elicited heightened skepticism from some students. She spoke about alternative medicine and natural health, introducing many students to the concept of “prana.” Pranic healing is a type of energy medicine based on the principle that the body is able to heal itself. According to the theory, this, along with the removal of negative energy, can help heal physical and mental conditions. She also mentioned practicing the Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique, a way in which allergies are relieved by eliminating energy blockages. The “raw food” diet was also endorsed, and to some students’ surprise, did not contain bread or raw chicken. Our speaker told us she focused on herbal mixes to treat headaches, migraines, diarrhea and other maladies. She left us with her e-mail address if anyone had questions, a recipe if anyone wanted to try something new and her many thanks. I heard some people discussing the talk afterwards — more people than could be thrown under the umbrella term of “outlier.” They said our speaker was full of crap and that the subject was bull excrement. They said it was a waste of time. They said it was useless. The irony is that I’m sure if each of these audience members were asked about the germ theory of disease, they would tell you there was a time when people did not have a clue what the theory was. They probably know Darwin’s theory of evolution was thought to be dangerous and was initially treated with skepticism. They are most likely aware that Galileo was found suspect of heresy for his theory that the sun was at the center of the universe. I am not trying to talk down to my colleagues, nor am I trying to educate anyone from a proverbial pedestal. I simply want to implore my peers entering into health fields to keep in mind the history of the human race. Every century of humans has thought they got it right. I still do not think we have it right. We claim that we are “smarter” than our predecessors. I do not doubt that current medicine is helping people survive, avoid disease and live longer. However, knowledge is not simply an uncovered truth. Rather, it

is a complex entity that is dependent upon the environment in which it was discovered. By acknowledging there could be other factors at play, knowledge that we have not yet constructed, medical professionals may be able to provide more individuals with medical attention, for they will gain the opportunity to broaden their horizons in the world of medical knowledge. Unfortunately, in our country, our discoveries are regarded as Truth with a capital ‘T’ and our science as Science with a capital ‘S.’ People have become so complacent in their views, they expect Science to fix all of their problems. Still waiting on that magic obesity pill that dissolves your fat and causes no side effects? Religion was regarded as a suitable solution for an extremely long period of time in treating disease. In fact, some people still find efficacy in the power of prayer. Bloodletting was a popular practice. Frontal lobotomies, although viewed as something out of science fiction today, were actually used as treatment. We smugly cross our arms and let out a hearty chuckle at the tomfoolery of our predecessors. Will future generations do the same at the thought of us and our knowledge? By clinging so tightly to Koch’s Postulates and Pasteur’s Germ Theory of Disease as if it were the King’s English, we may miss out on something that can serve as knowledge and help us learn things we never knew we never knew. It is not unheard of for doctors to refer to the use of practices that are more controversial — such as herbalism or acupuncture — to treat their patients. If something is working for a patient, why deny them that simply because some find it scientifically unfounded? Even if it is “just the placebo effect,” if prayer is working for someone, then let it work. Science, as of now, does not have all the answers. Chronic fatigue syndrome, autism and somatoform disorder have no known cure, to name a few medical quandaries. But I do not doubt science’s capability. I fully support the use of the germ theory of disease and Koch’s postulates. Yet, I can swallow my pride if new knowledge comes along that may be of use, that can further my understanding of the world. I hope I am not the only one.

