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MICHELLE SUTHERLAND news editor The largest earthquake in Virginia history shook the region Tuesday afternoon. The quake struck between Richmond and Charlottesville near Mineral, Va., at 37.875°N, 77.908°W at a depth of 3.7 miles. The only Virginian quake to match Tuesday’s occurred in Giles County in 1897. Both were a magnitude of 5.9, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Witnesses reported feeling shaking all over Virginia, and as far as Canada, Ohio and Georgia. While there was no damage in Blacksburg, other parts of the state were not so lucky. Significant damage was done to Louisa County Public Schools; all six will be closed until Sept. 6, according to its website. Six students and one staff member were injured. “My hard hat fell off, I was shaking, and one of my work friends almost fell off the roof — his face was priceless,” said Morgan Harney, a 2011 Virginia Tech graduate who was working in Richmond. Harney said the shaking lasted for about 90 seconds while he was on a rooftop. Julia Paegle, a freshman at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., said she felt the building she was in shake for about 20 seconds. “We thought it was (the construction above us), but then we saw people running out of the building,” Paegle said. “It wasn’t too violent, then it was over.” Other parts of the District saw more damage. Part of a National Cathedral spire fell and was signifi-

cantly damaged, and some tiles in Reagan National Airport crashed onto the floor. There are reports of other minor property damage in the D.C. area, according to U.S. Capitol Police. Fire officials are also investigating major cracks in the Ecuadorian Embassy and Bell Multicultural School. While most wouldn’t associate the mid-Atlantic region with earthquakes, minor and moderate tremors have rocked the region since the 18th century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The most recent moderate earthquake was a 4.8 that occurred Dec. 9, 2003. Experts say it is normal for a quake this big to be felt over such a large swath of land. “In the eastern United States, the crust is colder, and the waves travel farther without being damped out than in the western United States,” said Scott King, a geoscience professor at Tech. “The rocks here are very solid,” said John Hole, another geoscience professor at Tech. “It will allow those waves to travel a fair distance before they get absorbed, therefore feeling it over a distance of a few hundreds of miles is quite expected.” News editor Claire Sanderson contributed to this story.

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John Hole, a professor of geosciences, poses with a seismograph readout from Tuesday’s earthquake in the department’s Derring Hall ofﬁce.

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Woman assaulted Former official heads Va. education MICHELLE SUTHERLAND news editor A woman was sexually assaulted outside of Dietrick Dining Hall Monday, according to the Virginia Tech Police Department. VTPD received the report Tuesday. The woman reported she was assaulted at 11:45 p.m. while waiting for a ride in the Dietrick parking lot. Two unidentified males “forcibly fondled”

her from behind before taking off by foot toward the Engel parking lot. VTPD described the suspects as “white males, unknown age, wearing khaki pants, and both wearing polo shirts (one orange, one green). One of the males was also wearing a dark colored baseball hat and had short dark brown hair. The other had a short, close cut, light brown hair.” Anyone with information regarding this case should contact Detective Daniel Hardy at dhardy@vt.edu.

JOSH HIGGINS news reporter A former Virginia Tech official has been appointed as Virginia’s new secretary of education. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office announced Tuesday that Laura Fornash, a Tech alumna who worked for the university in several capacities, had been appointed as the new secretary. Fornash had served as interim sec-

retary since July, and as deputy secretary of education for the Virginia Department of Education. She also served as the executive director of the Commission on Higher Education, Reform, Innovation and Investment. During her tenure with the department, Fornash helped create initiatives to improve access to higher education and make college more affordable. Fornash held positions at Tech with student affairs, distance learning and

government relations, and as director of the Virginia Tech Richmond Center. Fornash also served as the restructuring project director at Tech, where she led the creation of the 2005 Restructuring Act. The act helps public college and university operations become more independent if certain academic and performance requirements are met. Follow the writer on Twitter: @joshualhiggins

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Cadets inventory their equipment with sophmore and junior cadets at the ﬁrst ROTC lab of the year.

Army ROTC support staff explain changes for this academic year in a meeting on the Upper Quad.

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what you’re saying //comments from online readers... On yesterday’s earthquake:

Anonymous>> I didn’t feel anything???

Anonymous>> your an idiot

Anonymous>> Thanks for the insult, but I’m really not even joking; I didn’t feel anything on the ground floor of Bishop-Favrao Hall.

Anonymous>> Maybe because it’s a building construction department facility?? Guess they lead by example! :)

G M-C>> I felt it all the way in Ridgewood Queens NY. The whole kitchen, the windows and the refrigerator shook so hard like they were dancing!

