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109th year, issue 91 News, page 2

Study Break, page 4

Take Back the Night marches for safety

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In previous years, the event has been held on the Drillfield.

Law allows restrictive membership

BY MELISSA DRAUDT | news staff writer

On July 1, Virginia public colleges will not be able to punish organizations that deny membership to certain students A new Virginia law on student organizations at public colleges is rousing feedback from critics and causing student groups at Virginia Tech to take public action.

The law, passed last week, would give student organizations the ability to base membership decisions off of whether a person’s religious or political beliefs align with those of the organization.

The law states that religious or political based student groups can decide that “only people committed to the organization’s mission” are allowed to join or run for leadership positions. Public universities are prohibited from “discriminating against a student organization that makes such a determination” about its core functions.

ALL-COMERS EFFECTS ON THE U.S.

KEY States with bans on all-comers policies

States in the process of banning all-comers policies States where all-comers policy has caused controversy

PRISCILLA ALVAREZ news editor

The Take Back the Night Rally and March celebrates its 24th annual event Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Graduate Life Center Plaza.

Womanspace, a feminist

DONAL MURPHY Some, though, are questioning the motives of those supporting the bill, and are concerned about the effects it will have on the LGBT community and religious groups especially.

“I think it’s a well-crafted way to allow student organizations to discriminate,” said Caroline Sapyta, junior environ-

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2. No public institution of higher education ... shall discriminate against any such student organization or group that exercises its rights... § 23-9.2: 12

mental resource management major and president of the LGBTA. Michael Sutphin, member of the Blacksburg Town Council, board member at Equality Virginia and Virginia Tech alumnus, agreed.

“On its surface, the bill is written to see LAW / page two

AT-A-GLANCE

• Ohio passed a state-wide "all-comers" ban last year.

• Vanderbilt University adopted an all-comers policy last year, causing fifteen Christian groups to lose access to campus facilities and student-fee funding after refusing to confirm the policy.

• The InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Buffalo was suspended in 2011 for requiring elected leaders to sign a faith-based agreement and asking one of its leaders to resign due to his sexual orientation.

• At UNC-Greensboro controversy ensued when officials deemed a Christian pro-life group as non-religious and required it to adopt the school's all-comers policy.

• The legislation in Tennessee is in response to the issue with the all-comers policy at Vanderbilt. It passed unanimously in the House on Wednesday.

Man’s best friend: Pets reduce stress MADELEINE GORDON features reporter

COURTESY OF KELLY UNDERWOOD

Robyn Fox squats next to her dog Kaiya, allowing students to interact with them during their study break. veterinary medicine commu- might come across. a broad definition, Kobylinski nity, and trains their pets for After taking the training said. PAWS has programs in therapy work. The pets must course, which was designed local nursing homes, elementake a six-week training class, by the College of Veterinary tary schools, libraries and at which teaches skills like greet- Medicine specifically for Tech through both Newman ing a friendly stranger and PAWS, the animal therapists Library and Cook Counseling walking politely on a leash must pass an exam before Center. and desensitizes animals to beginning therapy work. see PAWS / page five any medical equipment they For PAWS, therapy work has

and activist organization on campus, is hosting the event with the purpose of raising awareness of violence against women, specifically sexual harassment, misogyny, rape and murder.

“There are issues that we need to change, and that see RALLY / page two

Diggs Week inspires teaching innovations

No information available

1. A religious or political student organization may determine that ordering the organization’s internal affairs, selecting the organization’s leaders and members, defining the organization’s doctrines, and resolving the organization’s disputes are in furtherance of the organization’s religious or political mission and that only persons committed to that mission should conduct such activities; and

Dog really can be man’s best friend. Or at least that’s the idea behind animal-assisted therapy.

With the hope of introducing the local community to the benefits of animal assisted therapy, the VirginiaMaryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine faculty and students created the organization Virginia Tech Helping Pet Assisted Wellness Service, or PAWS. You might be familiar with PAWS if you’ve ever seen dogs in the lobby of Newman Library. According to Abby Kobylinski, co-chair of the organization and veterinary medicine student, library visits have become very popular — but she says PAWS has much more than that to offer to the community.

“The mission of VT Helping PAWS is to bring a spiritual and emotional healing to people in the community through the work of animals,” Kobylinski said.

According to Kobylinski, PAWS takes people from the

Rally celebrates 24 years on campus and aims to raise awareness of violence against women

news reporter

From yoga exercises to acting classes, educators are embarking on new teaching techniques thanks to Diggs Week.

Virginia Tech’s Diggs Teach i ng Schola r Association is celebrating the first ever Diggs Week between March 25 and March 29 to promote innovation in the classrooms.

The association, named after Tech alumnus Edward Singleton Diggs, is headed

by Terry Cobb, an associate professor in the Department of Management and winner of the Diggs Teaching Scholar Award last year.

“What we’re trying to do is celebrate, promote and publicize teaching with innovation on the campus,” Cobb said. “We’re encouraging professors to try something new in their classes.”