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Environmental debate needs holistic thinkers he foundation of our quality of life is directly tied to our enviT ronment. This has been a pillar of community health since the dawn of organisms coexisting. While we advocate “thinking like a mountain,” what does it really mean? It is not a personification, or some hippie neo-pagan filament of thought, but rather an objective lens through which to analyze ecological integrity. The past decade has been so swamped full of infotainment, overloads of data, articles, pseudoscience, i-reporters and bloggers swarming the social consciousness with enough ideas, opinions, filigree and meandering tabloids of media to confuse just about anyone, let alone give them time to worry about seemingly far-flung ideas like “thinking like a mountain.” The phrase originated ahead of its time related to modern thought, coined by Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife management, 67 years ago this month, in reference to an epiphany he experienced about an encompassing ecological attitude. Yet now the gap is enough that many have forgotten about it, and perhaps its message is more pressing and relevant today than ever before. The idea of ecological integrity is something many don’t think, care or worry about. Amidst the Gulf oil spill, nuclear waste leaching into the oceans, melting ice sheets, floods, droughts, loss of forest, acidifying of oceans and increases in carbon dioxide, perhaps we all should ponder what ecological integrity and conscience means for us, the future and the youth of today. The disconnect of care and concern in reference to planet Earth is not only disconcerting, but speaks to something much larger and more profound in our societal ethos — a main vein of logic that has either not been tapped or is blocked by power structures and the hectic lifestyles that leave us with little time to think. The disconnect is alarming, and it is not that technology is bad — it is good — but we are missing something in the algorithm of altruism, true cost-benefit analysis and wealth and stature of nations. The economy of nature exists whether we acknowledge it or not. I’ve got a problem with hippies and neo-conservatives. I used to consider myself an environmentalist until I realized this label is chock full of stigmas. I’d rather be labeled another concerned citizen worried about clean air, water and what a carbon footprint really is. We regularly hear about thresholds and tipping points

as well as inadequate quantifications of externalities and our viewpoint of industrial ecology. Science and the accumulation of our understanding shows us there is much we still do not know, but there is much we do know yet fail to act upon and implement. The famous physicist Max Planck is quoted as saying, “a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” Some would argue this is happening while others say we do not hold the luxury of such in the thick of things, and perhaps luckily for us today’s rates of change may allow us to disprove his thought about lag time. Thinking like a mountain has nothing to do with life sprouting from oneself or rolling down fields. It doesn’t deal with the soft hues of sunset or dawn casting shadows and shapes across our ancient Appalachian landscape. It entails a way of looking at life holistically, completely, without any separation or fragmentation. We are not isolated entities apart from nature. We are a part of nature. This touches upon public stewardship and acceptance of interdependence — an extension of ethics that is a necessary step in human progression — connections many levels of magnitude beyond present understanding. An idea that isn’t absurd, only foreign, yet our atavistic endeavors hold flickers of memory, a haze of understanding just waiting to be embraced again. It’s not merely about intelligent humility or moving away from an egocentric point of view. Not merely perceiving life as more than our small circle of direct impact, more than the sum of its parts, but as a symbiotic playing field we are all participants in. It’s not that hard. Try it for a moment, try thinking like a mountain. The difference between acknowledgement and apathy can sometimes be so small it is indistinguishable. However, sometimes it can be irrefutably and inextricably moving. It can be moving so much so that it shakes a generation on a frequency so hard it reverberates its members into a different way of viewing the world and our place within it. This moment in time of exponential change is ample and ripe of such intense paradigm shifts, and while the inertia of thought can be sluggish and resistant, we’ve got to embrace it. The transition is upon us, and we would be wise to begin the acclimation and