Anonymous>> Yeah, I didn’t feel anything either, although my roommates did

Anonymous>> Felt very pronounced back and forth shaking in NW Blacksburg

On to-go boxes:

Anonymous>> As someone who worked at a dining hall on campus, I can tell you that the styrofoam containers are all about portion and pricing. Ask for a Red Zone in an environmentally friendly paper wrap instead of styrofoam,, even if you don’t want chips and a pickle they will not give it to you. Bureaucracy trumps environmen t every time.

Gadhafi’s son resurfaces ERIKA BOLSTAD mcclatchy newspapers CAIRO — Libyan rebels battled Monday to hold Tripoli as Moammar Gadhafi’s son and longtime heir apparent — whom the rebels claimed to have captured — made a surprise appearance outside a hotel and dismissed claims that his father had lost control of the country. That Seif al-Islam Gadhafi was in fact free — and not in their custody, as they’d bragged Sunday — wasn’t just a tremendous embarrassment for the rebels. It also raised serious questions about the credibility of the opposition government set to take control of post-Gadhafi Libya and, more urgently, about the rebels’ claims to control nearly all of the capital. Seif al-Islam’s purported arrest had signaled the imminent end of the regime, and it wasn’t clear whether he escaped from custody or was never captured at all. Rebel leaders didn’t immediately explain what happened, and the White House had no immediate comment. Just a day earlier, the International Criminal Court had said it would ask the rebels to transfer Seif al-Islam to its custody to try him for crimes against humanity. Late Monday, Arabic satellite channels showed the son swaggering out of an armored SUV outside a hotel housing foreign journalists shortly after midnight local time, wearing a scruffy beard and an army green t-shirt, shaking hands with supporters and saying, “Things are fine in Tripoli.” News services reported that Seif alIslam then took some foreign journalists on a tour of parts of Tripoli under Gadhafi’s control and suggested that government forces had allowed the rebels to enter Tripoli as a plot to entrap them. The news cast a pall of uncertainty over a day in which rebels battled to consolidate their grip on the capital even as they clashed with pro-Gadhafi holdouts at his Bab al Azizya compound in southern Tripoli. Another Gadhafi son, Mohammed, reportedly escaped rebel custody in unclear circumstances. And residents in Zuwara, a town west of Tripoli and about 30 miles from the Tunisian border, reported heavy shelling from three nearby towns believed to be loyal to the longtime ruler. Anees al Fonas, a member of the rebel media council from Zuwara who spoke by phone from Tunisia, said that rockets and mortars had been fired “for the last 24 hours, nonstop,” from

the nearby towns of Zolton, Riqdalin and Al Jamil. One civilian was killed Monday when a rocket landed on the roof of his house, and four others were injured, Fonas said. A small group of rebels were on the outskirts of Zuwara, but reinforcements from rebel-held Sabrata, about 25 miles to the east, could not arrive because Gadhafi forces reportedly were stationed near a road connecting the two. President Barack Obama called for a “peaceful, inclusive and just” transition but warned that the situation “is still very fluid.” The six-month fight against Gadhafi, aided by a NATOled coalition, turned in favor of the rebels only in the past two weeks, and took far longer than the Arab Spring revolutions in neighboring Egypt and Tunisia. Still, Obama, who was vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., told rebels that “the Libya you deserve is within your reach.” And residents reached by phone said that much of Tripoli appeared to be in opposition hands, with rebels and volunteers setting up checkpoints, deploying civilian patrols and securing buildings. The Rixos Hotel, where Seif alIslam arrived, is one of the few places Gadhafi’s forces had retained control, in part by positioning gunmen nearby and threatening foreign journalists that they would be shot if they stepped outside. In TV footage, he’s shown describing the rebels as “saboteurs” and said that “The people of Libya have broken the spine of those gangsters.” Gadhafi himself remained at large, a status that “almost doesn’t matter,” said the U.S. State Department’s Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs. “He has become, for all intents and purposes, part of Libya’s past, and now people need to look to build Libya’s better future,” he said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” In Tripoli, there remained an air of apprehension about whether Gadhafi’s four-decade stranglehold on the oilrich North African nation had really come to an end. An employee answering the phones in Tripoli at the Veba Oil Co., a subsidiary of the National Oil Co. of Libya, said few people were at work Monday. “Everybody stays in their homes, nobody goes out,” said the man, who would not disclose his name for fear of retribution. “I hope it is good ... that things become better than before. I am a normal person, what I see in the street is that nobody can understand

