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Freshmen bypass ticket lottery BY RACHEL FRANKS | sports editor
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ncoming freshmen can now buy student season football tickets. Students can buy season tickets from June 20—August 7. The tickets are $66 dollars for the whole season. This means that freshmen will not have to go through the struggle of entering the lottery, searching for tickets online or dealing with scalpers. Incoming freshman Jocelyn Golden was excited and surprised to find out she could buy tickets. “I have grown up at Virginia Tech football games, so I was super excited to find out I could actually buy season tickets and could avoid the lottery system,” Golden said. Older students were shocked to hear incoming students would get the chance to buy tickets. “I found out I could buy tickets when some of my friends started forming a group, so I contacted my sister who just graduated from Tech and she said that wasn’t possible,” Golden said. see FRESHMEN / page two PAUL KURLAK / SPPS
Emily Waffle, a senior biochemistry major, is thrown skyward by members of the student section.
Search for next university president still in progress ZACH MARINER editor-in-chief
The search for Virginia Tech’s next university president is still ongoing with no set deadline, according to Mark Owczarski, Tech assistant vice president for news and information. “There’s no way to predict when that right person will be found,” Owczarski said. “When you try to rush those decisions, you usually make a bad one. You allow the process to occur as it unfolds.” The 22-person presidential search committee — made up of Board of Visitors members, professors and several students — was established on May 24, 10 days after the university announced Charles Steger’s retirement. “We’re going through a list of qualities that we think the next president of Virginia
Tech should have,” said committee member Justin Graves, a graduate student in education leadership and policy studies. “(The committee) has a graduate student, an undergraduate student, there are a ton of faculty members,” Graves said. “Each person represents a different section of Virginia Tech, and they did that very intentionally to make it as diverse as possible.” Aiding the presidential search committee is Russell Reynolds Associates, a “premier provider of senior-level executive search assessment,” according to its website. The search fi rm has conducted work for 40 years, and leads 3,500 engagements every year. According to the university news release regarding Steger’s departure, the president will stay in place until a replacement is found — even
Tech dining receives national recognition MATT MINOR news staff writer
STEGER if that time period trails into the fall semester, Owczarski indicated. “We’re at the point right now where we’re getting the word out to inform potential candidates,” Owczarski said. He also made it clear that the university was not committed to hiring in-house, but that the search committee would make the best possible decision for the position. “(The committee has) met once so far, and we’ll meet again in a couple weeks,” Graves said. “At that point we’ll begin the process of reaching out to individuals.”
Virginia Tech Dining Services has once again racked up awards this summer, including Food Management’s 2013 Innovator of the Year award for the stateof-the-art dining hall Turner Place at Lavery Hall, which opened in August of last year. The department is also eagerly awaiting the announcement on July 13 regarding whether or not it has won its seventh total Grand Prize award from the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) through its Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, the premier awards program in all of collegiate dining. This could be another
trophy in the already crowded case for Ted Faulkner, the director of Dining Services, and the rest of his department. They have already received over 25 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton awards, including the gold award this year for retail sales in the large school—multiple concept/marketplace category. In addition to those prestigious accolades, Dining Services has also been consistently ranked in the top three of the Princeton Review, and were voted No. 1 this year in the Best Variety and Best Quality Food categories by College Prowler, which also graded Tech’s overall dining program at an A+.
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Freshmen: Season tickets available for incoming students
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“So I went online and looked it up and found out that they were selling tickets to freshmen for the first time, which my sister could not believe.” Current students seemed to have a similar reaction. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw my freshmen friends from high school tweeting they bought student tickets,” said junior Sarah Fyffe. “I’ m happy they get the opportunity to go to games, but going through the lottery is sort of a rite of passage for Hokies.” There has been some speculation as to why the season tickets are open to freshmen this year. “It could be that not as many people bought season passes this year,” Fyffe said. “I know a lot of my friends were not happy with the home schedule and they wanted a Thursday night game.” It is still unclear as to exactly why freshmen have this opportunity, but it will be interesting to see if Tech will continue to allow incoming students to purchase tickets in the future.
Women’s golf coach hired RACHEL FRANKS sports editor
Virginia Tech’s women’s golf program is starting to come together with the hire of head coach Carol Green Robertson. It was announced Monday that athletic director Jim Weaver has hired the former Old Dominion head coach to be first women’s golf coach at Tech. The Hokies’ women’s golf program will have its first season in the fall of 2015. The women’s golf team will be Tech’s 22nd intercollegiate sport. Before joining the Hokies, Robertson coached at ODU for two years, leading her team to five tournament titles. Robertson is not only a coach, but also a golfer in her own right. She played for James Madison University, where she was a two-time Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, three-time
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The Pete Dye River Course — where Tech’s golf teams practice. first team All-CAA selection, the conference championship medalist in 2003, and twice qualified for the NCAA East Region. The new head coach has some ties to Blacksburg through her younger brother Garland, who played golf for Tech from 2007-11. Robertson will have the coming year to recruit a roster and develop the new golf
program. The young coach expressed her thoughts on being chosen to be the Hokies’ first head coach to HokieSports.com. “I am honored and thrilled to be a part of Virginia Tech history”, Robertson said. “I have no doubt this program is going to offer young ladies the opportunity of a lifetime and I’m proud I get to have a front row seat.”