The week has no events or traditional celebrations, but rather has professors register with the association and propose innovative methods to will use in their classrooms. The association then thanks and recognizes all professors involved, and awards three of them $500 for implementing their innovative proposals.

Cobb won the award by encouraging students to work in self-managed project teams that worked on their own with external clients.

These teams work with various regional and local organizations such as Goodwill, the New River Valley clinic and others to help them establish an online presence. These project teams are all part of Pamplin’s Productivity and Quality Leadership class.

This year Alan Abrahams, assistant professor of business information technology; Shelli Fowler, executive director of English graduate programs and pedagogies of English; and Susanna Rinehart, associate professor of cinema and theater won the award.

Fowler won for teaching

students about managing their d i g it a l footprint through o n l i n e civil activ- ABRAHAMS ity. Rinehart won for her plans to hold workshops for professors, helping them use acting methods to maintain student interest in classes.

Abrahams won for his work in expeditionary learning, which is a process of setting a large, multi-layered goal and dividing the class into groups who break up that goal and form a final product. For example, Abrahams’ class was able to use this process to create an online business guide for e-commerce ventures.

“My proposal to them was that I undertake expeditionary learning on a new domain, which was text analytics, an emerging technology area. This is an approach that I’ve tried and tested,” Abrahams said, who first gained reputation for his use of expeditionary learning to create the Online Business Guide.

The end goal for the Diggs funding in Abrahams’ class is the creation of the Pamplin Text Analytics Toolbox. This is intended for all departments at Tech to easily be able to fi nd information from online text sources.

While no longer required, former winners such as Cobb maintain innovation in their classes. Cobb uses his experience with yoga to teach breathing exercises to maintain low stress in his class. He hopes that the innovation will continue with this Diggs week and those to come.

“I just hope that next year we can get not just faculty involved in nominating innovative teachers during Diggs week, but we hope to enlist students to help us recognize the teachers they think are particularly innovative as well,” Cobb said.

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Rally: March aims to empower

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Law: Critics fear backlash WHAT THIS LAW MEANS FOR YOU STUDENTS TO GROUPS

A Christian student organization can require that you sign a statement of beliefs before assuming a leadership position.

A French culture appreciation club can ask you to leave if at a meeting you only talk about how Spanish people are more friendly and the culture is more vibrant.

BRAD KLODOWSKI / SPPS

Participants march through campus and town in an effort to reclaim the night as a safe space for women. from page one

we can all change together as a collective effort,” said junior Alyssa Seidorf, president of Womanspace.

In order to relay their message to the Virginia Tech community, the event consists of two parts: a rally and a march.

Both of these are open to men and women of all ages.

The rally meets at the Graduate Life Center Plaza and serves as the starting point for the march.

“The rally, specifically, is to raise awareness of violence against women (and) to share that violence occurs in every community, including our community,” said Susan Anderson, faculty advisor for Womanspace.

Women’s Resource Center Executive Director Pat Brown and Women’s Center Co-Director Christine Smith are speaking at the rally to share resources for women, friends and family affected by violence, such as the 24/7 live hotline.

“We want to make sure that our community here in

Blacksburg and particularly on the Tech campus know we have this resource,” Anderson said.

To give people more insight on violence against women, one woman is sharing her story about her rape. In addition, two men, one from the Cook Counseling Center and a cadet from the White Ribbon campaign, are speaking out about what men can do to stop this sort of violence.

According to Anderson, the inclusion of men is important for the effectiveness of the event.

“It takes many, many people working on a cause to create positive change and no matter how many women want to stop violence, women not working in conjunction with men (is) not going to change it,” Anderson said.

In addition to speakers, Soulstice, an all female a cappella group, and Tell Jenny, an acoustic duo, are performing.

Following the rally, the march begins at 7:30 p.m. and circles around campus and downtown Blacksburg.

People can march individu-

ally or as a group or organization. In doing so, they are encouraged to bring their organization’s banner or create one in support of the cause.

Participants are also asked to wear a purple ribbon tied with a knot for anyone they may know that is a victim of sexual assault.

“The march is to empower people, to energize people to raise their voices collectively to stop violence,” Anderson said.

Sophomore Meg Gisonda, a member of Womanspace, hopes that the event starts a conversation on the issues of violence against women.

“This is a great opportunity to start a conversation about how we treat sexual assault and sexual assault victims,” Gisonda said.

Take Back the Night does not require prior registration.

However, if an organization wishes to be mentioned at the rally, they are advised to contact Anderson at anderson@ math.vt.edu before the event.

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GROUPS TO STUDENTS

Your vegan student organization can politely ask a meat-eating member who only contributes deconstructive crticisms of your lifestyle to leave.

Your LGBT student group can provide a safe-haven for students who support and want to protect the rights of the LGBT community.

ANDREA LEDESMA / COLLEGIATE TIMES from page one

make it sound like it is protecting freedom of speech or freedom of association,” Sutphin said. “Really, it’s a way for student groups to circumvent campus anti-discrimination policies.”