cross over sooner rather than later. Inventing the future is a given, the unknown exists in what sort of future we are inventing. In 1939 Leopold’s comprehensive ecological viewpoint was stated in a paper, a simple idea of a biotic pyramid, an idea many of us learn in biology yet fail in allowing it’s permeation into our reality — this view that life in this closed system is “a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants, and animals.” The recent halcyon past has lulled us into a false sense of security. Health is related across the board, intimate relationships we sometimes do not grasp because of nature’s expansive buffering capacity, feedback loops and nonlinear ripples. We are an adaptable species and our transmutation of values is heading toward a more accurate portrayal of the importance of functioning ecosystems as vital life-support systems and services. The gap lies in implementation of these values and further expansion of our ethics. Nature is not something that is merely pretty to look at but essential to civilization. Cultivating a love of land and country is a vital piece of this puzzle but it can be reduced to a much more functional, necessary requirement of stability and longterm health and wealth. We live in the synaptic gap between thought and action. Because we have a long row to hoe doesn’t mean we give up nor assume that the market and unseen forces will rectify everything. There is a heavy weight of obstacles and challenges ahead of us, without a doubt. Simultaneously, there is a sense of renewal and opportunity budding around us which is dependent on our ethics and actions. Life is shifting. We exist in strange, exciting and elastic times, but all systems have their limits. We all want a bright future for our youth, but nothing is written in stone meaning that the choices are still upon us. It’s time we all strip ourselves of simple, closed-off views of our actions and ourselves. We are inextricably linked beyond belief and ecology runs much deeper than we can fathom, somewhere close to the wisdom and holistic ethos of thinking like a mountain.

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Bullpen collapses as Hokies drop series against Seminoles MATT JONES sports reporter For coach Pete Hughes and the Virginia Tech baseball team, this weekend represented the highs and lows of Atlantic Coast Conference baseball. The Hokies dropped the weekend series to the Florida State Seminoles two games to one, losing on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday night, the Hokies got a great pitching performance from starter Joe Mantiply in a 2-1 win. Tech scratched across two runs in the bottom half of the third off Florida State ace Sean Gilmartin, and the Hokies bullpen tandem of Manny Martir and Jake Atwell closed the door. “You got a guy like Joe Mantiply and a guy like Gilmartin, those are two

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good ones in the ACC,” said Andrew Rash, Hokies left fielder. “They’re going to do what they have to do to throw strikes and keep their clubs in the ballgame.” Rash finished the series six for 13 with two home runs and retained his ACC home run lead, as he now stands at 13. Rash attributes his 2011 success to not trying to do too much. “I’m just trying to stay within myself,” Rash said. “Coach (Hughes) stays on top of me to stay within myself — do the little things.” After the pitchers’ duel Friday evening, the bats for both teams warmed up on Saturday and Sunday. A combined 56 runs were scored on the two days. “Offensively I thought we played really good,” Hughes said. “Offensively I feel great where our team’s at, but

there are a lot of different phases to this game.” Saturday, the Hokies built an 11-7 lead heading into the sixth inning, highlighted by a Ronnie Shaban grand slam in the fourth inning. The lead would not hold however, as the Hokies bullpen struggled to contain the Seminoles’ bats on a cold, windy evening. Florida State broke through in the top of the seventh on a Sherman Johnson RBI single to take a 12-11 lead. The Seminoles would only build on that lead as the Hokies bullpen allowed eight runs in five and a third innings, and Tech would eventually fall 15-11. “You had extreme offensive conditions with the wind blowing out, so no lead was safe,” Hughes said. “Our bullpen didn’t throw enough strikes. “It’s aggravating,” he said. “When

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of 18-12. “We had some long innings and the defense didn’t always help out the pitchers,” Seaborn said. “We just have to stick with it because it’s easy to lose your focus. We have to keep grinding in those long innings, especially when it’s cold.” After some demoralizing defeats this weekend, Tech will need a big finish to the season if it hopes to make the ACC Tournament. The Hokies, who now sit at 19-19 overall including 4-14 in the ACC, need a big finish to the season if they hope to get the 10 wins required for the ACC Tournament. “We’re all frustrated right now,” Hughes said. “We need to play well Tuesday against a real good East Tennessee State team, then we have to go to Maryland and play well and get right back in the thick of things.”

