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Four Loko must Athletes huddle in classroom change can labels

BY JENN BATES | news staff writer

ABBY HARRIS news staff writer Four Loko will soon wear a label, showing that the beverage contains the same amount of alcohol as four beers.

Phusion Projects, LLC, the company that makes Four Loko, has agreed to package its 23.5-ounce products with the new label after a disagreement with the Federal Trade Commission regarding alleged deceptive marketing.

“I think people know that it’s worth more than one beer, because that’s why they get it,” said David Weise, a senior industrial and systems engineering major. “It’s more bang for your buck, pretty much.”

Jaisen Freeman, a co-founder of Phusion, also said Four Loko consumers are aware of the amount of alcohol it contains.

"Our can labels have always clearly conveyed exactly what's in them in bold, capital letters,” Freeman said in a press release posted on the company’s website. “This new, additional label will give consumers even more information."

The FTC claimed Phusion has been falsely stating that Four Lokos contain the amount of alcohol equivalent to one to two regular beers, while they really contain the amount of alcohol in four to five beers.

The FTC considers a “reguou ce, five ve lar beer” to be a 12-ounce, ohol by volume can, percent alcohol according to an article, "Four ees to Loko agrees abelchange labelom ing," from ews the Fox News website.

D a v i d Caudill, a musenior commuajor, nication major, said the label mindchange reminded him of the aphic warnings that required graphic will soon be shown on cigarette packages.

“I know in other countries he images of people they have the ous lungs and stuff with cancerous like that," hee said. "(But) I think w what they’re getpeople know ting into.” n to the label change, In addition ll be releasing new, Phusion will resealable cans for products mor orre alcohol that of o containing more beeers. This includes 2.5 regular beers. errcent ABV Four the 12 percent Lokos. onner, a junior comLiz Heilbronner, munication major, said she was excited about the closable can. “ Ho n e s t l y, bably I’ll probably buy it more now that they ealable have a resealable

can, because then I don’t have to drink the entire thing or waste it,” Heilbronner said. “I love it. It’s my preferred drink of choice if I’m kind of low on money.”

The FTC considers drinking a can of Four Loko in one sitting “binge drinking" and has asserted that Phusion markets it as a “single-serving beverage," according to Fox News.

“I would never consider four beers binge drinking,” Heilbronner said. “I’ve never really thought of four beers as being too much for one person to have in a two-hour time period.”

For those with lower alcohol tolerances, however, the resealable can could prove very helpful.

“I think it’s a good idea because people aren’t going to be as pressured to drink it all in one sitting,” said Patrick Wynne, a sophomore mining engineering major.

“And I think there are some misconceptions about how much alcohol is in it, because it’s not the size of five beers.”

Although Phusion has agreed to make these changes, the agreement includes no admission of guilt.

"Even though we reached an agreement, we don't share the FTC's perspective, and we disagree with their allegations,” Freeman said. “We don't believe there were any violations."

The newly labeled closable cans a e eexpected pected to be in stores sto es by are late spring.

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Four Loko cans will soon clearly state that their alcohol content is equal to four to five regular 12-ounce beers.

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9.5 percent of Tech student athletes are in the apparel, housing and resource management major, including football player Eddie Whitley.

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tudent athletes tend to gravitate toward certain majors, rather than others — a concept called clustering — according to university data.

The most popular major for student athletes at Virginia Tech is apparel, housing and resource management, according to a university study. For the class of 2015, the most common major is general engineering.

While 9.5 percent of student athletes are AHRM majors, only 1.2 percent of the total undergraduate population are in that major, according to data from Ying Liu, a research analyst at the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness.

A study conducted in 2008 by USA Today reveals that Tech is consistent with a national trend.The study reviewed student athletes' majors at 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and 22 Division I schools — about 9,300 student athletes in football, baseball, softball, as well as men’s and women’s basketball.

It found that there was at least one cluster — a significant proportion of a team in one major — in 83 percent of schools studied. According to Student Athlete Academic Support Services at Tech, athletes clustering into certain majors was not a problem at the university.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say they cluster (into certain majors). I think you’d find the same thing if you were to look at other groups on campus,” said Jermaine Holmes, the SAASS director.

Both Holmes and Sarah Armstrong, the SAASS associate director, agreed that in a group of students as close as an athletic team, it is inevitable that peers are going to give advice about which classes to take or which major to join.

Eddie Whitley, a senior AHRM major and football player, said he has made recommendations to his teammates about which major they should join.

“Oh yes, (I suggest AHRM) all the time. I always try to tell guys, ‘Consumer studies (a concentration of AHRM), that’s the way to go,’" Whitley said. "I mean it’s fun. It’s more around our alley.”

