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‘Angel Fund’ bill revised, signed by Gov. McDonnell MICHAELA REARDON news staff writer

After a tumultuous journey through the Virginia state legislature, HB 1609 and its companion bill SB 1342 have been signed by Gov. McDonnell.

Over the past few years, the Angel Fund has been working hard to prevent future tragedies through advocacy, education and program implementation.

Earlier in the year, the Angel Fund contacted representa-

tives of the 39th and 40th districts to begin developing legislation that would address the problems highlighted by the Virginia College Mental Health Study conducted shortly after the shooting of April 16, 2007.

“I introduced (House Bill) 1609, which will improve coordination between public four-year higher education institutions, mental health facilities and local hospitals,” explained Delegate Tim Hugo of the 40th District.

“My bill ensures that all four-year public colleges and universities will have the mechanisms in place to provide services to students seeking treatment. It is my hope that this will create a safer and more supportive environment for students and prevent further tragedies.”

HB 1609 and SB 1342 require that the each public four-year institution creates a written memorandum of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral

health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment.

Each memorandum must designate a contact person to be notified when a student involuntarily recieves treatment from a mental facility, and also must include plans for students who are returning to campus after being discharged. see ANGEL / page two

Games unite cultures

COURTESY OF TIM HUGO

Angel Fund Board member Greg Richter testifies on behalf of the bill.

$1.56 mil granted for research group

COURTESY OF RANGASWAMY MUNIAPPAN

Farmers in Bangladesh, assisted by IPM’s research, work the fields.

International researchers are working in developing countries to aid in sustainable agricultural growth.

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Participants in the 2013 Hokie World Games paraded around the Drillfield Tuesday, finishing at English Field for the opening ceremony.

BY JESSICA GROVES | features reporter

Three Virginia Tech organizations teamed up to host the first Hokie World Games

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he Olympics aren’t just about getting gold — they’re about building relationships among diverse peoples and nations. That is exactly what the Hokie World Games aims to accomplish.

The Cranwell International Center, Virginia Tech’s Department of Athletics and the Department of Recreational Sports — teamed up to celebrate sportsmanship and multiculturalism in the first-ever Hokie World Games.

The Hokie Bird welcomed all participants at English Field Tuesday for the opening ceremony of the games, carrying an official replica of an Olympic torch.

Kevin Shaw, owner of several Domino’s Pizza restaurants in the New River Valley, was a torchbearer in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

According to Tyler Carwell, graduate marketing assistant for the Department of Recreational

Sports, Shaw lent the torch to Tech for the World Games.

Carwell named Nigel Harris, the assistant director of Aquatics and Instructional Programs with Recreational Sports at Tech, as the event’s coordinator.

“I would say the idea came from the Division of Student Affairs’ aspirations,” Harris said. “It really piqued my interest about the way we could involve students outside of academics.”

Harris sees the Hokie World Games as an essential addition to the university’s diverse atmosphere.

“The main reason we do things as adults is curiosity,” Harris said. “We asked what we could do to inspire curiosity in our student population — what we could do to get them to take advantage of the services and programs in Rec Sports.”

Remaining events Basketball Shootout Today 5:30 p.m. at McComas 3.2 Run in Remembrance Saturday 9 a.m. at War Memorial Hall Baseball vs. UNC Saturday 2 p.m. & Sunday 1 p.m.** at English Field **Closing ceremony will be held at game Sunday

see GAMES / page two

The Office of International Research, Education and Development (OIRED) has been awarded $1.59 million by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue its research in developing countries.

Virginia Tech has been conducting scientific research on Integrated Pest Management through the IPM Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) since 1993. The purpose of this research is to raise the standard of living while creating sustainable development.

The project takes place in 5-year cycles and is currently in its fourth phase.

USAID funds the project by donating $3 million for each cycle. In addition to this “core money,” the USAID mission offices of Indonesia

IPM’s project has generated $388 million of benefits for the standard of living and sustainability of some countries. and Bangladesh donated the extra $1.59 million following the sky-rocketing success of the IPM CRSP. The project has generated about $388 million in benefits. Some specific projects, such as the release of a parasite to control the papaya mealybug in India, have generated enough money to pay for the entire research project throughout its lifetime.

“The project is a huge one.

