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Policies lead to pile-ups after storm NICK CAFFERKY news editor Warm weather might have melted most of the snow on the ground, but it hasn’t calmed down those who drove in Sunday’s snowstorm. The region saw upward of seven inches of snow, but the biggest issues occurred on the roads, where there were a reported 881 accidents and 456 disabled vehicles in Virginia — including a tractor-trailer accident that closed down a lane on I-81 for several hours. Leading up to the storm, roads were not pretreated with chemicals, which some point to as the reason for road conditions. “We knew this storm was coming, and I feel like if they took precautionary measures, it wouldn’t have taken them
that long to clear the roads,” said Libby Bish, a senior marketing major. “I definitely think they did not plan ahead.” Bish was driving back to Blacksburg from Gatlinburg, Tenn., which is normally a three-hour drive. However, due to the conditions, the drive took 11 hours. “We passed one tractor-trailer accident where a truck was literally parallel over the median,” Bish said. “But we kept driving — it was only see SNOW / page two
Students reject fall break changes Tech hosts diversity conference ERIN CHAPMAN ERIN CHAPMAN news reporter
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With landslide numbers, students and faculty have requested to stick if they preferred to switch fall break to the current fall and Thanksgiving schedules, students and faculty said: break schedules. Victoria Zigadlo / Collegiate Times The Academic Support Committee recently took a survey to gauge inter91% est in a possible change to the academic Stay the same schedule. The survey asked if students and faculty would rather have a two-day fall break in October and three days off in November for Thanksgiving break. Currently, fall break consists of one day without classes, with a full week given for 9% Change Thanksgiving. the break More than 10,000 students responded to the survey, and more than 90 percent of students said they would like to keep the current break schedule, citing flexibility when travelling for Thanksgiving. “If you look at our student body, they come from almost every state in the county, and a lot 74% of people come from outside of the country,” Stay the same said Michael Denbow, the committee chair. “So, a break from Wednesday to Sunday at T h a n k s g i v i n g Thanksgiving does provide travel issues for is some feel it creates too some people,” FACULTY Of the 983 faculty members who responded, much of a 26% Change the break 74 percent said they would prefer to keep the break before final exams, but current schedule. Some faculty members expressed concerns Wade doesn’t see toward the proposed changes. They argued if this as a probThanksgiving break were to be shortened to lem. “It never bothered m e three days, students would inevitably decide to — it’s not hard to get back into it. It’s take Monday and Tuesday off regardless. Tech has not always had a fall break — it first easy to get stuff done over Thanksgiving,” began in 2005, when students were given a Wade said. Andrew Knittle, a freshman university studMonday off after they made requests. The committee reviews Tech’s academic cal- ies major, said he also favors the current schedendar every five years. Currently, the commit- ule and does not think having a week off for tee is looking at the schedule that will be in Thanksgiving has a major impact on studying for finals. place for 2013 to 2018. “You’d only have two days of classes that Denbow said he has heard talk for some time about lengthening fall break, and he wanted to week. Being home for any length of time would see how students, faculty and staff felt about a make you forget (about finals),” Knittle said, referring to a shorter Thanksgiving break. potential change. Some students at the University of Virginia “The question keeps coming up: Do you maintain a week at Thanksgiving, or do you would disagree, as they seem happy with their try to have a longer fall break? We were try- alternative schedule, mainly because it proing to get some objective information on what vides them extra time to get ready for final exams. people believe is best,” Denbow said. U.Va. currently has two days off in October for Matt Wade, a senior economics major, said he responded in the survey, stating he would fall break and three days off for Thanksgiving rather continue to have a week of no classes break. Timothy Edwards, a junior architecture major at U.Va., said he enjoys having a two-day for Thanksgiving. “It’s really nice to have the whole week off at break in the middle of the semester. “It’s really helpful to clear your head from the Thanksgiving, because you have both weekends, I’d rather have a five-day break, than a stress of school work and have a long weekend,” he said. “Those two days also benefit the two-day and a three-day (break),” Wade said. One issue with having a week off for see BREAK / page two