The bill passed in the Senate 22-18 and in the House 73-27 in February. The votes fell mostly along party lines in the Senate, with four Democrats voting in favor of the bill, and Gov. Bob McDonnell signed the legislation into law last week.

However, not all students see the bill as a means of discrimination, but rather a way to ensure groups on campus are not threatened by lack of funding for being selective about membership.

Harrison Bergeron, sophomore biology major and vice president of the Libertarians at Virginia Tech, thinks that the bill can impact the LGBT community positively.

“A club (could) decide that they don’t want someone in their meetings, who for 90 minutes would say ‘whatever you’re doing is completely immoral’,” Bergeron said. “I would see it as a very positive thing, specifically for the gay community.”

Students react The legislation has caused some student groups at Virginia Tech to take action.

Nick Onopa, senior public and urban affairs major and undergraduate representative to the Board of Visitors, helped draft a letter to be sent to McDonnell on behalf of BOV representatives asking him to veto the bill.

According to Onopa, the gist of the letter was that Tech, as an undergraduate study body, would not support the law because of the values of community and mission of the university to provide service to all, not just some.

According to Bergeron, the Libertarians at Virginia Tech planned to send a letter to the Commission on Student Affairs, whose members helped draft the letter to the governor, “to remind them they don’t speak on behalf of us.” They also planned to send a letter to the governor expressing their support of the law.

The Student Budget Board is also currently working on changing its bylaws to avoid funding groups who adopt discriminatory membership policies.

“We will not allocate funds to organizations that discriminate,” Onopa said.

All-Comers Policies and Hastings In 2010, the U.S.

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In our combined experiences of multiple years, we never encountered a student voice with a preference towards these types of prejudices and discriminatory practices. In fact, the student voice has spoken with strong opposition to these discriminatory processes.

SENT TO GOVERNOR BOB MCDONNELL FROM THE BOARD OF VISITORS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

more info Interested in learning more or voicing an opinion?

The CSA is holding an open meeting about the new law tonight in Squires, Brush Mountain at 3:30 p.m.

Supreme Court heard the case Hastings Christian Fellowship v. Martinez. At the University of California at Hastings’ law school, a religious club required all members to subscribe to a statement of beliefs. The school then denied the organization recognition as a school club because of it.

The question in the case was whether or not public universities can use allcomers policies, or policies that require groups to accept all comers regardless of their beliefs, to deny official status and funding to groups.

With a 5-4 vote, the Court supported the all-comers policies, and the ability of a public institution to cut funding to, and even expel an organization, if the policy is not upheld.

This is exactly what Virginia’s new law intends to avoid.

According to Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-26th) who proposed the bill, it was meant to protect freedoms of assembly and association in student organizations in response to Hastings and to clarify Virginia’s position on all-comers policies at public universities.

“I think (groups who don’t like the law) are seeing demons where they don’t exist,” Obenshain said. “It doesn’t do what some of these groups that are criticizing it seem to think that it does. I hope they will be reassured.”

Th is law is not the fi rst legislation of its kind. Ohio adopted a similar law last year banning “all-comers” policies.

All-comers policies became a problem at Vanderbilt University last year, when fifteen Christian groups lost their funding and access to facilities after refusing to confi rm the new policy.

“It protects the freedom of association that is inherent in the first amendment … which, presumably, is a value worth preserving,” Obenshain said.

Obenshain assures the law has a neutral viewpoint, protecting the rights of every group equally, and is also not meant to undermine current protections in place by state and federal law.

“Th is (law) protects the LGBT groups just like it does some group with conflicting values,” Obenshain said. “I would think they’d want to limit membership and leadership to people who want to protect the LGBT values and protect the rights of the LGBT community,” Obenshain said.

The rights of groups: to exclude or to not exclude?

There are those who support and oppose the exclusivity of student organizations.

Obenshain, however, thinks students should be able to meet exclusively.

“I believe that student groups … ought to be free to organize on the basis of shared beliefs,” Obenshain said. “I think that’s an important part of college experience and college life and academic and personal freedom.”

Sutphin, though, points to a different part of the college experience. “(You) are supposed to be able to interact with people with different beliefs than you,” Sutphin said. “Clubs are exactly the kind of place where ... it would be good to engage in those kinds of dialogues about religion, politics, sexuality and those sorts of issues.”

Bergeron, however, believes groups should have the right to restrict membership to students who agree with their mission.

“The point of having a club isn’t to have everybody and their mothers in it,” Bergeron said. “It’s designed for a specific group of people who believe a certain thing ... and you have a right to assemble in the way that you wish to.”

The law will go into effect on July 1, 2013.

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Yawn: Why does the media continue to be fascinated with the disappearances of young women like Harrington or Natalee Holloway? Could it be the apperance based, aesthetic based society we live in?Could it be the status of their families?Finally is it the continuation of a certain racial/ethnic domination preeminence?Why do we continue to not like our own kind?