this. We hope it becomes like before.” The oil company employee said he didn’t know the condition of export facilities or production and said those are questions Libyans are asking, too. But stable Internet and cellular telephone networks returned to the city Monday, said one resident of eastern Tripoli, Adel, who also declined to give his last name because of safety concerns. “The families in Tripoli are celebrating the arrival of the rebels — they have been terrorized and suppressed for months,” he said. “Anyone who talked was arrested by the Gadhafi army and would disappear. We are finally breathing our freedom, God help us continue and reach our victory.” Obama urged rebel forces to respect law and human rights, a call echoed by the head of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who was Gadhafi’s justice minister before defecting near the start of the uprising. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Monday to Abdul Jalil about what the international community can do to assist Libyans in protecting civilians as well as providing key services, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. Clinton and Abdul Jalil also spoke about the rebel council’s efforts to assemble an inclusive government that will “foster peaceful reconciliation among all of Libya’s people,” Nuland said. Abdul Jalil, who’s expected to become Libya’s new leader until elections are held, said he hoped that Gadhafi would be captured alive and given a fair trial. In a news conference in Benghazi, the rebels’ eastern capital, he said even Libyans who’d previously withheld their support for the uprising would be welcomed as partners. He urged holdouts to join the rebels’ side, saying it was “better late than never.” He also warned rebels against carrying out revenge attacks and said he’d resign if the opposition didn’t follow the rule of law as they attempt to rebuild Libya. “We are on the threshold of a new stage where we’ll work to establish the principles of the revolution: freedom, democracy, justice, equality and transparency,” he said. American diplomats in Libya have apparently looked favorably on Abdul Jalil for years. Officials at Human Rights Watch told U.S. Embassy staff privately that he was “a proponent of the rule of law,” according to a December 2009 cable from U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz that was obtained by WikiLeaks.

world Syrians dissidents form national council ISTANBUL, Turkey — Syrian dissidents meeting here announced Tuesday that they have formed a national council to coordinate their efforts to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad. The formation of the National Council of Syria was intended to help give an identity to an opposition that despite months of bloody anti-Assad rallies appears largely leaderless and without common goals. The membership of the council, however, was not specified, though a spokesman said it would include 115 to 120 members from all factions of Syria’s opposition groups. About half of that membership was to be drawn from dissidents inside Syria. Yaser Tabbara, a spokesman, said the names of those still in Syria likely would remain secret for their own safety. The announcement of the coun-

cil’s formation came five days after the United States, after months of delay, called for Assad to resign. U.S. officials had delayed asking for Assad to go in large part, analysts said, because U.S. officials were uncertain who the opposition was and what its goals were. Western European nations joined the United States in demanding that Assad step down. A similar group, the National Transitional Council, was formed in Libya last spring after demonstrations demanding the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi drew tens of thousands into the streets. The council became the de facto government of eastern Libya after demonstrators stormed Gadhafi military bases, and its chief, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, is expected to lead Libya’s transition to democracy after Gadhafi is defeated. Members of Syrian dissident groups met in Istanbul for four days

before announcing the council. The groups included a wide range of Syria’s political and ethnic groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, liberals, Kurds and Turkmen. An Islamist member of the opposition, Obeida Nahas, said he expected members of the national council to be announced in two weeks. “This council will represent the revolution, not the political parties,” Nahas said. “The revolution itself is much wider and broader than the political parties. Our aim is to represent the concerns and demands of the Syrian people.” Nahas said the group was opposed to international intervention in Syria. The group’s statement said the council would be responsible for drafting a platform that “brings together the youth revolutionaries.” - ipek yezdani, mcclatchy newspapers

nation Former IMF chief dropped of charges NEW YORK — A judge Tuesday dismissed all charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a day after prosecutors said the hotel maid who had accused him of trying to rape her could not be trusted. A total of seven charges — four felonies and three misdemeanors — were dropped and StraussKahn was a free man for the first time since May 14, when he was taken off of a jet about to leave New York for Paris and put in jail. He left the courtroom smiling after Tuesday’s hearing, which lasted about 13 minutes. “I am satisfied the people’s application was made in good faith ... I see no basis to deny the people’s application,” Judge Michael Obus said in upholding the prosecution’s request to drop the case. Obus also said his decision was contingent upon an appellate court

upholding his decision handed down earlier Tuesday to reject demands that a special prosecutor be assigned to the case. The attorney for the alleged assault victim filed a motion Monday accusing the district attorney of being biased against his client. Obus turned down the motion; a request for it to be reviewed by an appellate court was considered a formality and was not expected to affect the eventual outcome of the case. Strauss-Kahn was indicted by a grand jury May 18 and released on bail. But his bail was lifted in July and the case began unraveling after prosecutors said that his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, had lied to investigators about several things. Strauss-Kahn arrived at the courthouse Tuesday about 30 minutes before the hearing with his wife, Anne Sinclair. Neither spoke to reporters. As the hearing got under way on the 13th floor of the

courthouse in lower Manhattan, chants from activists demanding that the charges not be dropped could be heard from the hallway outside. Strauss-Kahn always denied guilt and said the brief sexual encounter between him and the maid in his Sofitel hotel suite was consensual. While prosecutors acknowledged that they had no way of knowing whether his account was true, they said Diallo’s “pattern” of lies — including one in which she claimed to have been gang-raped in her native Guinea but then recanted it — made it impossible to trust her. “If we do not believe her beyond a reasonable doubt, we cannot ask a jury to do so,” they said in the motion for dismissal filed Monday. - geraldine baum and tina susman, mcclatchy newspapers