Lauren Ehrensberger, a sophomore AHRM major, said athletes may be drawn to the major’s lighter emphasis on mathematics and science.

“We spend a lot of time on technical skills such as sewing, writing and Adobe applications, but less on mathematics, which could be a possible reason why athletes are drawn toward the major,” Ehrensberger said.

Whitley said one of the main reasons AHRM is so popular among athletes is that it appeals to

their personality type.

“I feel like it goes with that we do. Most athletes are outgoing — we talk to a lot of people.

That’s probably why we go toward that major,” Whitley said.

“I do see a lot of athletes in the same classes (as me). (It’s about) 85 percent athletes and 15 percent other students.”

Julia Beamish, the AHRM department head and a professor, said she has no idea why AHRM is the most popular major among student athletes. She said she expected it was for the same reasons that others students like the major.

Sam Castonguay, a junior civil engineering major, attributes difficulty level as a reason for Apparel, Housing, and Resource why athletes choose certain Management (AHRM) majors.

“I know a lot of athletes, especially at Division 1 schools like Virginia Tech, are sometimes recruited more for their athletics than their academics," he said. "I don’t know if I see any1.8% thing wrong with it, 1% since other students are in it as well. But I definitely can see why there would be a VICTORIA ZIGADLO / COLLEGIATE TIMES tendency (to be in the same majors)."

A higher percentage of athletes are in AHRM than the average.

The average grade point average for AHRM classes is 3.32, according to data “I think (clustering) might happen because from the Office of Institutional Research and athletes might try to seek out those majors that Effectiveness. would require less work so they could focus on Aside from AHRM, the most popular majors their sport,” Christian said. among Tech’s 525 student athletes are human The NCAA created stricter requirements in development and sociology. Liu said 7.4 per- 2003 for student athletes to remain eligible to cent of student athletes are human develop- play. ment majors, and 7 percent are sociology Athletes must meet what is known as the majors.

40-60-80 rule, which requires them to meet 40 By comparison, 1.8 percent of the total percent of their degree by their second year, 60 undergraduate population are human devel- percent by their third year and 80 percent by opment majors, and 1 percent are sociology their fourth year. majors.

This system takes into account a redshirt The average grade point average for human year, which requires a fifth year, Armstrong development classes is 3.57, and 3.27 for said. human sociology classes, according to data “That is the minimum. Most athletes pass from the OIRE. beyond that,” Holmes said.

David Christian, a sophomore finance major, Overall, student athletes at Tech take part in said athletes may be drawn to easier majors 58 of the 100 majors offered, Holmes said. to make more time for practices or to meet “We’ll have athletes on same team in same NCAA eligibility requirements. major, it’s not uncommon,” Holmes said.

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On the online story about the fire in Hunters Ridge: Anon >> Drunk students most likely.

Anonymous >> 1451 had a small fire in it too and all the doors on the first level were covered in lighter fluid

Local Guy >> They were lucky a drunken prank didn’t turn into a tragedy. You also have to take into account the time wasted and the risk to police officers and firefighters responding. It never ceases to amaze me how dumb people can be.

Anonymous >>My husband was the one who put out the fire - we saw leaving from visiting our son. We saw it from the road and went to investigate - he knocked on all the doors and got a tub from the girls in the room across from the fire. There were a number of other starter fluid attempts at fires in neighboring condos - definitely not a college prank but the work of someone disturbed. Anyone who knows who did it should turn them in - NOT FUNNY

“Enough Thunder” EP — James Blake Universal Republic (Oct. 7, 2011) James Blake has had quite a good year — his self-titled full-length album debuted to critical acclaim, his live performances were met with similar praise, he made his national TV debut and now he’s released a short EP to tie things up.

In many ways, “Enough Thunder” continues the sound found on the LP — sparse instrumentation, digitally modified vocals and an expert balance of cold and warm sounds. However, “Enough Thunder” does show some different styles that weren’t as prominent on “James Blake.”

There’s significantly less use of the booming bass, which really made up the backbone of songs like the cover of Feist’s “Limit To Your Love” on the album.

Here, Blake covers Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You,” but chooses to simply replace acoustic guitar with piano and nothing else,

On the story aout a new towing company:

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Anon >>What they do is have patrolmen in ordinary looking clothes walk around the

parking lot with flashlights sometimes on a cell. I know because I’ve witnessed this several times at the village. It looks pretty sketchy but If you see any middle aged men hanging out in your parking lots walking around looking at cars, that’s an obvious sign the tow truck is about to come. This is for Valley Towing though, I’m sure this new company does the same.

Erica >> I just read from the “towing tips” on the front page, and one says “If you return to your car while the tow was in process, the yow truck operator is required to release your car.