Kaitlyn S: She is a Virginia Tech student. We are all interested in what happens and why to our fellow Hokies of every race/social class. As for me? I don’t understand why everyone blames the venue instead of the friends that failed her completely.

Fred: There isn’t a case here. The no re-entry policy was prominently posted at the entrance to the venue. I suspect it was also printed on the tickets to the event.

That policy is in place to keep crowds under some control and deter folks from trying to sneak into the event. Morgan was an adult and was not incapable of understanding what no reentry meant. That doesn’t by any means excuse what happened to her later that night. Her murder was a horrible crime and I hope for the day when the killer is identified and brought to justice.Why didn’t her friends answer her cell phone calls or come out to help her?

She called them several times and they did nothing.

Some friends....

On “Scooter club gears up on campus” Anonymous: I am a big fan of scooters ever since seeing Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in the Spiderman films riding one.

Wait a minute...Mr. Fairchild what happened to your man card? Was it revoked?

Anonymous: Also a big fan in other movies.In real life it comes in handy especially when in Hong Kong and man deliver my Chinese food.In America pizza boy deliver pizza this way.

Anonymous: Fairchild’s favorite thing about having a scooter is taking a girl on a scooter ride around the town. So, whenever he wants to go on a ride, he knows that he can rely on Mauck or Hazelgrove to accompany him. - hoez on deck

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Our Views [staff editorial]

Budget Board appeal process is necessary to back up student organization rights and recognition law The signing of the student organization rights and recognition law by Gov. Bob McDonnell this past week is a preemptive measure to prevent school organizations that dispel disruptive members who don’t share their values from being punished by the university.

It is possible that without this law, someone could gain membership to a club they did not share the values of, and potentially disturb others’ rights to assemble. This is unfair to those members who are there to converse collectively.

For example, critics cite members of the LGBT community being wrongfully discriminated against from religious groups.

But, those religious groups have the right to freely assemble.

Further, it would protect LGBT members from hateful groups that could just as potentially disrupt meetings.

While we support this legislation, we recognize that some student organizations could misuse this recognized right, and discriminate unreasonably and unfairly. This kind of manipulation of the law cannot go unpunished.

We propose, therefore, that the Student Budget Board — the organization that allocates funds to student groups — create an appeals process that will analyze any unreasonable student discrimination by a club, and can then of restrict funding for perpetrators.

Clothesline Project brings back pain I hate the national initiative Clothesline Project that the Womanspace at Virginia Tech sets up once a semester. I hate these few days of the semester more than Homecoming week, sorority bid day, rush weeks, and every parent’s weekend combined. I avoid the Drillfield as much as I can, but Tech’s central crossing point is sometimes unavoidable.

My abusive ex-boyfriend is not at Tech. He has never been at Tech. He got rejected and went to a small liberal arts college near our hometown.

I have not seen him since I graduated high school in 2011.

Virginia Tech is supposed to be my safe place. When I walk across campus in the middle of the day, I should not feel threatened. And I never do — outside of the Clothesline

experience. The T-shirts on the clothesline explicitly display physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Words like “rape,” “forced me to” and “made me” jump out at me as I walk past. Even when I walk around the far end of the Drillfield, the Clothesline stands out like a paper cut, a scar, stands out like the bruises I could not explain.

The Clothesline Project is the biggest trigger I have encountered since I graduated high school.

Though raising awareness is desperately important, and I appreciate the sentiment, the execution is exhausting for those of us who have lived through abuse.

Those shirts trigger me because I know their stories from the inside out. My freshman fall, I had no idea what

was written on those T-shirts when I approached. I found myself reliving my physical, sexual and emotional abuse right there on the Drillfield.

These are still incidents I cannot discuss without hyperventilating, even though I have recovered most of the memories I repressed while forced to interact with my abuser.

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The Clothesline stands out like a paper cut, a scar, and the bruises I could not explain.”

I do not deserve the Clothesline Project. I do not deserve for my safe place to be invaded by these memories. I do not deserve a phys-

ical reminder of the things that I worked so hard to overcome.

I am not alone. Some of my friends at Tech who have also overcome abuse dislike the Clothesline as well. We avoid the Drillfield: a silent mass of women who aren’t sure how to articulate that this seemingly positive act, in fact, does us harm. I am sure that for the women who told their stories by making the T-shirts, it was cathartic. I sincerely hope that they got positive emotions out of the experience.

I just wish that the Clothesline Project didn’t have to be strung across the center of my home.

EMILY BLAIR -guest columnist -English -sophomore

Prop. 8 and DOMA may hurt the cause for gay rights In 1973, the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade said it was unconstitutional for states to completely restrict access to abortions for women because of the fundamental importance of privacy in our nation. This prompted a national debate that’s ongoing today about what extent an abortion is legal and, more importantly, the religious and moral views in legislation.

This case developed pro-life and pro-choice factions that have separated this nation and has led to stagnation in progress on this controversial topic. Furthermore, state legislatures that were antiabortion went on a preemptive strikes against women’s rights and made access in

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many circumstances very difficult.