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Why American citizens are not protesting: Information overload and apathetic youth pon arriving home from England in early August, the few weeks U I had to spend with my family in Northern Virginia flew by so fast that my retrospective vision gives nothing but a blur. I do recall, however, seeing on the news that there were protests in London—and that it was serious. People were angry about the large budget cuts and were taking to the streets. I was not able to shake the thought that I just narrowly missed being caught up in the chaos. Streets I had walked weeks before were now a place where police officers were being attacked with ammonia-filled light bulbs. These thoughts stuck with me as I was driving back to Virginia Tech and were present when “For What It’s Worth,” a song by the 1960s rock band Buffalo Springfield, came on my iPod. I recall my parents telling me that this song came to be a protest song in the United States regarding events occurring during the 1960s, namely, the Vietnam War. I started to think of contemporary American protest songs, yet I kept drawing blanks. How come Americans are not taking to the streets nowadays and protesting? In an article in the Outlook section of the Washington Post last week, David S. Meyers acknowledges the lack of Americans protesting and points out that it certainly is not because Americans are not angry. I agree with this claim—everyone seems to be

upset about something. And oftentimes, this upset feeling is combined with extreme feelings of passion. We have all seen this. Whether it is people claiming that the joblessness currently prevalent in the United States will be the death of our country or students and parents vocally stating their dislike for the high costs of schooling, it seems that most people are just not comfortable. Polling data from the Pew Research Center showed that in June 2011, only roughly half the American population actually approved of the way Obama handled his job. So why is there a lack of unity despite many people having a common ground? One reason is that Americans have become conditioned to be in a state of unease. Currently, we live in a society of information overload. Everywhere a citizen of the U.S. turns, there is information being thrown into their face, be it via television or magazines and newspapers. However, I feel that a major contributing factor to the supersaturation of US citizens with information is due to the evolution of the Internet to its contemporary state, where sites such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter give people large amounts of information instantly. Not only can you read about the protests in London in the paper, you can see friends’ pictures from the protest on Facebook, read a tweet from a celebrity about the severity of the

protestors, and actually see protestors upload their videos onto YouTube. The recent scare at Tech on August 4th also demonstrates the speed at which information travels. Within thirty minutes of receiving both the email and text message from Tech about the possible gunman on campus, my friends who currently reside in other states (California, New York) were messaging me on Facebook asking me if everything was alright. Because information can travel so fast, more information can be sent, leading to information overload. Like a sound or smell you become accustomed to over time, have we become so used to seeing chaos and feeling unease that we do not feel motivated to do anything about it? The problem could also be that there is no prominent target to attack. With the way our political system is set up, who would you protest against to get the change you wanted? Issues have become more complicated. For example, I cannot say I am the happiest person in the world about college costs. Maybe, infused with a bit more passion, I may find a large group of individuals who feel the same way and as a result, we all want to protest together. But who would we target? A specific college? State representatives? Specific committees or subcommittees? Or should we jump through all the red tape and go straight for President Barack Obama? Such confu-

sion could be a contributing factor due to the many hoops our political system has people jump through nowadays. One point to acknowledge regarding protests is made by David Meyers. Although anger and anxiety can be a contributing factor to protests, what they need at their core is organization. Without organization, you just have a bunch of people. By channeling that anxiety and anger into organization, you have an interest group, or at least, a group with power. A prominent example of this would be the Tea Party movement that is occurring in the U.S.—organized and powerful. A foil to this would be the atheist and agnostic population in the U.S. Richard Dawkins points out that some polls suggest atheists and agnostics outnumber religious Jews, but do not have nearly as much political power as the Jewish political lobby due to a lack of organization. So the question raised is this— where do these organizers come from? Are they specially-trained and privately funded? Or is there something in their genetic code that drives them? Or is it a combination of nature and nurture? I do not know. Protesting is not something that is only done by hippies or crazy leftwinged animal rights activists. It has many merits. Protests not only increase the visibility of your cause by being noticeable (street marching or picketing, for example), but they also dem-

onstrate that the group protesting is one to be noticed—they have power and are organized, and thus, could be influential. In fact, psychologists at the University of Sussex showed that participating in protests is good for you. Participants in protests tend to experience a deep sense of euphoria and are able to cope with physical stress and anxiety. It ultimately seems that by not doing anything, we are putting up with everything and accepting it as is. For example, I may be frustrated at the costs of college or the healthcare in the U.S., but by not protesting it, I am accepting it—for the time being, that is. However, if a law was passed that said all children with green eyes should be deported, I would be out protesting immediately. That is not something I could accept, nor something that I could put off, despite the fact that I was a student and would risk postponing my education. Although Americans can claim to be dissatisfied with life in this country, by not protesting and staying silent, we are, in fact, giving a resounding head nod of approval.