However, you will be charged $25 to reclaim it.” This is why Valley Towing is so shady. Last spring, my friend’s car got towed from University Terrace and the guy stopped at the front of the neighborhood. After being pretty rude, the “tow truck operator” refused to unhook my friend’s car without the full $125. He even had a credit card machine in his truck for “easy payment”. Then they take your car to the middle of nowhere with the only sign pointing to their impound lot a hand-scrawled “Valley Towing” in small print with an arrow. Sketchy people, I hate Valley Towing.

aside from his own rich, soulful vocals.

The result is a delicate and beautiful, albeit straightforward, rendition of the original folk song.

Probably most talked about on this EP is the collaborative effort of “Fall Creek Boys Choir,” with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Vernon’s heavily effected vocals twist in and out of harmony with his natural voice, amid a mix of thunderous bass, gentle piano keys and some kind of barking sample.

The EP ends on a simple note, with Blake back at the piano for the title track, leaving the bass out once again. There’s something to be said for him being able to perform well with nothing more than a piano.

However, part of what makes James Blake interesting to listen to is his ability to create such spacious, minimalist productions with such in-your-face components. In that way, this EP is lacking, but in pure talent, it probably stands up well to his LP. However, it is certainly a step back from his earliest EPs like “CMYK.” see ALBUM / page four

Occupy Wall Street movement becomes more mainstream NEW YORK — In a sign that it is shifting from a loose-knit fringe group to a bloc that could draw in mainstream America, the movement called Occupy Wall Street brought thousands of people to the streets of New York on Wednesday after major labor unions gave their backing to its anti-greed message.

The march, from Occupy Wall Street's makeshift headquarters at a small park in the financial district to Foley Square in lower Manhattan, was the largest since the group launched its movement Sept. 17.

At its peak, the crowd of several thousand filled Foley Square and covered the steps of the courthouse across the street as speakers from several

labor groups railed against corporate America.

"Every one of us is here because of corporate greed," yelled Christopher Shelton, the vice president of the regional branch of the Communication Workers of America. "It's time not to occupy Wall Street, but to take back Wall Street."

Shelton spoke to a crowd waving signs that reflected their varying ages, backgrounds and professions. Teachers and nurses mixed with students holding placards lamenting soaring tuition and their inability to repay student loans.

Veterans complained of being out of work and homeless. Senior citizens lamented the hardships facing their grandchildren.

There were signs protesting racism, Obama, Republicans, Democrats, hunger, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

There were as many signs supporting workers' rights, hunger-striking prisoners, higher taxes for millionaires and an overhaul of the country's financial system.

"Wall Street needs an enema," read one sign. "Corporations are NOT people," read another, a dig at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's statement during a campaign appearance in August that "corporations are people."

"It's hard because there are so many issues at stake," said Melanie Hamlett, 33, when asked what her main gripe was. "But it all comes down to money."

Hamlett had come from her home in New Paltz, Pa., to take part in Wednesday's protest and she spoke from Zuccotti Park, where dozens of Occupy Wall Street supporters have been camped since Sept. 17.

"I've been waiting for this to happen for years. Finally, an awaken-

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ing," she said as a group of protesters meditated in Zuccotti Park. Behind Hamlett, a topless woman with a black mustache painted on her upper lip moved through the crowd, her particular gripe unclear but her presence welcomed by a movement that prides itself on turning nobody away.

Occupy Wall Street, a leaderless organization, also has become known as a movement with plenty of complaints and few specific demands other than holding banks and major corporations responsible for the country's economic crisis.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the U.S. labor movement joined the New York march to support Occupy Wall Street, not to usurp it.

He said the labor movement had long backed the goals of Occupy Wall Street, including making the richest 1 percent of the population

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pay higher taxes to help the rest of the country.

But the labor leader was specific as he summarized his demands: make Wall Street invest in creating jobs for Americans, stop foreclosures and write down problem mortgages.

Paying for government programs would come from a "very tiny" tax on speculation, he said.

The protests have spread across the country but drawn far smaller crowds than in New York. They also have spawned movements such as Stop the Machine, which was planning a protest Thursday in Washington, D.C. In Seattle, police arrested 10 people who tried to prevent the dismantling of tents in a downtown plaza where protesters have set up a camp.

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public anger spread over the arrests.

"My personal view is we will be there even if the tents come down," said Michael Hines, who was laid off from his job in the computer gaming industry and has joined the protest.

The White House has yet to comment on Occupy Wall Street, but at least two Republican presidential hopefuls have weighed in.

Herman Cain dismissed the movement, saying at a book-signing Wednesday in Florida: "I don't have much patience for someone who does not want to achieve their American dream the old-fashioned way."

Romney has called the protest "class warfare."

"I'm just trying to occupy the White House," he said during a stop in Florida on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

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Obama must adopt an aggressive tone S

ensible conservatism rooted in the belief of the power of American individualism and small, efficient government is gone.