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Students in the Pamplin College of Business are aiming toward opening a dialogue about inclusive excellence in workplaces and classrooms, with the seventh annual Multicultural Diversity Conference on Saturday. The Pamplin Multicultural Diversity Council is hosting the event. PMDC, which is studentrun, hopes to train students to manage and work effectively in multicultural and multiethnic work environments. The conference is not exclusive to upperclassmen or students in Pamplin. Josh Albert, an accounting graduate student and PMDC co-president, said this year, the largest number of registrants are freshmen — a difference from previous years — and many different colleges and majors are represented. Workshops this year will include presentations by Altria, Ernst & Young, Freddie Mac, Frito Lay, The Hershey Company, KPMG and Target. The corporate attendees do not pay to come to the conference, but rather serve as sponsors, developing relationships with PMDC. Students at the conference will participate in workshops, as well as gain opportunities to network and seek employment. Diane Crawford, the Hershey Company’s diversity and inclusion director, will be at the conference for the first time and plans to focus on interactive workshops. “At the end of the sessions, students will see how important an inclusive environment is to productiv-
sending students to the conference. “I’m proud of the fact that our students are leaders in a way that other schools want to model themselves after us,” Orr said. “That’s pretty impressive.” William Lewis, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion senior vice president at Tech, will be giving the keynote address titled, “Becoming an Inclusive Leader of the 21st Century.” “Becoming an inclusive leader in the 21st It isn’t just on Saturday that century really is about becoming a leader who we embrace diversity. It con- is aware of oneself and tinues in our daily practices, becoming sensitive,” Lewis said. “That’s it continues in our interac- what diversity is all about in my mind — tions with each other.” how we embrace the other.” Yalana Orr Lewis said he looks PMDC faculty advisor forward to seeing students engaging at the conference. “Tech has a strong infra“The conference invites corporate sponsors to Tech structure in place. I am to share their best practices excited about the leadership and to celebrate diversity in of Pamplin and the enthusithe sense of what (students) asm,” Lewis said. Crawford stressed the can expect when they go into the corporate world,” said importance of college stuYalana Orr, the PMDC fac- dents recognizing the benefits of diversity and inclusion ulty advisor. Orr said the workshops at a young age. “We are taking a proacfocus not only on fundamental aspects of learning tive approach,” Crawford the appropriate languages said. “If we can catch them necessary when work- earlier, by the time they ing with different ethnic enter the workforce, they groups, but also on how are more accustomed and to be a leader in inclusive more aware of diversity and inclusion and the benefits of excellence. “For us, diversity means it.” PMDC often discussdifference. It means being able to embrace differ- es multicultural compeences in all aspects,” Orr tency skills, which refer to how students interact and said. Currently, there are 75 engage in thoughtful constudents registered for versation through developthe conference, but Orr ing appropriate language, and Albert hope to see as to refrain from offending more. The conference anyone. “It isn’t just on Saturday is open to students at any academic level or major, and that we embrace diversity,” registration is open until Orr said. “It continues in our daily practices, it continues Friday. For the second year, James in our interactions with each Madison University will be other.” ity and to learning — those are some of the principles and practices that we use in our workforce,” Crawford said. Each corporate attendee will give a presentation on various examples of diversity in the workplace. For its presentation, Target will be talking about generational differences and interacting with the different age groups.
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Really?: I've got an idea, let's spend $650,000 on this trail instead of doing something to keep businesses in town open. Great idea! Anonymous: One issue is that the funding
sources are different. For capital projects such as improvements to trails, roads, intersections there is one bucket of money and resources and eligible grants. Funds for for providing incentives to businesses or to support economic development are totally different and separate.