We are working in collaboration with 15 universities plus 16 countries,” said Dr. Muni Muniappan, the Program Director of the IPM CRSP. see RESEARCH / page two

Student government uses surveys to address student needs JOSH HIGGINS news reporter

SGA is evading the legislative process and tackling issues on the ground after receiving the survey results of their “Extreme Makeover Campus Edition.”

The survey, conducted during the fall semester, gauged students’ views on dining services, transportation, student centers and recreational facilities. With that, SGA has begun working with departments in the Division of Student Affairs — including Dining Services, Virginia Tech Libraries and Student Centers — and Blacksburg Transit to implement improvements based on the suggestions.

“Our first step was sending

out information to the department heads,” said Kimberly Caputo, an SGA student outreach official.

Since last fall, SGA has conducted two surveys. The first revealed what the biggest student issues were, while the second addressed more specifically the issues discovered in the first survey.

The first found the biggest issues for students were dining hall crowds and hours, food options, 24-hour study spaces in on-campus student centers, electrical outlets at Newman Library, bus hour extensions on nights and weekends, and bus overcrowding.

The second survey found that students wanted extended bus routes to additional loca-

tions and a conversion from Styrofoam containers to compostable to-go containers for an additional fee of 20 to 30 cents per to-go meal. Additionally, it found that students thought Squires Student Center’s location was convenient and students had “no basis to judge” whether Johnson Student Center adequately met commuters’ needs.

SGA Student Outreach official Roy Abernathy said SGA has been trying to implement changes based on student opinion at the departmental level. He said SGA has been in contact with leaders in student affairs and Blacksburg Transit to begin making improvements. see SURVEY / page two

WHAT STUDENTS WANT A recent SGA survey asked students what they wanted more of on campus. Here’s what they said...

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TRANSPORTATION 53% would like additional locations for BT bus stops

38% want less crowding in dining halls

89% want extended late-night dining hours

46% would like to see more late night food options

48% want later bus hours on nights and weekends

31% would like less overcrowding on buses ANDREA LEDESMA / COLLEGIATE TIMES

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Research: Project works with peers from page one

The universities that are working on this project alongside Virginia Tech include Clemson University and Penn State University. Scientists from these universities work in different parts of the world but all focus on developing an IPM package that would reduce the use of pesticides while simultaneously increasing crop yield.

They also have to work closely with many local partners including non-governmental organizations, mass media, the Department of Agriculture for the specific country and other institutes. Some of these include the Sam Ratulangi University of Indonesia and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute.

The IPM CRSP concentrates on its research, but it also gives

great importance to the capacities of both the human and the institution. This means it utilizes local intelligence and skill for its projects. Students from the developing countries are recruited, trained and sent back to work for the IPM CRSP in their own country. Over 250 students from different countries have been trained in this manner.

Another aspect the IPM CRSP focuses on is gender issues. The technologies developed are designed so as not to displace women, but to keep them involved.

“Research, technology transfer, human and institutional capacity building and gender… we are integrating everything,” said Muniappan.

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IPM CRSP team at an eggplant farm with the farmers in Nepal.

from page one

“We’re trying our best to gauge student opinion,” Abernathy said. “We look at what the issues are and give the results out, whether it be to other members of SGA so that they can do their job, or to other members of student affairs.”

The individual departments of Student Affairs can address some of the issues — such as improvements to residential advising to the library — revealed by the survey.

However, Abernathy and Caputo said some of the larger, more controversial issues would likely need to be addressed through student governance.

Issues such as increasing cost of to-go meals at dining halls to subsidize biodegradable to-go containers and extending dining hall evening hours would require legislation through SGA. The Commission on Student Affairs, an intermediary governing body that accepts legislation from SGA, would then form policies to give to the University Council, which then ultimately implements policy.

Student officials, according to Abernathy and Caputo, have yet to formulate specific policies based on the survey results, focusing on outreach with

other officials in student affairs to circumvent the legislative process on smaller issues.

However, SGA did make suggestions to begin discussing expanded bus routes with Blacksburg Transit — Abernathy said Blacksburg Transit was “very willing” to look at the data — and to begin seeking longer hours and better crowd flow in dining halls, improvements to Johnson Student Center, and improvements to Newman Library.