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Snowden’s motives still unclear E very day for the past three weeks, we, as the American public, are updated on the new developments in the Edward Snowden bid for flight. After disclosing several alarming facts about the surveillance operations of our government’s National Security Agency (NSA) to the British newspaper The Guardian several weeks ago, Snowden attempts to escape the consequences in any way possible. He spent his latest days in a Moscow, Russia airport seeking asylum from other countries. It was recently reported by CNN that Snowden officially accepted Venezuela’s offer of asylum. In a speech in capital city Caracas, Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said, “I announce to the friendly governments of the world that we have decided to use international humanitarian rights to protect Snowden from the persecution that the world’s most powerful empire has unleashed against a young person who has told the truth.” Though Snowden’s crusade to free the American people from a Big Brother reminiscent surveil-
lance operation was brave, his flight befuddles many. He brought attention to a very serious problem in this free country, but now, the only attention he receives is that of a man running from treason charges. If Snowden was so afraid to get caught, why did he not make his whistleblow anonymous? Some claim that not as many would believe what was happening from an anonymous source. Snowden, a former government intelligence worker, brings validity to the claims of the NSA using questionable tactics to acquire information. He was a believable source of information, especially after the government’s reaction towards the leak. The government collapsed into a “damage control” mindset, and their most important act was to arrest Edward Snowden. Snowden’s arrest and trial would have aroused the American public and spotlighted the issue at hand. Instead, we are now left with what CNN calls the “Snowden saga.” Snowden is running from the law like any common robber or murderer, and the real issue is falling by the wayside. Everyone watching is now more worried
about how Snowden will travel from Moscow to Caracas. His attempts to run from the consequences blanket the point of infringement on privacy by our own national government, the point that Snowden wanted to drive home in the first place. It almost makes me wonder if he truly wanted to expose the government for its wrongdoings or gain his fifteen minutes of fame. Venezuela and other countries that back him up, such as Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua, all feel that Snowden’s message to the American people was meant to inform the masses. Whatever his motives were, they are slowly beginning to close in on his freedom. Although Venezuela gave Snowden a ticket out, I am sure the “Snowden saga” is not complete yet. As this story continues to unfold, the true meaning behind his flight from the country known for liberty and invading privacy becomes a moot point.
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While anticipating a season-opening matchup with defending national champion Alabama would be nerve wracking enough, Virginia Tech has received one piece of bad news after another regarding incoming recruits, potential signees and current players alike. The worst immediate news comes in the form of the report that running back Michael Holmes won’t be reinstated to the team after being convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge. Athletic director Jim Weaver said that Holmes is “permanently separated” from the team after his arrest in late April. He was originally charged with a felony, but the charge got reduced to a misdemeanor in court, meaning that the team could’ve reinstated Holmes. However, the
student judiciary panel ruled that he wouldn’t be able to return to the school. To add onto that, 2013 commit and four-star safety Holland Fisher failed to qualify academically at Tech and will be forced to spend the year at prep school Fork Union Military Academy. While the Hokies don’t exactly have an immediate need at safety, the worrying part of this news is that Fisher will once again be a recruitable athlete at Fork Union. He’ll have to choose to sign with Tech again in February should he get his grades up. Fisher might still intend on returning to Blacksburg at the moment, but the Hokies signed the safety in the face of intense competition from the Crimson Tide last year, and it’s impossible to ignore the potential for Nick Saban’s influence to sway Fisher over the course of the next few months.
But Fisher is hardly the only recruit the Hokies have seen head to prep school and face recruiting pressure in the last year. Running back Drew Harris was forced to enroll at Fork Union last year, and ongoing problems with his transcript have forced him to head to a junior college in Brooklyn this summer. Florida State has been in hot pursuit of Harris during this whole saga, and considering that Tech traditionally doesn’t accept junior college transfers, it seems a very real possibility that he could end up in Tallahassee. In addition to the absence of these two prep players, the team is also faced with pondering the uncertain futures of three other 2013 recruits. While 14 players officially enrolled with the school for the university’s second summer session, linebacker Andrew Motuapuaka, cornerback Cequan Jefferson and running back D.J. Reid all see OFFSEAON / page eight
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primarily for adult classes soon. Since starting out in the Blacksburg YMCA just one year ago, Leeper has seen a lot of changes and growth for her studio. “When we first started this time last summer, we had maybe 30 students,” Leeper said. “However, we were constantly evolving and getting more students.” As Little Leapers continues to expand into other cities— including Baltimore, where they have already started— Leeper hopes to find similar ways to connect with the community, as she feels dance is something everyone can understand. “There’s something about dressing up and dancing around to music,” Leeper said. “At everyone’s core, we all love to dance. Some people may publicly hate it, but they might be dancing around in their car. There’s something PHOTO COURTESY OF HEATHER LEEPER about the human body that Heather Leeper poses outside her dance studio at First & Main. likes to move.”