Lane: Considering 2 of the 3 money sources are
Snow: Icy weather causes accidents, backups on I-81 from page one
a 20-minute back up — and then we came to a complete stop. We were low on gas, so we turned off our car because we didn’t think it would be that long, but it ended up being five and a half hours with our car off.” Bish also said in that time waiting, she saw one plow truck, and it was only there for the emergency vehicle. Jason Bond, a spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Transportation, said roads were not pretreated because reports stated the storm was going to start as a rain event, and VDOT does not use chemicals when that’s the case. Virginia Tech has a similar policy, citing that rain would wash away any prior work done. “If you pretreat, which we do with salt or some other salt chemical, on the roads, and it’s a rain storm first, you’ve just wasted your money,” said Mark Helms, the Facilities Operations director at Tech. Because of the unusually temperate winter, VDOT has used little of its $12.3 million budget allocated to snow removal for the Salem, Va.
district. However, the number is an estimate, as snow removal is a small part of VDOT’s overall budget. “Our overall maintenance budget was $143 million for our district,” Bond said. “We allocate about 10 percent of that to snow removal. It’s not the only budget we have — it’s sort of an earmark of our overall budget.” “If we were to go over the $12.3 million, we would dip into the other maintenance budget,” he said. “If we are under the $12.3 million, then we would roll that money back into the maintenance budget.” Tech, on the other hand, doesn’t have a budget specifically allocated to clearing out snow. “We really have to adapt, so this winter has really been good for us,” Helms said. “If it’s a bad winter, it makes it very difficult on us.” VDOT uses an independent contractor for snow removal, so how much Sunday’s work will cost the state is unknown. However, Helms said it cost Tech $7,500 to $10,000.
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followed by a home football game on Saturday. Denbow said this is something the committee plans to keep in mind as they formulate the calendar. The break If you ask the question, lengths could be revisited ‘Would you like a longer fall also when the combreak,’ everyone is going to mittee reviews next academsay yes, but nothing’s for the ic calendar. But free because you have to get Denbow said the only way to create in so many class days.” an extended fall break would be at Michael Denbow the expense of the Academic Support Committee chair current weeklong Thanksgiving However, there may break. “If you ask the question, be a change to the day of fall break in the ‘Would you like a longer fall break,’ everyone is going to future. Many students who answered say yes, but nothing’s for free the survey at Tech expressed because you have to get in concern that fall break often so many class days,” Denbow falls on a Friday, subsequently said. school curriculum — they act as reading days for students to prepare for midterms.”
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specifically for the trail (private & grant), and the grant simply can't be switched from funding the trail due to the nature of a grant, you're fooling yourself if you think all $650,000 could be used to "stimulate business"
On Obama being blamed for gas prices
Anonymous: Actually we could have cheaper
ethanol fuel right now from Brazilian sugar cane. The major problem is we've put tariffs on the importation of it to protect the far less efficient corn ethanol industry. Obama could strike a major blow for free trade and lower fuel prices if he removed these barriers of entry for Brazilian sugar cane. Will that solve the problem completely, absolutely not but it'll be a step in the right direction and it's a renewable fuel source we should be utilizing.
Anonymous: Please get your information
right, BP is not an American company. The company is called British Petroleum, it's a British company. The other American oil companies are ConocoPhillips and Chevron, in addition to ExxonMobil.