In 2013, a poll by NBC and the Wall Street Journal showed for the first time that a majority of Americans, at 54 percent, think abortion should be legal, 40 years after the fact.

I’m afraid a ruling on Prop.

8 and DOMA by the Supreme Court will do the same.

For decades, gay and lesbian people have become more open and further assimilated in culture, through media exposure and stronger acceptance of homosexuality within international society. It is amazing to think what our parent’s generation thought of homosexuals compared to the world we live in. The momentum of

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gay rights is exponentially growing through technology like social media; cases like this might hold it back.

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However the Supreme Court rules on these cases, it will polarize people and place people in a ‘me v. you’ mentality, similar to abortion.”

Although I agree that the gay rights movement is the civil rights crusade of the millennial generation, the untimeliness of this Supreme Court case could lead to a backlash that will only

hinder the eventual progress the LGBT community has made so far. Currently, America stands near 50/50 on this issue, and however the Supreme Court rules on these cases, it will polarize people and place people in a “me v. you” mentality, similar to abortion.

It’s feasible the justices will say that the Constitution has no effect on either of these propositions, therefore leaving the federal government out of it and up to states. This ruling might not be an option in a few years when a stronger majority of Americans are accepting of gay rights. Moreover, there are too many open-ended possibilities on these decisions that could be detri-

mental to the development of civil rights and equal protection under the law, as stated in the 14th Amendment.

Honestly, I hope the Supreme Court abandons these cases for a later time when people are prepared for an answer that can be nationally acceptable, especially since the overwhelming majority of Millennials support gay rights. As you have seen, division in our society can be accelerated by creating lines of black and white rather than accepting the many shades of gray.

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3/28/13 31 Backed-up, in a way 34 Lined up 35 Not blabbing 37 __-Z: classic Camaro 39 The Bee Gees’ “Gee” 40 Fred’s dancing sister 42 Prefix with -naut 43 Japanese noodle 44 “__ durn tootin’!”

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66 Oscar winner Minnelli 67 Brio 68 Harriet’s TV hubby 69 Bakery worker 70 Polite rural agreement 71 Ceaselessly

DOWN 1 One-named singer with the debut album “Leave (Get Out)” 2 __ the crack of dawn 3 Moon landers, briefly 4 Internet __ 5 Pal 6 Play exchange 7 Noun modifier: Abbr.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Balance must be restored, which will require love. Don’t be afraid to express your feelings to solve a domestic puzzle. Talk things over, and discover romance as a sweet side bene it.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Every now and then, you need to do something that feeds your soul.

Enrolling in a creative class could support your overall goals.

It’s more fun than expected. Save some energy for romance.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) What you need is closer than it appears. Your fame travels far and wide, but do you really do it for the glory? Love blooms all around you. Art is present.

Follow your bliss.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Stick to practical inancial plans. Pay close attention to what you eat.

Go ahead and obsess on details; you’re gaining wisdom. Let it all go for a lovely moment with family and friends.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Children teach you the rules.

Invite yourself and others to play. It doesn’t need to be serious, does it? Laughter really is the best medicine (and it makes you quite attractive).

Someone falls in love.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Plan things carefully, and write ideas down so you don’t forget important details. You’re making a great impression. A female has a contribution to make. Record it to share. Communicate love.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Continue to work faster to advance to the next level and make more money. Beyond the inancial gains, you feel more empowered. Celebrate with loved ones, and rest up for tomorrow.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Time for introspection and beauty is well spent today. Redecorate your of ice without losing track of work obligations. Put some energy into romance and receive a hidden bene it. Take notes in Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You’re your journal. full of brilliant ideas. The best of them come when you’re relaxed Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. and not thinking too hard. Look 18) There’s a bene icial at things from an unfamiliar development, career-wise. Find vantage point for a new view another motivation besides that reveals new possibilities. money, and look for the pull on your heartstrings. You’re Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) admired for the company you Communications are getting keep. Friends help you make a through, even if it doesn’t seem new connection. like it. When in doubt, pick up the phone and ask. Don’t be Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Your afraid to make a special request. skills continue to improve with Give back, with love. age and practice. Be grateful as you gain con idence. Invest in your business, and get farther than expected. A female enters the picture. Invite her counsel.

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I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I DOUBT IT

Guys can sing pop songs too, just abide by my rules

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Saturday night, I was dancing at TOTS when “Tearing Up my Heart” from *NSYNC came on. The song put me in an interesting conundrum.

You see, I wasn’t what you would call a “masculine” child. The first concert I ever went to was the Backstreet Boys, and I saw “Titanic” in theaters four times — an impressive feat considering it’s four hours long and I was put on Adderall in third grade.

So when the teenaged version of Justin Timberlake got every girl in the bar to start screaming at a frequency I was certain would break glass, I was suddenly hit with the fact that I still remember every word to the song.