Instead, today’s conservatives — and consequently, the Republican Party — are no longer concerned with reality, but merely a fantasy stemming from a Tea Party coup.

This change requires a response from Democrats: President Barack Obama should take note and adjust his strategy.

He has been too accommodating to the likes of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and his equally hostile counterpart in the Senate, Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

These people do not want compromise — they want to bring the entire economy to its knees.

Consider the debt ceiling debacle. This should have never been an issue to begin with.

Politicians who vowed to never raise the debt ceiling were foolishly walking away from our obligations and essentially refusing to pay the country’s bills.

President Obama claims to have pursued a “grand bargain” with Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), yet when it became obvious that he could not control his own causes and decided to walk away from such a deal, the president should have made it clear that a grand bargain was still necessary, and Boehner’s decision to walk away from his responsibilities was not an option.

Sadly, today’s Republicans continue to insist that they alone have all the answers.

The debt crisis showed they would have rather plunged the entire global economy into chaos than compromise on a deal that would have catered to them anyway.

The stand-off nature the Republicans have adopted has changed the way Obama should carry himself.

The president must be much more direct in stating what we all know we need.

America needs a sound long-term debt reduction plan, yet the conservative argument that only more cuts and less government spending will solve all of our problems is foolish and unrealistic.

Simply starving the government is not the answer.

In addition to tackling the debt responsibly, Obama must make it absolutely clear that we will also need a short-term jobs stimulus — as he has started to do with his recent jobs plan.

And we ought to reasonably address both entitlements and the seemingly sacrosanct defense budget.

Tackling those entitlements should not follow the supposedly infallible method proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Medicare.

His approach would have moved to essentially privatize the program.

That plan is unwise and unfair to those who depend on it the most.

President Obama must also remind Republicans that it was not the Democrats who led the economy to its present-day state.

Remember that in addition to unchecked spending habits, the president’s predecessor pushed through tax cuts for the wealthy at a time when we were trying to fund two major wars.

Add on the fact that we have not sufficiently adapted to the ruthlessly

competitive world we ushered in and our individual spending habits, and you have a recipe for a multi-trillion dollar debt disaster.

Moreover, the president ought to be much more proud of his accomplishments.

Not only did he sign a financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of ordinary Americans, but he pushed through the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and a health care reform bill that will prevent insurance companies from denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition, among other benefits.

What is frustrating is not conservatism or even (authentic) Republicans themselves.

Truthfully, America needs more genuine conservatives who are true to their principles and prefer to act on reason, not unsubstantial impulse.

Yet for all of the levelheaded officials like former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman or even Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), it is the likes of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) who get all of the attention.

The fact that Huntsman appears to have no shot at the Republican nomination because he is a moderate is absurd.

What is also disappointing is that the president has not sufficiently called out the reinvigorated Republicans on their baseless proposals and hypocrisy.

For instance, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suggested disaster relief funds should be offset with spending cuts elsewhere.

When a family is standing in front of their destroyed home, the last thing they should have to worry about is whether Congress will be able to find spending cuts in time.

Another example is of Rep. John Fleming (R-LA), who unsurprisingly is opposed to higher taxes on the wealthy. He recently stated that if he were taxed more, he would only have $200,000 left over to “feed his family” — only $200,000.

The president must remind the American public that this new crowd is the same that cheered Gov. Rick Perry’s record of having one of the highest execution rates in the country at a primary debate.

This is the same crowd that would rather allow an uninsured, sick man to simply die than address the nation’s health care problem.

They would rather boo a gay soldier who is fighting to protect their lives than accept the fact that social reality is changing all around them — both debate instances as well.

The president must also not hesitate to say free markets are great and indeed essential, but they do not solve all of our problems like some of his opponents are suggesting.

Obama is the leader of the country, not simply the Democratic Party.

But he won’t make much ground for either unless he shows a willingness to go on the offensive.

The president must stand up to those who refuse to admit that to govern is to compromise.

He must make the case that the Democratic approach to getting America back on track is better than the GOP’s rigid alternative.

AUSAN EL-ARYANI -regular columnist -junior -political science major

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TV is bad for your health I

do not own a TV. When I tell people this they freak out and say, “Why would anyone in their right mind not own a TV?” The fact is TV rots your brain, and you would have to be insane to subject yourself to it. It was roughly six years ago when I decided to eliminate TV from my life, and doing so was one of the best decisions I ever made.

The benefits are so outstanding that I never plan on owning one for as long as I live.

TV harms humans during all stages of life. Evidence overwhelmingly shows that TV is harmful to children.

The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages exposure to TV for the first two years of life and suggests less than two hours per day beyond that.