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bamacare is already proving to be a nightmare. Passed in March 2010, Obamacare — otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — has provisions that go into effect over the course of this decade. Some provisions went into effect in 2010 and this year, while others are set to be put in place as late as 2018. A provision, which is planned to go into effect this year, requires most employers to offer employees insurance that covers contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs that the Food and Drug Administration has approved. The provision is contentious because it also applies to religious institutions. Controversy has arisen because some religions, such as Catholicism, believe some or all contraceptives are wrong. Some think Obamacare is unconstitutional. After all, for the first time in American history, the federal government is forcing every American to buy a product from private corporations. But this new provision could take the horrors of Obamacare to a new level, as it forces religious institutions and employers to violate their consciences. This is why Catholic clergy, politicians and political pundits have vowed to “take this fight to the street.” Some Catholic priests
have asked followers not to comply with the new provision, even if their actions could cause persecution or jailing. Political pundits are calling on Americans of other religions to “stand with the Catholics.” But this is not a Catholic issue — the provision affects people of other faiths, as well as the nonreligious. Last week Richard Land, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said Christians should go to jail for protesting the provision, rather than complying with it. Land, who TIME Magazine referred to as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America, asked pastors to preach from the pulpit about the provision’s calamity and dangerousness. “Our responsibility is to stand and say, ‘We will not comply with this. We want the law changed, or else we’re going to write our letters from jail,’” Land said in a LifeSiteNews.com article titled “Southern Baptist leader: If Obama mandate isn’t changed, Christians will go to jail.” Land’s comments come one week after Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, warned some Christians might be imprisoned over the issue. The reason some Christians are willing to face prison over
the provision is because they are that comes with birth control unwilling to subsidize abortions pills. Common contraception for employees. is effective because it utilizes a Many Christians believe combination of the following human life begins at fertiliza- three mechanisms — it tries to tion or prevent a implantaw o m a n tion, and from ovufind it lating, if appalling This is why Catholic cler- ov u l at i on that the occurs it gy, politicians and politi- tries to pregovernment is fertilcal pundits have vowed vent forcing ization and them to to ‘take this fight to the if fertilizasubsidize occurs, street.’ Some Catholic tion abortionit tries to inducing priests have asked fol- prevent the d r u g s fertilized lowers not to comply with egg from — such as the taching the new provision, even if at Mifeprex itself to the meditheir actions could cause w o m a n ’ s cal aporuterus (a persecution or jailing.” tion pill process RU-486 c a l l e d — for implantae mp l oy tion). ees and coworkers. Combination birth control Some born-again Christians pills, minipills, Depro-Provera also share with Catholics the and intrauterine devices, try to view that most, or all, contracep- prevent implantation, which tives are wrong. Some oppose all occurs roughly one week forms of contraception, while after fertilization. Therefore, others recognize that most Christians who believe human forms have the potential to kill life begins at fertilization, would life post-fertilization. most likely oppose the use of any Those who actually ques- form of birth control that seeks tion what they put inside their to destroy the fertilized egg. body can educate themselves by Even if the provision did reading a freshman-level biol- not require employers to offer ogy or human anatomy books, insurance that pays for medior even the information packet cal abortion pills like RU-486,
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some Christians would still oppose it if it required them to offer insurance that pays for these common birth control methods. Some non-religious people, alongside many Christians and select people of other faiths, view pregnancy, abortion and contraception through a scientific or medical lens. Some conclude medical science supports the notion that human life begins at fertilization or implantation. If this is the case, then government should not force people to subsidize the aborting of their voiceless fellow citizens. Similarly, because Obamacare requires all insurers to cover preventative care at no outof-pocket cost for consumers, secular insurance companies are forced to sell policies that include payments for abortion pills and abortion-inducing contraception. Every secular employer, even if they disagree with the provision, will be forced to offer this type of insurance. Thus, the new Obamacare provision affects anyone who believes human life begins at fertilization or implantation — not just Catholic employers and institutions. CHRIS DUNN -regular columnist -graduate student -political science major
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any undergraduates are fearful of what they’re going to do after graduation. Although the economy has started to recover, as unemployment is down to 8.3 percent, the unemployment rate among young adults, aged 16 to 24, is higher. Yet, with millions of baby boomers about to retire, fresh workers are going to be needed to fill their jobs. But there is an issue — the best and brightest of our generation are being drafted into financial services, leaving abysmal holes in other job sectors. However, if someone wants to work in finance, they certainly have the right and constitutional freedom to do so. But the simple truth is the country is in desperate need of more entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists and other professionals. It also needs intelligent, over-achieving, creative and ambitious students to develop in those fields. What’s causing this mass migration to the financial industry? It has a lot to do with student loans. Members of the class of 2010 who took out student loans owed an average of $25,250 when they graduated, 5 percent more than the class before them.