Scanning the faces of other guys around me, I had to figure out if I should sing along like the inner preteen in me wanted to do so badly.

I mean, while the girls might be impressed, pretty much every guy has the license to judge me and have my epitaph read, “He listened to *NSYNC.” And given my aforementioned childhood, I’m fighting an uphill battle to regain all of the man cards I lost before I turned 10.

I decided to sing anyway — judge away — but old habits die hard.

However, I know I’m not the only one that’s been in this situation, and because of this, I have come up with five rules to go by when this occurs.

1. “Call me, Maybe?” is always kosher The song has like 50 words that just repeat, and we’ve also heard it 1,000 times.

At some point, we should all recognize that we’ve subconsciously learned the words to it.

It’s also pretty much the best song ever.

In fact, the highlight of my last summer was having a girl hand me a business card with her actual number on it as the chorus played in the background. Ingenious, right?

2. You have to make it seem like it’s a joke Going back to “Call me, Maybe?” — your facial expression must make it obvious that you know the words to the song as a joke, even if that’s a blatant lie.

The second you start singing Carly Rae Jepsen as if it were a romantic ballad, you reach a territory where not even validation from Clint Eastwood could redeem you.

3. No eye contact with other guys Singing a boy band or cheesy pop song is shameful for any man over the age of 10.

Nothing will ever change this; not even JT bringing sexy back.

Because of this, eye contact must be avoided at all costs. It is very much the same way that your dog looks at the ground when it knows it’s done something wrong.

The last thing you want is to inadvertently meet the glance of another guy at the bar and have him think you are serenading him.

During the song, stop singing at least

twice and take a sip of whatever is in your hand.

Taking a sip while singing is universal code for, “I don’t know how the words go here.”

This not-so-subtle move is how I’ve avoided learning the lyrics to any Rihanna song or any rap music after 2008.

Use this move to your advantage and pretend like you don’t sing this to yourself in the mirror at night with a hairbrush in your hand.

This isn’t karaoke — you aren’t obligated to sing the entire song.

4. You actually have to be dancing with someone If you’re not actually dancing with anyone, singing a love song is just sad, and you should consider this act a new low.

It’s not okay if you’re dancing alone; it’s not okay if you’re sitting at the bar. It’s just not okay; don’t do it.

--Well, those are my rules to sing by. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go back to listening to *NSYNC — I’ve had them stuck in my head ever since I thought of writing this (revoking my own man card).

NICK CAFFERKY -senior -managing editor -communication major

PAWS: Therapy benefits people, animals, volunteers from page one

“Animal therapy can be anything from animals just sitting in on therapy sessions, to dogs visiting hospitals and nursing homes to be petted so the residents have something to look forward to,” said Robyn Fox, a staff advisor for PAWS and a College of Veterinary Medicine technician.

Animal assisted therapy is more than just petting animals, says Nikki Halllinan, a staff adviser and veterinary medicine animal care technician.

“It brings such healing to people to be around animals,” Hallinan said. “I’ve always seen a change in people when they’re around animals. They relax, get more talkative and open up.”

The impact animals make on people is one of the reasons Kobylinski fi nds PAWS so fulfi lling.

Kobylinski recalls a time at a Newman Library event in which a young woman, who had never pet a dog because of her intense fear, sat near Kobylinski for over an hour until she worked up the courage to pet the dog.

“After that she just sat there with the dog in her lap, loving all over it,” Kobylinski said. “It’s those things, seeing people overcome their fears and grow as a person, that make (being involved with PAWS) really reward-

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“Ellie has such a heart for people and I thought her COURTESY OF KELLY UNDERWOOD disability would help people A student pets Patti Brown’s dog Parker at Newman Library event. get through some of their own challenges,” Hallinan ing.” get out, to have something said.

Fox agrees that seeing peo- to look forward to, and have Kobylinski, Fox and ple enjoy the company of a purpose,” Fox said.

Hallinan all share an intense animals is enough to keep Fox says her beagle mix, passion for animals and her coming back.

Kaiya, lights up at PAWS hope to spread the wealth “It’s worthwhile to be programs when people are of benefits that the humana part of something that excited to see her. Hallinan’s animal bond can provide. might relieve someone’s dog Ellie, a mini Austrailian While the main focus of stress, make someone feel Sheppard, gets especially PAWS is to provide combetter, or give something for excited when she spends the panionship and comfort to them to look forward to,” day at the Cook Counseling those in need, the organizFox said. “And it’s reward- Center. ers also feel the benefit. ing to see my dog do these “My dog absolutely loves “We, as handlers and things that benefit others.” when we go (to PAWS administrators, get so much While it may seem that pet events). She knows when out of the program too,” assisted therapy is more for it’s Thursday and her day Kobylinski said. “It’s healthe humans than the pets, to go to Cook Counseling,” ing for us as well to see the Hallinan and Fox agree that Hallinan said. “She gets her joy and happiness our pets their dogs, who are both own therapy out of it even that we love so much, can trained therapy animals, get though she’s mostly going bring to other people. as much out of the sessions to help other people.”