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Saving salmon, Welcome to Virginia Tech: while saving jobs Guide for transfer students ecently, the Obama administration's plan to restore endangered R Columbia and Snake River salmon was declared illegal by U.S. District Judge James Redden in Portland, Ore. The Columbia/Snake was once the most productive salmon watershed on earth; now 13 of its 19 salmon stocks are threatened or endangered by extinction, with total numbers at 1 percent of historic levels. How the administration responds to the verdict is vital for every West Coast state, but the national stakes are also high _ for taxpayers and jobs, for our natural heritage and for the Endangered Species Act. The stakes are rooted in this fact: the largest killer of Columbia and Snake River salmon is the government itself, which owns and operates dams that kill more of the endangered iconic fish than all other human factors combined. Judge Redden has now found three consecutive plans illegal, from three administrations over 11 years, because each put protecting status quo operations of federal dams above science and the law. This is no activist judge; he has been patient to a fault through a decade of government law breaking, and has now given the Obama administration an additional two years to develop a legal plan. But the administration should be shamed by his judgment: "The history of the Federal Defendants' lack of, or at best, marginal compliance with the procedural and substantive requirements of the (Endangered Species Act) ... has been laid out in prior Opinions and Orders in this case and is repeated here only where relevant." With the Endangered Species Act under persistent assault by many in Congress, it is dispiriting when federal agencies _ in this case dam agencies _ make violating that law a decade-long policy, and doubly dispiriting when the Obama administration goes along. The public damage ripples far beyond this specific case. Ditto for jobs. The West Coast's salmon economy _ fishing, food, recreation and tourism jobs _ has borne the costs, while the hope its people felt when President Obama took office has

been disappointed. Since 2006, salmon businesses have used the Endangered Species Act to protect and create jobs, winning interim salmon measures from Judge Redden that have boosted fish numbers. But the Obama administration, like its predecessor, has opposed these job-creating actions. The same goes for taxpayers. Over the past decade, Americans have spent about $10 billion implementing flawed salmon plans. This is the largest endangered species program in America; it should be lawful and science-based, so that the public investment is repaid with actual salmon recovery. Now, thanks to Judge Redden, this past can become a prologue to needed change. President Obama's team has a second chance to restore salmon and create jobs. First, they can quickly start work under the court's order with those who won the case _ the state of Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe, and fishing and conservation groups _ to build a better plan. The court ordered the new plan to closely examine changes at the federal dams, including removal of four dams on the lower Snake River. Second, they can begin parallel stakeholder talks among fishermen, farmers and energy users on a broader agreement in which job creation is a core goal. Leaders like Oregon Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber and Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo support a collaborative approach and stand ready to help. Collaboration is hard work and takes time, but it has succeeded on other tough issues and the court has provided two years. It can accomplish the goal if work starts now. And if the administration brings to the table three basics missing from federal policy to date: real willingness to consider changes at federal dams; a team committed to working with farmers, fishermen and energy users toward solutions; and practical, hands-on politics that turn a Columbia/Snake salmon "problem" into an opportunity for job creation in salmon recovery, clean energy and water use.

PAT FORD -mcclatchy newspapers

llow me to welcome back my fellow Hokies and those who A have only just started their college careers, as another semester at Virginia Tech gets underway. I’d also like to welcome those special persons known as transfer students who likely have no idea what to expect from their first few months at this university. As someone who not only transferred to Tech one year ago and has lived to tell the tale, I’m going to give you “the rundown.” And hopefully, you will make it through what can easily become a rough time. Undoubtedly, you’ve found a place to live. If that happens to be on campus, good for you. Chances are you’ll have someone to occasionally eat lunch with and drag to the library. If you’re living in an off campus apartment, which you probably are, then I sincerely hope you have a roommate who loves taking you places or enjoys your company. That’s not to say all transfer students won’t find friends to hang out with — many transfer students are athletically inclined and join sports teams and/or clubs. A few transfer students become cadets or join Greek life, both of which connects them to large groups of sociable people. A lot of students, however, can’t dribble a ball or march in straight lines. And many don’t have the time or money to rush a fraternity or sorority. If you happen to be a transfer who fits into the latter, there are a couple things you should know. First, consider making friends