About two-thirds of the class of 2010 borrowed money for college, and they were hit especially hard because the unemployment rate for new college graduates stood at 9.1 percent the year they graduated. The financial sector, forced to face debt with its high salaries, offers a rare chance to pay off debt accumulated over the course of college. The first problem with the mass exodus into the financial sector is it stalls the growth of new businesses. Despite efforts in the United States to encourage the creation of new companies, entrepreneurship has not increased, according to a study done by Paul Kedrosky and Dane Stangler of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The study began looking at why entrepreneurship was stagnating. “The more we looked into it, we realized there was this great sucking sound in the economy, and that great sucking sound was some of the best and the brightest in the economy — not just in business, but in science and engineering — get-
ting diverted into the financial economy,” Kedrosky said in a Huffington Post article titled “America’s ‘Brain Drain’: Best and Brightest College Grads Head for Wall Street.”
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The U.S. needs to out-innovate, out-educate and outdo other countries to compete in the global marketplace. America needs top-notch people to become teachers, and the mass defection of the best and brightest to the financial sector is not helping.” In short, this “financialization” of the economy, as Kedrosky says, has had a cannibalizing effect on entrepreneurship. Prominent Republicans and Democrats, such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and President Barack Obama, have recognized the education problem facing the country. Both have articulated the need for more teachers and tried to recruit bright, energetic young people to help fix the problem
by becoming educators. In the U.S., nearly half of all teachers come from the bottom two-thirds of graduating college classes, while in Singapore, South Korea and Finland, 100 percent of teachers come from the top one-third of their graduating classes. About 50 million Americans will be qualified to fill 123 million highly skilled jobs. The U.S. needs to out-innovate, outeducate and outdo other countries to compete in the global marketplace. America needs top-notch people to become teachers, and the mass defection of the best and brightest to the financial sector is not helping. Another problem with the loss of intelligent people to the financial industry is they may end up causing more problems. According to Calvin Trillin, the author of “Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme,” the most brilliant people entering the financial sector caused the financial collapse in 2008, from which the U.S. is still recovering. In his op-ed for The New York Times, Trillin reasons the incredible complexity of credit default swaps and derivative trading could only be done by
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the brightest because anyone else could not understand the math. So how do we fix the problem? As long as that sector’s pay is disproportionately higher than alternative careers, young people will continue to work in the financial sector. One proposed reform is to regulate big banks like public utilities. To some extent this makes sense — after all, big banks and financial firms were the recipients of taxpayer-funded bailouts worth billions. Other job sectors are going to have to recruit and sell their industry as something more than money. Student loan practices need to be reformed, so students are not dependent on careers in finance. Entrepreneurship and teaching are just a few examples of industries hurt by the financial sector’s aggressive recruitment. With a monopoly on America’s young talent, the financial sector is robbing a generation of genius from other industries, and it needs to stop.
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Classic mojito
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Ingredients:
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6 tablespoons butter 1 package (10 ounces) regular marshmallows 6 cups Cocoa Krispies
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Directions: 1. Melt butter over low heat in a large saucepan. Once the butter has fully melted, add marshmallows and stir until mixture has completely melted. Remove from heat. 2. Add the Cocoa Krispies to the saucepan, and stir until the cereal is evenly coated with the marshmallow and butter mixture. 3. Spray a 13-inch-by-9-inch pan with cooking spray, and pour mixture into pan. Spread mixture evenly in pan, and let cool. 4. Cut into 2-inch squares, serve and enjoy.
the art of muddling — applying the correct amount of pressure in crushing the mint leaves at the bottom of the glass. Oil from the mint leaves is released when pressure is applied, but be careful not to pound or grind them into a pulp. Practice this enough and you could eventually become a master muddler. Despite its current popularity, this drink is believed to have first appeared in the 17th century. Renowned as a traditional Cuban drink, it is composed of four key ingredients: club soda, lime juice, rum and mint. Although typically associated with tropical climates and sunsets, the mojito can be equally enjoyed at your local bar or from the comfort of your own home. COURTESY OF LUKE MASON
Ingredients:
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1 ounce rum 10 to 12 mint leaves 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 ounce lime juice 2 ounces club soda crushed ice Directions: 1. Place the mint leaves into a cocktail shaker, and squeeze the lime juice over the leaves. 2. Add the powdered sugar, and then muddle the mixture. 3. Add crushed ice, rum and club soda into the cocktail shaker. 4. Strain the mixture into a glass of your choice, and option-
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ally garnish with mint leaves.
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