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Lesson: Risky Drinking I was arrested from underage possession of alcohol, but I did not have any alcohol on me. What's the deal?

ANSWER: In the Commonwealth of Virginia, if you have alcohol in your system (i.e., the police smells alcohol on your breath) you are considered to be in possession of alcohol and can be charged with possession and/or underage drinking if you are under 21.

We were charging for a DJ at the door, and I was cited forillegal sale of alcohol? We were not selling alcohol.

ANSWER:

According to Virginia law, if money is collected for any reason and alcohol is freely available to guests, this is considered the sale of alcohol. So selling a red cup or charging for a DJ or band, and then providing alcohol to guests is considered the sale of alcohol.

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Reds, Nationals, Giants to set pace in NL East After finally vacating the basement of the National League East in 2012, the Nationals won their first division title since moving from Montreal.

The Nationals won 18 more games than in the 2011 season, and 39 more than in 2009.

Unsurprisingly, they only look to improve in 2013.

Stephen Strausburg will rejoin a starting rotation that has been solidified by threetime All-Star Dan Haren after he was pulled for a major portion of 2012 for an innings limit.

Furthermore, the Nationals’ lineup averaged 4.5 runs per game and led the East, and lost only one factoring piece of the puzzle: Michael Morse to Seattle.

As of now, the only other major factor in the division looks like it will be the Atlanta Braves. In 2012, the Braves lost their center fielder Michael Bourn to free agency, and their starting pitcher Tommy Hanson via trade. Following this loss, they bolstered both their lineup and bullpen.

They added Justin and B.J. Upton, who combined for 45 home runs, 145 RBI and 18 stolen bases in 2012, to their lineup which helped a 94-68 record in 2012.

The Braves also acquired Jordan Walden to complement their top bullpen in the league — in part because of Craig Kimbrel who recorded a NL-leading 42 saves last year.

For the Phillies, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels make up what is arguably the best front-of-the-rotation in baseball, but the trio combined for just a 34-23 record in 2012.

The injury bug stung Philadelphia all of last season, and with major components — most notably Chase Utley — finally healthy, they will make some noise in the East if they play to their potential.

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Aroldis Chapman will be joining the Reds rotation after making 137 relief appearances from 2010-12.

Rounding out — in a rather rough fashion — the NL East are the Miami Marlins and New York Mets. Both will struggle, and most likely fail, to stay above .500 in 2013. The bottom feeders teamed up to create what could be the best team in baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays, by sending Jose Reyes, R.A. Dickey, Emilio Bonafacio, Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson and others up north.

Central The unfortunate departure of the Houston Astros from the NL Central leaves almost nothing worth talking about, but I’ll do my best.

With 97 wins in 2012, the Cincinnati Reds won the Central Division by nine games. Look for the Reds to be in a similar position come October, 2013 — and look for it to be because of their pitching.

As a staff, the Reds ranked third in ERA, fift h in strikeouts and first in complete games and saves in the National League.

Those numbers all have legitimate chances of increasing with the addition of Cuban defect Aroldis Chapman joining the starting rotation.

The St. Louis Cardinals have not finished worse than second in the NL Central since 2008, when they fi nished secondto-last. Coming off a seamless transition from long-time manager Tony La Russa to first time manager Mike Matheny in 2012, the Cardinals return in 2013 with a relatively familiar looking roster.

The most notable absences will be those left by Lance Berkman, Kyle Lohse and Chris Carpenter, but the Redbirds still boast an above average pitching staff and a relatively young but experienced lineup.

With the low payroll of the Pirates, it is no surprise they have been stagnant in the free agent market this offseason.

The ‘Bucs have not made the playoffs since 1992; 2013 will be no different.

They will be competitive in

New-look Jays lead way in East East The American League is in a state of transition. In previous years, the New York Yankees’ and Boston Red Sox’s used their vast resources to dominate the league, but that is not true anymore.

The American League is more balanced than ever before, and the power lies elsewhere, even in the Yankees and Red Sox own division.

The favorite to take the AL East crown this season is the Toronto Blue Jays. Long the third or fourth best team in the East, the Blue Jays saw the opportunity presented by the decline of the Yankees and Red Sox, and pounced.

Taking advantage of yet another fire sale by the Miami Marlins, the Blue Jays were able to obtain Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle and Emilio Bonifacio to add to their collection of talent. Toss in a trade for National Leauge Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, and the Blue Jays look like an entirely different team.

The AL East will be tough, however, as the remaining four teams all still have legitimate chances at reaching the playoffs.

The Tampa Bay Rays did not make any additions in the offseason and lost top starter James Shields and center fielder B.J. Upton. But the Rays have been one of the best teams at finding cheap talent and doing more with less, so they shouldn’t be discounted.

The Yankees and Red Sox both still have some big names on their teams like Robinson Cano and David Ortiz. Both, however, also have far too many players on the wrong side of 30 and some serious injury issues already.