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you have a team on the ropes like we did, and you’re that close to winning a series, a series we needed to win, we just didn’t do a good enough job pitching.” The Hokies defense certainly did not help out its pitchers, as it committed seven errors over the course of three games. In games as meaningful as these, the mistakes were magnified. “We did not do a good enough job defending the outfield,” Hughes said. “Walks and outfield defense was the story of those two losses.” In games which the Hokies built leads, throwing strikes was critical. Tech pitchers allowed six walks Friday, 11 on Saturday and 10 on Sunday allowing the Seminoles to take two of three. “For the most part we played alright, although defense and pitching strug-

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‘Scream 4’ lacks creative edge of its predecessors 1996, a revolutionary horror movie made its way out of In director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson’s imaginations and into theaters, scaring and cleverly amusing horror fans. The film was called “Scream,” and I remember it as the movie in Blockbuster I had nightmares about because of its scary video box. Thirteen years later, scary movies no longer bothered me and I assimilated myself, one film at a time, into the horror genre culture. After watching many classics, I returned to the movie with the terrifying box cover. “Scream” not only made me jump and close my eyes, but it also kept me smiling at its self-referential jokes and nods to many timeless horror films. “Scream 4,” while not anywhere near as original as the first — after all, it is a sequel — still doled out the laughs and screams of its predecessors. Fifteen years after the original “Scream” took place, heroine Sydney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, returns to her old hometown to promote a new selfhelp book she has written. Also returning from the three previous “Screams” are the now-married police officer Dewy Riley, played by David Arquette, and reporter Gale Weathers, played by Courtney Cox. Unfortunately, a new killing spree of the infamous ghost face aimed at Jill Prescott, Sydney’s cousin played by Emma Roberts, and Jill’s friends leaves Sydney questioning whether she will ever find peace. Those going into the movie with no knowledge of the previous “Scream” movies may not be sure whether the laughs are intentional. Is this just a really bad slasher flick? Or is it supposed to be sort of funny? The answer is both. By using the cliches from other famous horror films, especially those from the 1980s, “Scream 4” makes stale conventions fresh again. Ridiculous is a mild way to sum up “Scream 4.” It is definitely more flamboyant than the original. The gore factor was about the same as in the first, but the first “Scream”

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If you’re a fan of the series, go see ‘Scream 4.’ If you have little knowledge of the original, don’t waste your money going to the theaters. Rent ‘Scream’ instead. After all, if you don’t like the best movie of the bunch, you most likely won’t like the mediocre sequels.

was much more subtle in its selfreferencing and cliches. In “Scream 4,” it seemed like some character was rolling his eyes or scoffing at formulaic horror movies every five minutes, which is what this movie is all about. But being more outrageous than the original is not necessarily a

good thing. “Scream 4” was definitely entertaining, but it lacked the creativity of the first. We get it, it’s a new generation, and there are some new horror movie rules: To not be cliche, you must be cliche, but that would just be cliche. That about sums up the logic of “Scream 4.” The horror genre has been pretty disappointing in recent years, with an onslaught of sequels and remakes — “Scream 4” does that for me. So instead, I leave you with this: If you’re a fan of the series, go see “Scream 4.” If you have little knowledge of the original, don’t waste your money going to the theaters. Rent the first “Scream” instead. After all, if you don’t like the best movie of the bunch, you most likely won’t like the mediocre sequels.

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Halloween (1978) While not a satire like “Scream,” “Halloween” is the primary basis for it. Psychotic masked murderer Michael Myers, who has just recently escaped an insane asylum, terrorizes babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends.