While policy has yet to be put in place, Abernathy and Caputo said they have been working with Newman Library to begin creating more quiet zones for students — installing new electrica l o u tlets and replacing furniture — and have submitted all the information to department heads to see if they can implement economically possible changes.

However, the task of proposing and implementing policy based on the surveys will rely on next year’s SGA officials.

“Hopefully, we’re going to lay some groundwork for the future leaders of student outreach,” Abernathy said.

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upcoming events Today

Hokie World Games - 5 p.m. at McComas Hall. Opening Ceremonies kick off the Hokie World Games 2013 on English Field. The HokieBird will light the torch and a Parade of Nations will follow, introducing each country. Closing ceremonies will be held at the Baseball vs North Carolina game on Sunday (4/14, 1pm)

Survey: Campus Games: Students changes proposed find competition from page one

editors: mallory noe-payne, priscilla alvarez, dean seal

Harris collaborated with the Cranwell International Center and Tech Athletics for several months to plan the Hokie World Games, one of many events during International Week. Since last year, the three departments have worked to schedule several events for more than twenty different nation teams.

“We’re excited to have people come out in the first year we’re doing this,” Carwell said. “I’m hoping people get psyched up and interested in the competition.”

“There’s a need being satisfied in recognizing the international students and organizations,” Harris said. “We do see them as an essential and viable part of our community.”

Throughout the week students weren’t just competing — they were participating together. Tyler LaFontaine, a junior architecture major, said that kind of communication is less common at Tech.

“The key thing is finding the one thing that really allows people to interact with something together, not just next to each other,” LaFontaine said.

The Hokie World Games is one of Tech’s latest attempts to provide that interaction among students. The International Street Fair held

last Saturday gave many people an opportunity to sample Blacksburg’s multicultural palette, but LaFontaine said sporting events provide more for student participants.

“Every now and then you do lose sight of how many groups are on campus until events like this happen,” LaFontaine said.

Harris said that the Hokie World Games exists to give those student groups visibility. At the same time, he hopes that university students, international or not, will explore more of the programs and activities that Rec Sports has to offer.

“We’re talking about the diversity of campus and the global connection here,” Harris said. “(As individuals we) represent the world, but together here in Blacksburg we represent the Hokie Nation and we want to celebrate that recognition.”

As a Hokie who has found his place in Blacksburg, Harris believes the Hokie World Games has its place at Tech, too. In the future, Harris hopes that International Week and the Hokie World Games become a tradition.

“We hope that some international students speak with some of the domestic students and learn about the culture,” Harris said. “Hopefully some bonds and healthy competition come from the nature of the sport.”

Justin Hollander Lecture - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Research Center.

Justin Hollander is an assistant professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University and a research scientist at the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University. He is the author of Sunburnt Cities: The Great Recession, Depopulation and Urban Planning in the American Sunbelt (Routledge 2011) and two other books examining the challenges of planning for postindustrial shrinking cities. Prior to the lecture, from 6 to 6:30 p.m., prospective students are invited to join Virginia Tech Urban Affairs and Planning Program alumni for a networking reception. This is the third and final in a series of Spring 2013 lectures sponsored by the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech and the School of Public and International Affairs.

“Bread, Freedom, and Dignity: The Secret Recipe of the Arab Uprisings” - Arab Festival Lecture, 7 p.m. at McBryde 113.

Speaker: Dr. Nadine Sinno

“Sinful: A Fashionable Affair” Annual Fashion Show - 8 p.m. at Squires

Commonwealth Ballroom. Virginia Tech’s Fashion Merchandising & Design Society is proud to bring you its annual fashion show. Come out to see models strutting down the runway, showcasing the garments our apparel students designed. $5 before, $8 after.

Friday

Men’s Tennis vs. Georgia Tech - 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.

Baseball vs. North Carolina - 5:30 p.m. to

7:30 p.m. at the English Field.

“Just for You”, CDE Spring Performance - 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Haymarket.

Contemporary Dance Ensemble performs their bi-annual showcase of choreography. The show will display a variety of dance styles including contemporary, jazz, lyrical, ballet and hip hop. $5 students, $10 public.

Angel: Colleges voice support in hearing from page one

A similar bill was introduced last year, but was not successful going through the legislature.

“What I did this year was go to all of the colleges and ask them to support the bill.