Finally, last season’s big surprise team, the Baltimore Orioles, comes back with nearly the exact same team. Last year the Orioles outperformed their talent though, getting significant playing time from

wash-ups like Nate McLouth and Lew Ford — but that could just be proof of Orioles Magic.

Central In the AL Central, the runaway favorite is the Detroit Tigers who boast back-to-back AL MVPs and Triple Crown winners in Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. Add some more star power in Prince Fielder, Austin Jackson, Victor Martinez and Torii Hunter, and it’s no wonder why they are a popular World Series pick.

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It also helps the Tigers that the rest of the Central division ranges from possibly decent to disaster.

It also helps the Tigers that the rest of the Central division ranges from possibly decent to disaster. The Tigers’ only real competition, if you can call it that, will likely come from the Cleveland Indians.

The Indians signed outfielders Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn which will get them a pretty good lineup. However, their pitching is still lacking, with wash-up Scott Kazmir attempting to make a comeback as their fifth starter.

The Chicago White Sox always seem to outperform expectations, but it will be much harder to do so this season. With aging stars and no offseason moves to fill gaps, the White Sox will be fighting to get to .500.

After the Kansas City Royals traded for James Shields and Wade Davis, some dubbed them as a dark horse candidate to make the playoffs. But the Royals are still the Royals — and any team that starts Jeff Francoeur should not be taken seriously.

Finally, the Minnesota Twins will be making a run for the worst record in the history of baseball.

West In the AL West the Oakland Athletics shocked everyone last season by taking the division over the heavily favored Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels. This season the Rangers and Angels will be favored again, but don’t count out those A’s.

The Angels made the big splash this offseason by signing former Rangers’ star outfielder Josh Hamilton away.

With Mike Trout at the top of the order and Albert Pujols and Hamilton manning the 3-4 spots, this team should score an abundance of runs. CJ Wilson and Jered Weaver will headline the pitching staff.

The Rangers have fallen off a bit after going to two straight World Series in 2010 and 2011.

Still, they have great pitching, good hitting and one of the best prospects in the game in Jurickson Profar. Japanese import Yu Darvish is an early favorite for Cy Young, and can lead this team back to the postseason.

The Athletics bring back the same young core that made that miraculous run to the playoffs last year, while adding Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima. Cuban star Yoenis Cespedes should continue to murder baseballs, and the young rotation can keep the A’s in nearly every game.

After the superb top three in the West there is a significant drop off with the last two teams. The Seattle Mariners still have Felix Hernandez, while the Houston Astros moved to the AL West from the NL Central.

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the Central because of their strong core of young talent — mainly Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez and Travis Snider — but are still a few years away from challenging for a top spot in the division.

Expect nothing more than mediocrity from the Cubs and Brewers. Both have average to slightly above-average lineups, but with weak pitching, it won’t make a difference.

Moment of silence for the Astros, please.

West The San Francisco Giants won two of the last three World Series, and they should compete for another this year.

Last year’s pitching staff, headlined by Matt Cain,

Madison Bumgarner and Ryan Vogelsong, is amongst the best in baseball. With Tim Lincecum starting fresh after an atrocious 2012, they should only get better.

Offensively, their lineup can mash the baseball. Pablo Sandoval, Hunter Pence, Buster Posey and Brandon Belt led the lineup that had the leagues third highest batting average and second fewest strikeouts just a year ago.

The L.A. Dodgers have just as much talent as the Giants, perhaps even a little more.

The Giants remain atop the West, however, because they’ve proven they can win down the stretch.

An Opening Day lineup that could consist of Carl Crawford, Andre Either, Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez one-throughfive would be at the top of baseball, hands down.

The Dodgers acquired HyunJin Ryu from Korea and Zach Greinke to go along with Josh Beckett, Clayton Kershaw and Aaron Harang on the hill.

The Diamondbacks have a lot of talent and may surprise many, but won’t be able to compete against the stacked rosters of San Francisco and the Dodgers.

The Rockies and the Padres finished a combined 48 games out of first place back in 2012.

If you’re expecting much from either of these ball clubs, brace yourself for a long year.

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Staff Predictions EMERT (NL) EAST Washington 97-65 Atlanta 89-73 Philadelphia 82-80 NY Mets 73-89 Miami 73-89 CENTRAL Cincinnati 93-69 St. Louis 89-73 Pittsburgh 82-80 Miwaukee 76-86 Chicago Cubs 62-100 WEST San Francisco 99-63 LA Dodgers 93-66 Arizona 87-75 San Diego 75-87 Colorado 66-96

O’HARA (AL) EAST Toronto 92-70 Tampa Bay 89-73 Boston 86-76 NY Yankees 84-78 Orioles 79-83 CENTRAL Detroit 96-66 Cleveland 85-77 Kansas City 81-81 Chicago Sox 77-85 Minnesota 59-103 WEST LA Angels 94-68 Oakland 92-70 Texas 88-74 Seattle 73-89 Houston 52-110