My search for journal articles through the university library produced a plethora of results showing TV’s negative effects on children.

One study from 2010, “Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Television Exposure and Academic, Psychosocial and Physical Well-Being by Middle Childhood,” tracked how many hours kids were exposed to television at two and four years old. The doctors then followed up with the participants in the fourth grade.

What they found is that every additional hour of television exposure at two years old corresponded to a 7 percent decrease in classroom engagement, 6 percent decrease in math achievement, 13 percent decrease in time spent doing weekend physical activity, 9 percent decrease in activities involving physical effort, 5 percent unit increases in Body Mass Index, and 9 and 10 percent increase in soft drink and snack consumption, respectively. With each hour of TV exposure, four-year-olds were at risk for developmental issues.

Another study published in 2005, “Association of Television Viewing During Childhood With Poor Educational Achievement,” showed that time spent watching television is significantly associated with poor academic achievement.

In this study, doctors tracked TV exposure during childhood and adolescence, and followed up with the participants when they were 26 years old.

The results showed that the more a person watched TV from age five to 11, the more unlikely they were to attain a college degree. And the more a person was exposed to TV from age 13 to 15, the more likely they were

to drop out of high school. They also concluded that excessive TV viewing may result in adverse socioeconomic status and well being.

I do not doubt the results of the numerous studies that show that TV exposure leads to aggressive behavior, or makes people introverted, antisocial or less willing to engage with their peers.

A generation ago, people were uncomfortable riding in an elevator with strangers.

Now people get just as uncomfortable passing by strangers on a sidewalk or sitting next to them on a bus. Because they are unable to communicate with others, they pretend to be busy with iPods and smart phones, in hopes that the technological security blanket will save them from actually having to interact with a real life human being.

Our over saturation of television programming has turned the United States into a nation of zombies who are easily manipulated by government and corporate advertisers.

One reason for this — as discovered by researcher Herbert Krugman in 1969 — is that watching TV immediately shifts brain activity from beta waves, associated with logical thought and analytical processes, to alpha waves, commonly associated with susceptibility, suggestibility and an unfocused state of mind lacking cognitive attention.

This is why every four years, people are easily convinced that this is the most important election of their lifetime, and that this time, the guy they vote for will actually bring about real change. It also explains how people are convinced to support Orwellian notions, such as giving up liberty for freedom, or deficit spending to reduce the debt.

And TV is the reason why people spend 10 times more money for an item of clothing with a silly logo on it.

According to professor Marina Krcmar of Wake Forest University, this power and influence that television has over people is one of three main reasons why people abandon TV. This and the other two reasons are detailed in her book, “Living Without the Screen,” and explained briefly in an interview she conducted with the website Live Science.

Krcmar said the second reason people give up TV is because they do not want to expose their families to sex, violence and consumerism that is promoted

onscreen.

I sympathize with this, and it saddens me that so many of my fellow Christians cannot bring themselves to rid their homes of an idol that on an hourly basis emits images and sounds of murder, cursing, blaspheme, adultery, fornication, lying and covetousness.

The third main reason why people give up TV is because it intrudes too much into their lives — it takes time away from the family and interferes with conversations and activities.

Krcmar said people who eschew TV fill their free time with a greater variety of activities than those who watch TV. Outdoor activities such as hiking, biking and meeting with friends are the norm. They are also more active in the community and report that their kids are easier to manage and do not bug them for things — like junk food and toys — advertised on TV. The fact that those who do not own a TV engage in more activities means they live healthier, happier lifestyles. To put it bluntly, TV literally kills you.

Last year the Journal of the American Heart Association published an article, “Television Viewing Time and Mortality,” detailing the results of an Australian study on TV exposure as it relates to mortality rates.

The doctors found that every one-hour increment in daily TV viewing correlates with an 11 percent increase of general mortality, and an 18 percent greater chance of dying from heart disease.

Evidence overwhelmingly shows that TV is harmful in many ways. It alters behavior by making people more aggressive, antisocial and academically inferior. Physically it correlates with obesity, heart disease and early death. Government, media and corporations use the medium to manipulate and control a citizenry.

Eliminating TV from your life is one of the best decisions you could ever make. The benefits of not owning a TV are numerous.

The rewards of owning one are zero — they exist only in the susceptible minds of the unfocused masses who unblinkingly stare at the latest images the culture industry puts in front of their faces.

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sand on a warm day, soaking up the sun and water. That album worked so well, not only because of how excellently it transported you to the beach, but also because it was released in November. The weather was just starting to turn cold. The prospects of snow and gray skies were looming, and all anyone wanted was to be on the beach on a hot summer day. “Real Estate” was capable of taking you there.