I told them it was important to me, and I thought it was important to the Angel Fund.

And in light of what hap-

pened at Virginia Tech, this was the critical issue,” Hugo said.

During the hearing, each school stood up and voiced their support for the bill.

However, as the bill traveled through the Senate, the wording of the bill was changed and this significantly altered the meaning and effectiveness of the bill.

“In (the Conference

Committee), it got changed to ‘may’ and I don’t really think that accomplished much, because the colleges could do that now,” Hugo said. “So I wrote a letter to the governor and asked him to amend the bill back to its original form — which is what the Angel Fund originally wanted and what I had originally passed.”

The governor amended the bill and it was sent back

to the houses for a revote.

The bill was passed unanimously through the Hosue but recieved a 35Y-5N in the Senate.

Despite this, the bill was sent to the Governor to be signed.

This bill will become effective on July 1.

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what you’re saying On “New Virginia Law Allows for Restrictive Membership”

Frank: The problem comes with who defines who is to be allowed in to a particular group or not. Where are the lines, and how are those lines actually decided upon? This new law creates and promotes division, when we are desperately trying to do the opposite between LGBT individuals and the greater community.

How do you promote understanding, create dialogue and discussion if you exclude open, neutral meetings to begin with..? Hello..??

Here in VA..Freedom of religion and speech have been redefined to mean freedom to discriminate ..openly and without consequence. Next up... businesses.

Anonymous: It’s worth pointing out that the law allows restrictive membership; it does not encourage or require it. It allows student organizations operate with autonomy, and ultimately allows for a more diverse pool of organizations. Of course, open dialogue among people with differing views can be a very positive thing, and is one of the most valuable experiences one can gain in college. As such, many organizations exist to encourage this, including the Libertarians at VT, whom welcome anyone regardless of their views, but also believe in allowing other student groups to operate as they wish.

Libertarianlove: They don’t plan to use this legislation to turn anyone away from the group, they only agree with the aspect of the legislation that says student groups should have the right to meet based on shared beliefs.

I know for a fact the Libertarians at Virginia Tech are a group that is welcoming to every political opinion. If you know what a libertarian is, you’d know that.

Cuban embargo lacks legitimacy T

wo years after Fidel Castro took control of the Cuban government in 1958, the U.S. imposed a trade embargo on Cuba. Currently, American citizens cannot travel there for tourism, and can only travel if they have a license from the U.S. Treasury Department.

However, the Cuban embargo raises some more serious problems than vacation planning.

Officially, the embargo is sustained because of Cuba’s inimical stance toward the U.S. and its deplorable human rights records. Yet, Cuba is far from the worst offender in either regard.

China and Russia are both well-known for their continuing human rights violations, though neither suffers from an American trade embargo.

In fact, one could say that the Cuban government and its influences on international affairs during the Cold War resulted

from Chinese and Russian support.

In terms of military posturing, Russia deployed nuclear-armed bombers around Guam as recently as February.

Cuba hasn’t posed a military threat since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Why isn’t America up in arms against American travel to Russia?

Because Russia is a barely democratized single-party state? Of course not.

As for human rights, the hypocrisy is upsetting.

While America demonizes Cuba for its treatment of prisoners and other dissidents, our Senate has yet to fully ratify the legal treaties that compose the International Bill of Human Rights. What is ratified has been rendered legally ineffective due to “reservation provisions” included.

And again, we find China and Russia to be much worse human rights violators than Cuba.

China, in particular, continues to stif le the basic rights of its citizens in the areas of civil rights and criminal punishment.

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... our government shifts its scope of Communism hatred into Cuba — an arguably insignificant island country.”

China continues to lead the world in executions (most “criminals” can be assumed to have exercised their unprotected basic rights); Human Rights Watch put the number executed in 2012 between 5,000 and 8,000.

I believe that a cruel form of pragmatism is at play here.

Rather than anger the largest "frenemies" of the

.S. our government shifts its scope of Communism hatred onto Cuba — an arguably insignificant island country.

In fact, parallels can be drawn between this issue and America’s response to the Syrian crisis.

Because other interests outweigh our moral imperative to help the thousands of Syrian dissidents, our government has failed to take action in their defense.

Human rights violations are the same wherever they occur, and we do not get a free pass simply because the country in question is a rival superpower.