at Tech the same way you would consider a job interview. You have to sell yourself to potential bosses in the same way you need to sell yourself to make friends. I transferred as a junior and noticed right away that everyone I met had already established themselves within a group of people, just like I had done at my former university. Why should upperclassmen be overly outgoing and friendly? They already did that during their freshman year. Your employers need you to tell them why you’re right for the job. In other words, don’t expect anyone to go out of their way to befriend you. In their minds, they absolutely don’t have to — an attitude I continue to encounter from non-transfers, but you’ll get used to it. Also, if you have to work while you go to school, think about applying for a job on campus. Being employed just about anywhere will broaden your social circle, but working with other students is a great way to meet and hang out with other people. I got a job the summer before classes started, and it helped me immensely, especially in the beginning of the semester. No one wants to wear a hat and dish out food to other students in a dining hall, but at least you’ll be around people your own age. You could also try to do volunteer work for Tech. Volunteering doesn’t require a schedule, and you’ll get to meet people who care about the same things you do. Trust me, finding people who share your interests

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can make a difference in you hating or loving college. I transferred from the largest public school in Virginia, which was centered in a city comprised of thousands of people. Shifting from the city to Blacksburg nearly drained me. Although I only discovered a handful of people like myself, I was grateful to find them, and they made my experience at Tech that much easier. For transfers who are more concerned with grades and academics, I think you’ll find Tech can offer you many opportunities that other colleges may not be able to provide. For example, I’ve already met several amazing professors who were better than my previous professors combined. Definitely take advantage of the library, Math Emporium, Writing Center and other tutoring sessions. You’ve already been accepted, so there’s no need for me to sell the school to you. Seriously, take advantage of what Tech has to offer while you can. I haven’t forgotten all you nontransfer students who have been around the block once or twice either. This semester, make it your goal to be open to meeting people who aren’t part of your normal group of friends. Take them out for a drink, alright? They’re going to need it.

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Parents, stretched, get savvy about paying for college JENNA ROSS MINNEAPOLIS — Families straining to pay for college are making savvier moves as costs rise. More middle- and high-income students are choosing cheaper schools, living at home and getting grants and scholarships to pay for college, according to the Sallie Mae-Ipsos “How America Pays for College” study to be released Tuesday. Last year’s study found families grappling with the recession by reaching deeper into savings to pay a recordhigh slice of the growing cost of college. This time, the average family surveyed paid a little less for the 2010-11 school year than the year before, thanks to different choices and more grants.

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said. He also likes that MCTC’s program is hands-on, rather than theoretical. “MCTC has a similar program, but it’s a lot cheaper and closer to home.” Zabel will live with his middle-class parents in Shakopee and take the parkand-ride to downtown Minneapolis. Classes start Tuesday. Film isn’t necessarily a degree that requires a college education, he noted, but “having a degree is kind of necessary these days.” The survey, focused on students ages 18 to 24, indicates that most students and parents agree. This year’s results showed a jump in the “practical value of a college education to families.” More students and parents strongly agreed that college is “an investment in the future” and more cited “earn more money” as a reason to attend. But after record highs last year, fewer

parents were willing to stretch themselves financially for their students to attend. The percentage who “strongly agreed” that they would “rather borrow than not go” dropped from 59 percent last year to 51 percent this year. Students’ willingness to borrow, at 61 percent, was unchanged from last year. Parents seem a little less worried than last year, survey answers show. “We’ve seen the worry come down,” said Sarah Ducich, Sallie Mae’s senior vice president for public policy. “They’ve taken these steps and they’ve gotten a handle on their financing.” That seems strange to Ronald Ramsdell, founder of College Aid Consulting Services in Minneapolis, who helps his clients navigate and negotiate within the financial aid process. “It’s still bleak,” he said. “It’s awful.

The cost of education is still rising, Parents are still struggling. “It has not gotten better for families.” But he agrees that “families are now lowering their anxiety levels,” in part because they “realize that a community college is a good choice in the first and second years.” About a third of poor students attend public two-year colleges, a greater share than other income levels. But suddenly, a bigger chunk of high-income families are attending these low-cost institutions — 22 percent in 2010-11 compared to 12 percent in 2009-10. “This might help explain how middle- and higher-income families were able to reduce their contributions from income and savings,” the study says, “and decrease the overall amount they paid for college.”