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Panda Bear’s latest album evokes emotion s been almost three years since Noah Bear” Lennox released his Ilastt’“Panda solo album, the highly acclaimed “Person Pitch.” But he has finally returned with his latest effort, “Tomboy.” Released on April 12, via Paw Tracks, the album marks a departure from the sunny disposition found on “Person Pitch,” taking on a darker and more conflicted tone, represented by the stark, grey-scale artwork that accompanies the album and its singles. Gone are the collages of wild samples piled on each other. Gone are the 12-minute songs that spend half their duration building an introduction. The album, which has been in the making for years, was produced by Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember, former member of the influential psychedelic rock band Spacemen 3, and recent producer of MGMT’s sophomore album. “Tomboy” features Lennox going back to basics — every song started out with a simple formula of guitar, beat and vocals. However, the finished product is something far deeper than that. Taking his instructions from Lennox himself, Kember has helped flesh out every track, adding subtle touches to some songs and simply making things louder in others. One of the most notable aspects of Kember’s production is the prominent place vocals take in the mix. On “Person Pitch,” Lennox’s words often got swirled up in the music’s chaos, making lyrics nearly impossible to discern at times. This time around, Lennox’s saccharine singing is loud and clear, and lyrics are more easily understood. “Tomboy” opens with the beautifully sparse “You Can Count On Me,” signaling the beginning of the darker first half of the album. Eerie samples float around the back, always lurking somewhere behind Lennox’s strong vocals. After “You Can Count On Me,” the album sort of works in pairs. “Tomboy” and “Slow Motion” follow, both murky and dark. Title track “Tomboy” features a burning eight-bit synthesizer line over the guitar that might take a while for

listeners to get used to, but once you’ve figured out how it fits into the song, it seems indispensable. Lennox’s vocal performance in “Tomboy” is one of his strongest — his voice soars from note to note, miles above the rest of the instrumentation and drenched in reverb. “Slow Motion” opens with a shot from an instrument called a spring reverb, indicating right away that the track is going to be cloudy and moody. The beat is heavy and clearly shows the influence of dub artists, such as King Tubby, where lyrics repeat on end to create a sort of hypnotic trance by the end. The next pair consists of the absolutely radiant “Surfer’s Hymn” and “Last Night at the Jetty.” Easily the most likely to be compared to anything on “Person Pitch,” “Surfer’s Hymn” is exactly what it sounds like. The track opens with a kaleidoscopic marimba loop and the sounds of waves washing in. An ode to surfing, the song contains lines like “Out on the water, a rider can get ready / Though waves come crashing, a good board can steady.” Pitch-shifted vocal samples bounce around the mix, singing along with the main vocals like a strange, childlike chorus. An emotional climax for the album is “Afterburner,” which shows Lennox at the angriest listeners have ever heard him. The guitar is heavy, and the beat hits harder than in any other song on “Tomboy.” An extended outro of bombastic guitar and drum beats carries on for almost two minutes before losing

steam and surrendering to the peacefulness of album closer “Benfica.” For those who followed the development and oft-delayed release of the album, “Benfica” may feel like a strange song to end the album with. However, the ethereal vocals and the airy sample of a stadium full of cheering fans creates an appropriate ending. “Tomboy” will most likely struggle to find its place in the shadow of Lennox’s landmark “Person Pitch” and might not inspire the spawning of an entire genre of music the way that album did. But what “Tomboy” offers is an album with a wider emotional range. Whereas “Person Pitch” was consistently cheery and summery, “Tomboy” finds Lennox exploring the contradictions in his life and his emotions. Listeners not only get the buoyant radiance of “Person Pitch” in songs such as “Surfer’s Hymn” and “Last Night at the Jetty,” but they also get to see a darker side of Panda Bear with tracks such as “Scheherazade” and “Afterburner.” No matter where “Tomboy” ends up falling in the canon of the indie world, it goes without saying that Lennox has crafted one of the best albums of 2011.

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1. Students reflect on the candlelight vigil after most of the attendees had left. Photo by Paul Kurlak, spps. 2. About 300 people ran the 3.2 Mile Run in Remembrance, despite the fact organizers canceled the event because of inclement weather. Photo by Austen Meredith, spps. 3. Molly Syme performs “Keep Breathing.” Photo by Walter Kidd, spps. 4. A candle for Leslie Geraldine Sherman is carried from the ceremonial candle during the university remembrance ceremony. Photo by Daniel Lin, spps. 5. Those who gathered for the Run in Remembrance and community picnic signed a banner honoring the victims. Photo by Austen Meredith, spps.

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