In some ways, “Days” continues to paint pictures of the beach. However, as represented by the album artwork, it’s a different kind of beach. “Days” is the beach on a cloudy day. “Days” is the beach in October, when it’s too cold to go in the water.

Whereas their first record had a distinctly “summer” vibe to it, “Days” feels perfectly suited to the fall. In fact, the band released the single “Green Aisles,” a song that features “mountains of maple leaves” and “dormant trees,” on the very first day of fall.

The music still has that lazy quality to it, where you could imagine just laying in bed all day with this album playing in the background and not really doing much at all. “It’s Real” turns up the energy a bit with a “Whoa whoa oh whoa” type chorus and driving tempo. Right after the song “It’s Real” comes the instrumental track, “Kinder Blumen,” which is something like a 2011 version of The Beach Boys’ song “Pet Sounds” — echoes of the beach, but strung out and wandering.

Overall, the album is very much a Real Estate album. It’s got the beach vibes we’ve come to expect, and it has the lethargic, strolling tunes that sound perfect for sleeping the day away. Real Estate has grown past being just another beach-trend band.

They’ve expanded their seasonal palette to include the colder months, like October and November.

It’s not hard to imagine listening to “Days” on a chilly November day, walking through piles of red and amber leaves on the sidewalk, with no real destination in mind. It’s this sentiment that makes “Days” such a great record for the fall, and one that everybody should definitely look out for when it is released on Oct. 18.

"Video Games" / "Blue Jeans" Double Single — Lana Del Rey Stranger Records (Oct. 16, 2011) It’s rare in the independent music industry that an artist swoops in as an almost overnight phenomenon and is then viciously attacked for everything from her supposed “mainstream industry” ties to her maybe-fake, maybe-real lips. However, this has been Lana Del Rey’s story so far. Lizzy Grant was a stalled, jazz-pop singer playing open-mic nights at bars in Brooklyn, N.Y. before signing with a label, and being gifted the name “Lana Del Rey” by her managers and lawyers. She released a self-titled album in January 2010, but it was scrubbed from the Internet when it was met with virtually no attention.

In July 2011, the popular music blog Gorilla vs. Bear posted the video of her new single, “Video Games,” and suddenly Lana Del Rey was the new “it girl” of the online indie music world. It wasn’t long before word of her past surfaced — allegations that she was merely a product of the industry machine, that her lips were fake, etc. She was suddenly the center of a heated debate over authenticity in independent music, despite having only released one single and a video to accompany it.

Thus far, everything I’ve written here has fallen into the trend that surrounds her.

Few write about her music, instead choosing to write about her past and whether she’s “real,” which is a shame because her songs are quite good. “Video Games” is extremely simple, held together by Del Rey’s strong, robust voice. A basic marching beat is drummed out behind the strings that swell and disappear over top a deep bass note. Samples from YouTube videos of celebrities drunkenly trying to leave bars and tripping on the way are sprinkled throughout.

However, the real highlight is the other half of the release, “Blue Jeans.” The song sort of seems to define Del Rey’s persona — various old-Hollywood references, mentions of “gangstas” and hip hop, and a kind of pouty approach to singing her lyrics.

Whether the album lives up to the two singles she’s released so far is obviously yet to be determined. However, the promise is there, as evidenced by “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans.”

KEVIN MCALEESE -music reviewer -senior -political science major

"Days" — Real Estate Domino Records (Oct. 18, 2011)

More info: James Blake: For more information on Blake’s new EP, “Enough Thunder,” visit JamesBlakeMusic.com/EnoughThunder.

Lana Del Ray: Check out more information on Ray’s upcoming double single, “Video Games/ Blue Jeans,” at LanaDelRay.com.

Real Estate: To learn more about the band Real Estate and their upcoming album release, “Days,” check out Myspace.com/ realestate.

Real Estate is great at creating an atmosphere. On their eponymous debut album, released in 2009, they mastered the art of evoking the feeling of lazily laying on the

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Album: Upcoming releases sure to please listeners from page two

sand on a warm day, soaking up the sun and water. That album worked so well, not only because of how excellently it transported you to the beach, but also because it was released in November. The weather was just starting to turn cold. The prospects of snow and gray skies were looming, and all anyone wanted was to be on the beach on a hot summer day. “Real Estate” was capable of taking you there.

In some ways, “Days” continues to paint pictures of the beach. However, as represented by the album artwork, it’s a different kind of beach. “Days” is the beach on a cloudy day. “Days” is the beach in October, when it’s too cold to go in the water.

Whereas their first record had a distinctly “summer” vibe to it, “Days” feels perfectly suited to the fall. In fact, the band released the single “Green Aisles,” a song that features “mountains of maple leaves” and “dormant trees,” on the very first day of fall.