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paid about 6 percent less. But families making less than $35,000 paid 14 percent more to meet this year’s college costs — from $17,404 in 2010 to $19,888 in 2011. College now eats up more than half of such a family’s household income. Nearly all the 1,600 students and parents surveyed in the study reported making new or different moves to save money, such as going to school part time, picking a lower-priced college or living at home. Tyler Zabel, 18, had been considering film schools in Florida and Chicago with tuition ranging from $25,000 to $42,000 a year. But he settled on Minneapolis Community and Technical College in part because the price tag is closer to $7,000 a year. “It was the most logical route,” Zabel

“While families were able to stretch in the shortest of terms ... that can only go so far,” said Clifford Young, pollster for Ipsos. “There’s some downsizing going on.” But they’re still sending their children to college. Nine out of 10 students strongly agreed that it’s “an investment in the future.” Meanwhile, parents’ anxieties about the economy, which peaked last year, dropped a bit. Rising tuition remains their No. 1 concern. Families reported paying an average of $21,889 on college-related expenses — including tuition, textbooks and rent — in 2011. That’s less than last year but more than in 2009 and 2008. The price tag for wealthier students dropped. Families making $100,000 or more paid 18 percent less than last year, while middle-income families

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Fraternity’s See Saw for Life draws blood donors TORIE DEIBLE features staff writer Seesaws, hot dogs and blood may not seem to go together, but one fraternity is ready to turn those unlikely components into a philanthrophy. The men of Delta Sigma Phi are ready to kickstart their annual See Saw for Life philanthropy event, which runs from Aug. 29, until Sept. 2. This five-day blood drive has added several new activities to its agenda this year in hopes of appealing to a wider audience. “This year we have decided to reinvent the event and make it something more,” said Mario Gazzola, the fraternity’s vice presi-

will raise money for the Red Cross. This year a free cookout with the Student Alumni Associates has also been added to kick off the event on Sunday in the Pritchard and Lee halls’ quad. The free cookout will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sandy Bass, a senior marketing management major and member of Delta Sigma Phi, said the cookout is a way to spread knowledge about the blood drive, especially to the freshman class. “It’s not to raise money, but it’s kind of a way to get people’s attention,” Bass said. “We’ll be handing out hot dogs, water and flyers to try and raise awareness.”

dent. “We have partnered with Student Affairs, Student Alumni Associates, and Housing and Residence Life to turn it into a Hokie event rather than a Greek event.” The American Red Cross will be hard at work collecting blood donations in the Commonwealth Ballroom in Squires Student Center next Monday, Aug. 29, through Wednesday, Aug. 31, as well as in McComas Hall on Thursday, Sept. 1, and Friday, Sept. 2. T-shirts with the tagline “I bleed Maroon and Orange” will be sold for $10 next week at the Squires Plaza Monday through Wednesday and sold outside of Owens Dining Center on Thursday and Friday. Sales

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Members of Delta Sigma Phi are hoping to match their goal of 500 blood donations. This would exceed Virginia Tech’s previous record of 380 donations. The name “See Saw for Life” stems from the fact that various members of the brotherhood will be seen throughout the week on a seesaw to raise awareness. Students are encouraged to stop by and take a ride on the seesaw themselves. “Collecting the 500-unit goal could save a lot of lives down the road, and watching the Virginia Tech community come together for a common good, much like Relay for Life and The Big Event, is always a great feeling,” said Grant Fennessy, the fraternity’s

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president. See Saw for Life plans to tap into the community vibe this year, aside from that of Greek organizations. “My favorite part of the event is just the awareness it generates,” Gazzola said. “Our spring philanthropy, Egyptian Expedition, is great because it raises over $10,000 yearly, but it’s mostly contained within the fraternity and sorority community.” See Saw for Life 2011 is certainly taking a different approach compared to previous years, but if the Facebook event is any indication, with close to 400 members planning to attend and 130 maybes, then Delta Sigma Phi’s goal of 500 donations could be met.

Although walk-ins are accepted, scheduled appointments to donate blood will remain a priority. To schedule an appointment, visit the Red Cross website at RedCrossBlood.org and enter the sponsor code “HOKIES.” For more information on the blood drive and free cookout visit the See Saw for Life Blood Drive page on Facebook. Those interested in learning more about blood donations and eligibility should call 1-866-236-3276. “We couldn’t ask for a better school to host this blood drive,” Fennessy said, “and I am confident us Hokies can make this successful.”

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Unsung heroes: Scales gets his scholarship