In the absence of our will to impose embargoes on other human rights violators, it makes more sense to lift the one in effect on Cuba.

HECTOR QUESADA -regular columnist -junior -political science

Abortion ruling affects free market T he controversial issue of abortion once again took center stage in Virginia on April 3, 2013, when Virginia’s House of Delegates and General Assembly voted on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proposal on the matter.

McDonnell’s amendment states that “No qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through an exchange established or operating in the commonwealth shall provide coverage for abortions, regardless of whether such coverage is provided through the plan or is offered as a separate optional rider thereto."

The bill passed through the highly conservative House of Delegates by an overwhelming 55-37 vote while passing the General Assembly by a vote of only 20-19.

Though this amendment does infringe on the right of a woman in Virginia to choose whether to abort or not, the issues which accompany this bill go

beyond its fundamental principle.

The amendment calls for both government-run insurance companies and private insurance companies in Virginia to cease offering abortion coverage. It also blocks a pending “federally run health insurance exchange” from paying for abortions within the commonwealth.

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The government should have little to no power to regulate private insurance lenders.”

The only Republican senator to vote against McDonnell’s proposal was Sen. John Watkins, who put into perspective the situation regarding private businesses.

According to the Huffington Post, Watkins responded, “McDonnell’s measure was so extreme

that it will not only interfere with a woman’s reproductive rights decisions, it takes the unusual step of dictating to private insurers’ policies what they can’t cover.”

This bill should not have passed.

I am pro-choice, which makes me in favor of freedom of choice regarding abortion, but my argument is not based on abortion as much as it is on controlling private entities.

The government should have little to no power to regulate private insurance lenders. The insurance companies that receive funding from the federal and state government levels should be the only companies affected directly by this bill.

I agree with a statement given by Anna Scholl of the advocacy group, Progress Virginia.

She stated, “No woman should be denied the ability to spend her own private dollars on an insurance policy that will cover her in case something

goes horribly wrong with a pregnancy."

In this case, the key phrase is “private dollars.” If a woman wants to pay for her own abortion through a private insurance lender, there should be nothing preventing her.

This bill, however, seems to be a way to prevent taxpayers from paying for a woman’s abortion.

As it is, federally funded insurance companies do utilize taxpayer funding for their coverage plans, and only a few cover abortions. It is perfectly fine ,therefore, to prohibit government-funded insurance companies from paying for someone’s abortion.

We cannot go so far as to tell a private lender, who utilizes no taxpayer money and no federal funding, what they can and cannot cover under their insurance plans.

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US soccer hangs on to World Cup hopes MIKE PLATANIA sports staff writer

Points are at a premium in World Cup qualifying, so when the United States lost to Honduras after conceding a late goal in February, the pressure turned on very early for Team USA. Honduras is not exactly a laughable team, but the U.S. should not have had any problems with them, and to go home empty handed was a massive disappointment.

With no points in the early stages of World Cup qualifying, it then became a very real possibility that the United States would not be traveling down to Rio de Janeiro next June for the World Cup. Things were not about to get any easier last week, as they played Costa Rica and Mexico. It may sound like a recipe for disaster, but the U.S. walked away with two very satisfactory results.

The U.S. chose to play Costa Rica in Denver, which in hindsight might have been a crafty move by manager Jurgen Klinsmann to give his team a real homefield advantage. To no one’s surprise, it was snowing in Denver in the middle of March, and it was probably the first time many of the Costa Rican players had ever seen snow.

Clint Dempsey scored early, and that would be the only time the ball found the net for either side. Costa Rica filed a complaint to FIFA about the field’s conditions, but the result stood. The United States

There’s no doubt that the U.S. has their work cut out for them, but they’re on a much better trajectory after last week’s results.

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U.S. soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann is hoping his team can keep up this past week’s positive results. laid groundwork with three mous Estadio Azteca. tournament and figured points they really could not At the London Olympics, they would beat up on their do without.

Mexico brought home the rival in a friendly match in A few days later, push real- gold and scheduled a bit front of their fans, but the ly came to shove when the of a victory lap against the United States would have U.S. went down to play bit- United States shortly after. none of that. Team USA ter rival Mexico in the infa- They had just won a huge went in and beat Mexico for

the first time on the road, and even though it had no effect on the standings, it gave them the confidence they needed last week.