The music still has that lazy quality to it, where you could imagine just laying in bed all day with this album playing in the background and not really doing much at all. “It’s Real” turns up the energy a bit with a “Whoa whoa oh whoa” type chorus and driving tempo. Right after the song “It’s Real” comes the instrumental track, “Kinder Blumen,” which is something like a 2011 version of The Beach Boys’ song “Pet Sounds” — echoes of the beach, but strung out and wandering.

Overall, the album is very much a Real Estate album. It’s got the beach vibes we’ve come to expect, and it has the lethargic, strolling tunes that sound perfect for sleeping the day away. Real Estate has grown past being just another beach-trend band.

They’ve expanded their seasonal palette to include the colder months, like October and November.

It’s not hard to imagine listening to “Days” on a chilly November day, walking through piles of red and amber leaves on the sidewalk, with no real destination in mind. It’s this sentiment that makes “Days” such a great record for the fall, and one that everybody should definitely look out for when it is released on Oct. 18.

"Video Games" / "Blue Jeans" Double Single — Lana Del Rey Stranger Records (Oct. 16, 2011) It’s rare in the independent music industry that an artist swoops in as an almost overnight phenomenon and is then viciously attacked for everything from her supposed “mainstream industry” ties to her maybe-fake, maybe-real lips. However, this has been Lana Del Rey’s story so far. Lizzy Grant was a stalled, jazz-pop singer playing open-mic nights at bars in Brooklyn, N.Y. before signing with a label, and being gifted the name “Lana Del Rey” by her managers and lawyers. She released a self-titled album in January 2010, but it was scrubbed from the Internet when it was met with virtually no attention.

In July 2011, the popular music blog Gorilla vs. Bear posted the video of her new single, “Video Games,” and suddenly Lana Del Rey was the new “it girl” of the online indie music world. It wasn’t long before word of her past surfaced — allegations that she was merely a product of the industry machine, that her lips were fake, etc. She was suddenly the center of a heated debate over authenticity in independent music, despite having only released one single and a video to accompany it.

Thus far, everything I’ve written here has fallen into the trend that surrounds her.

Few write about her music, instead choosing to write about her past and whether she’s “real,” which is a shame because her songs are quite good. “Video Games” is extremely simple, held together by Del Rey’s strong, robust voice. A basic marching beat is drummed out behind the strings that swell and disappear over top a deep bass note. Samples from YouTube videos of celebrities drunkenly trying to leave bars and tripping on the way are sprinkled throughout.

However, the real highlight is the other half of the release, “Blue Jeans.” The song sort of seems to define Del Rey’s persona — various old-Hollywood references, mentions of “gangstas” and hip hop, and a kind of pouty approach to singing her lyrics.

Whether the album lives up to the two singles she’s released so far is obviously yet to be determined. However, the promise is there, as evidenced by “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans.”

KEVIN MCALEESE -music reviewer -senior -political science major

"Days" — Real Estate Domino Records (Oct. 18, 2011)

More info: James Blake: For more information on Blake’s new EP, “Enough Thunder,” visit JamesBlakeMusic.com/EnoughThunder.

Lana Del Ray: Check out more information on Ray’s upcoming double single, “Video Games/ Blue Jeans,” at LanaDelRay.com.

Real Estate: To learn more about the band Real Estate and their upcoming album release, “Days,” check out Myspace.com/ realestate.

Real Estate is great at creating an atmosphere. On their eponymous debut album, released in 2009, they mastered the art of evoking the feeling of lazily laying on the

For Sale HALLOWEEN COSTUMES, WIGS, MAKEUP AND ACCESSORIES. SHOP EARLY FOR THE BEST SELECTION. PARTY CENTRAL, 1701 SOUTH MAIN (NEXT TO WENDYS). 540.953.1170

Help Wanted *****BARTENDING***** MAKE UP TO $300/ DAY. No Experience Necessary. Training Available.

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15 Scorched 16 Order in a preschool classroom 17 NFL coach with the most career postseason wins 18 Grant, for one 19 Half of the UAR 20 Surname of 15th/16th-century Pope Alexande r VI 21 Physics units

WORD BANK -All That -Are you Afraid of the Dark -Keenan and Kel -The Amanda Show -Rugrats -Doug -Clarissa Explains it All -Real Monsters -Ren and Stimpy -Cat Dog -Hey Arnold -Rocko’s Modern Life -Angry Beavers -Hey Dude -Double Dare -Shelby Woo -Rocket Power -Wild Thornberrys -Salute Your Shorts

10/11/11 23 Not flush 25 Is wistful (for) 27 1959 winner of a record 11 Oscars 29 Debauchee 31 In imitation of 32 Kinsey Institute Library collectio n 34 Negligible amount 35 Summertime response to a wave?