The walk-on fullback from Martinsville, Va. has made such an impact on the field that head coach Frank Beamer rewarded him with a scholarship Sunday. Beamer awarded Scales, fellow walk-on fullback Joey Phillips and receiver Corey Fuller with full athletic scholarships. He pulled the players into his office to break the news. “Coach said, ‘I think y’all have earned it. You’ve been working hard, and you’re good character people,’” Scales said. When a coach brings a player into his office, it isn’t always to praise their integrity. “Usually when you get called into his office, you did something wrong,” Scales said. “I was thinking to myself, ‘I think my grades are good. I haven’t gotten in any trouble. Well, I was a little late to a meeting that one time...’” Scales’ relief was much deeper than merely escaping discipline. “My dad has been laid off, so it’s even better because it takes the stress off him,” Scales said. “I know he was stressed. Most times he wouldn’t say it, but I can still tell.” Paying for college would stress out any parent, especially a father of five. Scales has four younger sisters — two are in college. “(Now my parents) can help my younger sisters," Scales said. "It was stressful, but we were always taught to relax because God will make a way.” And the Scales family did just that, despite economic downturn and job loss. “My mom said, ‘I knew it! I put you on special prayer request at church. Thank the Lord! Yes! Thank you Lord!’” Scales said. While his parents were comforted, no one was as relieved as Scales, who has finally achieved his childhood dream and been rewarded for his outstanding effort. However, he refuses to become complacent. “It doesn’t feel any different now because I still don’t have a starting spot on offense,” Scales said. “I still feel like a walk-on, and I haven’t quite earned that spot yet. Even though they did put me on scholarship, I still have to fight

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because I want to start. I don’t think it changes my mentality, it just takes pressure off in the financial area — but I’m still just as hungry. I might be even more hungry.” The redshirt junior hasn’t exactly taken the conventional route to playing big-time college football. Scales wasn’t a highly-touted recruit at Bassett High School, but was fortunate enough to receive a walk-on offer to play for the Hokies. However, before Scales could begin his career at Tech, he needed to improve his grades. In fall 2008, Scales enrolled at Patrick Henry Community College, where he spent the entire school year busting his tail in the classroom. Because he was a full-time student, that year counted as his first of football eligibility. After the spring semester, he received word that he had been accepted at Tech. Scales came to Blacksburg in summer 2009, worked out with the team, and made it through training camp. The Friday before school started, he received a letter from the Atlantic Coast Conference. “It said I was ineligible,” Scales said. “It said I could never play in the ACC unless I did such and such.” Apparently, the NCAA Clearinghouse never received Scales’ SAT scores from his high school, causing him to be ineligible. John Ballein, the associate director of athletics for football operations at Tech, told Martin he could try getting a job helping out with the football team — but Scales had other plans. “I was like, ‘Man, I want to play,’” Scales said. So Scales went back to Patrick Henry Community College for another year and earned his associate’s degree. Just like that, Scales had used up yet another year of eligibility. With his degree in hand, Scales was eligible to play football in the ACC. He came back to Blacksburg in summer 2010, and once again went through summer workouts and preseason camp. Beamer was so impressed with Scales’ speed that he put him on the punt team. Before long, Scales found himself on the kickoff team. As an integral member of Tech’s special teams unit, Scales made the dress squad for the Boise State game. “I was so happy,” Scales said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I came from two years of not playing any football, and next thing you know, I’m on the travel squad.”

Scales made the most of his opportunities on special teams. A few games later, Beamer entrusted him with punt and kickoff return duties as well. Scales finished the season with 14 special teams tackles, making him second on the team. Playing special teams requires a unique mindset, and Scales has it. “I like special teams — it’s fun,” Scales said. “It only lasts for a moment, but those few moments are game changing. I get to do what I like — run down the field and hit people.” Scales comes from a long line of borderline psychotic football players. His uncle, Bobby Martin, played linebacker for Tech in the 1980s. “Everybody I talk to says he was crazy,” Scales said. It was Bobby who inspired Scales and his older cousins, Orion and Cam Martin, to want to play football at Tech. Orion joined Tech’s football squad in 2004 as a walk-on defensive end after making stops at Hargrave Military Academy and Norfolk State University. He went on to earn a scholarship, as well as a two-year starter position at defenDANIEL LIN / SPPS sive end and the team captain name. Martin Scales makes a tackle in Saturday’s scrimmage, bringing down cornerback Jayron Hosley. Although his Tech football bloodlines cast a substantial shadow, Scales doesn’t mind the stress. Corey Fuller “The only pressure is when you come Redshirt-junior home. They’re going to ask, ‘Why’d you Position: Split end miss that tackle?’” he said. “They expect you to make that play. They support Hometown: you, but they expect you to be great.” Baltimore, Md. Being related to three Tech greats certainly has its perks. “I can always go talk to them, because they’ve been through it too,” Scales said. “When I first got here, Cam was still here. He said, ‘Look, you aren’t going to know the plays. Just go hit somebody.’ So I said, ‘Okay, I can do that.’” Since stepping foot on Tech’s campus, Scales has been taking Cam’s advice to heart. Every time he runs down the field Martin Scales Joey Phillips with a head full of steam and jacks up Redshirt-junior Redshirt-junior the ball-carrier, he proves that yes, he can do just that. Position: Full back Position: Fullback Follow the writer on Twitter: Hometown: Hometown: @CollinJCarroll

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