The balder the U.S. keeper is, the better they are.

Brad Guzan and his thinning hair filled in for an injured Tim Howard and his shiny dome, which was unsettling to many U.S. fans. Klinsmann also gave two young defenders their first career starts against Mexico. The entire unit answered the call and the U.S. was happy to go home with a score of 0-0 and a very valuable point in the standings.

They will still have to make up for the hole they dug themselves into in the Honduras match, but the value of these last two results can’t be understated. The Estadio Azteca is one of the most menacing places to play in the world, and to allow no goals with a makeshift defense was huge.

Tim Howard is a worldclass keeper who would start for nearly any club or country in the world, and he should be back and in form for the next qualifying games in June. He is the

team’s unquestioned leader and is a coach between the posts for his young, inexperienced defense.

On the other end of the field, the Americans have a few young players that are starting to hit top form. Michael Bradley, Jozy Altidore and Maurice Edu play in Italy, Holland, and Turkey respectively, and it has been in these European leagues that they have really been able to excel.

Bradley is the grease that turns the wheel of the American attack in midfield, Altidore simply cannot stop scoring, and Edu is developing into a forceful defensive midfielder.

These three players will be major components of the United States’ quest to head back to the World Cup. But the team’s superstar remains Clint Dempsey.

Landon Donovan has handed the torch to Dempsey, who might be the most dominating offensive force the United States has ever had. Dempsey excels when he is the focal point of the offense, and that is precisely what he is for the United States.

There is no doubt that the U.S. has their work cut out for themselves, but they are on a much better trajectory after last week’s results.

They still rely on Clint Dempsey to play Superman and bail them out in tough games, but Klinsmann’s system is really starting to click.

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Hokies look to build on great year ALLISON BOWKER

behind the individual winner, Sebastian Soderberg of Coastal Carolina.

The golf team racked up Sophomore Scott Vincent its third straight top place tied for 17th place with a finish this weekend when score of 218 and junior Bryce it came in fourth in the Chalkley tied for 19th, just a Augusta State Invitational. stroke behind Vincent. Four Head Coach Jay Hardwick of five Tech golfers finished credits much of the team’s with scores of par-or-better success to its well-balanced in Sunday’s round. structure.

Texas, the defending “When we have all five national champion, won players be successful like we its second consecutive did in the last two tour- championship with a total naments, that’s a great score of 863, five strokes achievement,” Hardwick ahead of Tech. The Augusta said. “Then the team doesn’t Invitational was host to 11 worry about someone hav- of the national top 40 golf ing a bad round because teams. they know that someone Vincent and Moyer preswill be there to pick up his ently lead the way for the score.”

Hokies for the season, In the Augusta Invitational, averaging 71.29 and 71.85 the Hokies earned a total respectively. Vincent is one score of 868 in 54-holes under par on his season — just four strokes over average, and shot his best par. score at the Puerto Rico The Hokies shot seven- Classic in February with a over-par in the first round total score of 209 in three on Saturday with a score of rounds. This score helped 295. In the second round him pull off a fifth-place on Saturday, the team fol- seven-under par finish. lowed with a one-over-par Moyer, who is even on his performance of 289. The season average, shot his Hokies entered Sunday’s best score at the Furman Intercollegiate in March.

His score of 210 in three rounds earned him a thirdWe don’t just sit inside, place six-under-par finish.

Moyer has also finished in we go out and play, the top 25 in every tournaeven when we don’t ment this year.

Moyer’s third-place finish like it.”

Jay Hardwick along with Bryce Chalkley’s Head Coach fourth-place, three-underpar finish lifted the Hokies to win the annual Furman final round ranked sixth Intercollegiate at the end of overall.

March.

In the final round of the At that tournament, the invitational, the Hokies team shot a three-round came out strong, as they total score of 843, 21 strokes finished the round four under par. Tech was ahead strokes under par with a at the end of every round of score of 284. The Hokies’ the tournament and the secscore was the best one ond place team finished 19 posted on Sunday and the strokes behind the Hokies third best round of golf to demonstrate their domiout of the entire 45-team nance. invitational.