39 Skeptic ’s retort 40 Searched, in a way 41 Six-time Sugar Bowl victors, briefly 42 Literary ID

43 Lineups 47 Preeminent industrialis t 49 Guernsey , for one 51 Citation spacesaver 52 Sidestepped 54 “Royal Pains ” network 56 It had a hub at JF K 57 Took umbrage at 58 Familiarize 60 Cocktail flavored with orgeat syrup 61 “Viaducts Break Ranks” painter 62 Extra number 63 6-Down, nowadays

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58 “The Simpsons” Squishee seller 59 Pedigree-tracking org.

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‘Almost, Maine’

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town called Almost, eight couples fall in and out of love in unexpexted and often comical ways. “Almost, Maine,” written by John Cariani and directed by Patricia Raun, is being performed by the Department of Theatre and Cinema at Virginia Tech. It is showing in Theatre 101 Oct. 10 - 15 at 7:30 p.m. each night.

Admission is free and doors open at 7:15 p.m.

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B) Andrew Lester portraying Steve is intensely focused on reading his notebook.

C) (Left to Right) Emily Green portraying Ginette and Ryan Hunt portraying Pete share an embrace.

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Game leaves fans with lasting memories

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Running back David Wilson is taken down hard by his facemask during the second quarter of Saturday night’s win over Miami. Wilson ran for 128 yards and also caught a touchdown for the Virginia Tech Hokies.

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David Wilson looks for running room behind Miami wide receiver Jarrett Boykin during the second quarter.

THOMAS COMES UP HUGE AGAINST MIAMI, AS THE HOKIES WIN IN THRILLING FASHION ON SATURDAY

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y ou were in Lane Stadium for the last four minutes of Saturday’s game, it’s something you’ll never forget.

Sure, it wasn’t the biggest win in program history. Heck, it wasn’t even the biggest win in the last three years.

Nonetheless, there was something big going on in Lane Stadium around 7 p.m. Saturday night, and all 66,000 plus in attendance will have a story to tell their friends.

It wasn’t your classic Virginia Tech home victory. The Hokies allowed a whopping 236 yards rushing, 166 from Miami tailback Lamar Miller.

STEVEN SILTON / SPPS Jacory Harris passed for over 250 yards without throwing an intercepQuarterback Logan Thomas fires a pass during the Hokies game-winning touchdown drive against Miami. tion, breaking a streak of 12 straight games in which the Hokies had gotten at least one interception.

It was almost as if someone had turned off the noise following Miller’s 30-yard touchdown scamper with 2:51 remaining. The Hokies, who had led the entire game up to that point, now trailed by four points.

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After his performance against Clemson the week before, quarterback Logan Thomas should have been unsure of himself against the Hurricanes’ defense.

But he was anything but hesitant Saturday.

Thomas was on in every facet of the game, finishing with 310 yards on 23 of 25 passing and three touchdowns — all career highs.

“When we picked up that first third down, my feet were comfortable,” Thomas said after the game. “I was comfortable from there on out, and once a quarterback gets comfortable, it makes the game a whole lot easier and slows things down.”

That comfort level was evident throughout the entire game.

Thomas finished five-of-six passing on third down, which bumps his season average to almost 50 percent.

When it came time for the potential game-winning drive, it was Thomas who led the Hokies right down the field.

Two-straight first down completions to start the drive got the ball

rolling, and a few David Wilson running plays mixed in moved the ball down to the Miami 19-yard line.

Facing a fourth-and-one situation, the Hokies went with a similar play that scored a touchdown earlier in the game.

Thomas took the shotgun snap, faked the handoff to Wilson well enough to draw the defense away, and broke through a wide open hole and into the secondary.

“When I stepped through the hole, there was nothing there, and I guess the rest is history,” Thomas said.

Something like that, Logan.

After his much-maligned play against Clemson where he passed for just 125 yards, Saturday’s performance was pretty much perfect.

Lane was ready to start a new chapter in its relationship with Thomas.

He would never admit it, but Al Golden’s team never really stood a chance on the ensuing drive.

The Hurricanes picked up a first down, and then the Hokies called a timeout with 25 seconds remaining.

While the ball rested at the Miami 37-yard-line, and the Hurricanes had all three timeouts remaining, the following seconds won’t be remembered for anything Miami did.

“Zombie Nation” blasted from the PA system as the entire stadium jumped up and down. Three incomplete passes later, the day’s second “Enter Sandman” blared during a Miami timeout.

Miami’s last attempt to score came on fourth and 10, and when Miller hit the turf as the clock struck all zeros, Lane erupted.

Will the Hokies carry over the momentum throughout the rest of the season? That’s tough to tell.

One thing is for sure — for at least one day, Blacksburg rallied behind its team, and the Hokies repaid them.

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