Moyer’s six-under-par Senior Mikey Moyers tied finish was just one stroke for eighth place overall with behind the co-champions of a total score of 214 — two the tournament. strokes under par. Moyer Hardwick said that finished just five strokes Blacksburg’s unpredictsports staff writer

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Senior Mikey Moyers has led the golf team to success this spring. able weather helped to prepare the team for the last round of tournament play on Sunday. Weather conditions were unfavorable with temperatures in the upper 30s, with a strong wind chill, but that did not stop the Hokies from playing one of their best rounds all season.

“We don’t just sit inside, we go out and play, even though we don’t like it,” Hardwick said.

Tech’s first-place finish marked its third win of the season. It was also the fifth time that the Hokies have won the tournament.

“It was a very special win.

It’s one of the best college tournaments,” Hardwick said. “The win tied us with Clemson for the most wins ever. It also brought us a lot of confidence. We played a tremendous tournament against a great field.”

Hardwick said consistency will be the key to the next few weeks of the tournament.

“We want to continue to work on our weaknesses and work at the things we need to get better at,” Hardwick said.

The Hokies will compete again on April 20-21 at the Navy Spring Invitational at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club in Annapolis, Md. This will be the first time that the Hokies journey to Annapolis, Hardwick said. The course is a highly ranked collegiate course and an old golf course.

Because of this, the team can expect smaller greens and tight fairways.

Hardwick said that the team will be working on golf swings as well as placement and accuracy.

This will be the team’s last regular season tournament before it heads to the 2013 ACC Men’s Golf Championship at the Old North State Club in Badin Lake, N.C., April 26-28.

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I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I DOUBT IT

North Korea’s aggressive behavior has gone way too far

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his past week, Kim Jong-un joined my infamous list of most-hated historical figures.

This list includes names such as Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin and Henry David Thoreau (reading “Walden” in high school scarred me for life).

However, Jong-un just might have crept up to the top.

You see, I usually struggle to think of column ideas, spending countless hours in class thinking about topics I could crack on, with the end result usually being me sitting at my desk on Wednesday afternoon, still with no ideas.

Eventually, something comes to mind — usually this happens after I go on a rant about something trivial in the office, and someone says, “Why don’t you write about that?”

But for weeks, I had circled this column in advanced to talk about one of my great passions: the Masters.

I was going to talk about how Masters Sunday was my favorite day of the year, how Augusta National is the only place where men can gush about the beauty of flowers, and how I would not be going to classes on Thursday or Friday so I can watch coverage in peace.

It would have been majestic.

Unfortunately, North Korea’s new,

pudgy supreme leader ruined that for me by becoming even crazier than his father.

He announced that he takes back the 1953 armistice that stopped the Korean War and, last week, he started using North Korea’s nuclear facilities to make weapons.

Let’s get this straight, Jong-un is still in power for the same reason that every warlord in Africa is — the country is so desolate that if and when a war with it was over, it would cost an infinite amount of money to rebuild the infrastructure necessary to make it functional.

No country wants to foot that bill.

Meanwhile, North Korea thinks the reason no one has attacked is because others fear its “awesome” power. Basically, the country is that kid from the fourth grade that “wouldn’t let anyone sit with him,” when in reality, the reason he sat alone was because he smelled funny and no one liked him.

Actually, the best comparison I’ve heard for North Korea came from Seth MacFarlane last week, when he tweeted that it was “basically Scrappy Doo with nukes.” Perfect.

It’s even more perfect when you consider the fact that Scrappy Doo survives every episode because China — err, I mean Scooby — saves his butt at every turn.

And while it makes me feel dirty all over

using Scooby Doo in a metaphor with a communist party, it works. North Korea still exists because China is right there.

Here’s the thing, though, I have to think China at least wants to look the other way on this one. I know it has a defense treaty with North Korea, but at some point, doesn’t China’s government have to be embarrassed and tell South Korea, “Stay away from our border, but have fun with that”?

Does China really want to risk World War III for its obnoxious cousin?

North Korea is nothing but a mosquito trying to bite us. That being said, now that it has nuclear weapons, it’s a mosquito infected with malaria, with the ability to kill millions. That needs to stop.

I’m sick of hearing Kim Jong-whoever talk smack about his pathetic military, and I’m sick of Kim Jong-il saying that he was 38 under par, with 11 holes-in one, his first time on a golf course.

Because, God knows, I’m sick of all of this “puppy power” crap.

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