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For hundreds of years, ballerinas have captivated audiences with their graceful steps, elegant lines and effortless strength. With every turn and leap, they have become almost synonymous with beauty and poise. However, when audiences are watching a ballerina glide across a stage, they usually are not picturing her as a three-year-old twirling around a studio in a pink tutu. For Heather Leeper, nurturing that little girl with big dreams through her own love of dance has become not only her job, but also her passion. Just one year ago, the 26-yearold Virginia Tech alumna returned to Blacksburg and began teaching dance classes at the YMCA. Today, Leeper is the owner of Little Leapers dance studio in the First and Main shopping center, something she didn’t quite imagine when attending Tech for interior design. “I went into (interior design), but I never really had that passion for it, said Leeper. “I spent more time working on (Dance Company at Virginia Tech) stuff than I was on school work.” By no surprise, Leeper has been dancing since she was three years old. Both her mother and grandmother were dancers before her, making dance lessons at a young age an obvious choice. She wasn’t sure if she would dance when she grew up, but she did know that she loved wearing costumes. Holding true to her threeyear-old self, Leeper has worked to incorporate costumes into her unique dance program. In the beginning, Leeper hand-made each costume on her own, but now the Little Leapers costumes are professionally made and branded specifically for the studio. “Little Leapers is a specialized dance program,” said Leeper. “We use a lot of literature and theatrics to involve the kids in dance so they’re learning that ballet is not just about plies and pointing your
toes at the bar.” Through the Little Leapers program, children between two and seven years old learn technique by reading stories and then acting them out through costumed dance at the end of class. “Our curriculum is very different from other studios,” said Chelsea McGinnis, who has been teaching at the studio since March. “(The students) learn their stretches and their steps though stories and activities, so they don’t realize that they’re learning.” When the studio was first starting out, it was a onewoman show with Leeper at the head, but it has since expanded exponentially. With a staff full of qualified teachers from both Tech and Radford University, Leeper has been able to add more to the studio than she would have done if still working on her own. Leeper has added several outlets for the studio to connect to the community, including spring and winter stage productions, and fairy tale princesses and mermaids for public appearances and birthday parties. The productions are open to community participation, and the princesses are often played by college students with interests in modeling or acting. Leeper is also hoping to spread the Little Leapers curriculum by making it available across the country, as well as through a series of books. The Secrets of the Prima Ballerina book series is set to publish in December and is meant for use along with dance classes, just as they currently use stories in the Little Leapers classes. While Little Leapers got its start with children’s dance, it has since grown to include classes for older students. Older girls can take classes in ballet, musical theater and hip-hop. There are now classes available for collegeage girls. Sassy Fit, a chair exercise burlesque class, meets every Friday night, and there are also ballet, tap and belly dancing classes for adults. Leeper hopes to add a new studio location
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watch: The Lone Ranger Remake should have remained a classic
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t’s been thirty years since The Lone Ranger rode into theaters with his trusty sidekick Tonto at his side. Disney threw a few twists into “The Lone Ranger” when they reunited the heroic duo in their quest to avenge evil and serve justice. The movie begins and we find ourselves getting whisked away to a 1930’s county fair where a young boy discovers the real Tonto, played by Johnny Depp of all people, in a museum exhibit. Tonto takes us back to his glory days with The Lone Ranger, also known as John Reid, who is played by the dashing Armie Hammer. Reid and Tonto meet up after Butch Cavendish, the trademark Western villain, literally cuts the heart out of Dan Reid, John’s older brother. The younger Reid dies as well…but only for a moment. A legendary white spirit horse revives the younger Reid from death, after which he becomes the mythical Lone Ranger. Reid isn’t the only one with
supernatural powers, though. Tonto is a “spirit warrior” who reveals that Cavendish is a “wendigo,” a creature that must be killed with a silver bullet. The duo treks across Texas to seek revenge for Dan Reid’s death, but vengeance proves difficult to earn when a bigger battle begins between the Comanche natives and the United States Cavalry. “The Lone Ranger” has been announced as a box-office flop so far, and despite the movie’s promising storyline, it’s not hard to understand why. Disney made several poor choices regarding this movie’s actors and plotlines. For me, the trouble started when Johnny Depp was cast to play the role of a Comanche spirit warrior over several others, including Native American actors. The fi lmmakers did include several Comanche actors, like Gil Birmingham, but most of them played roles that encouraged stereotypes. The role of Tonto has been whitewashed before, but in 2013 it seems ridiculous. Later on, we discover more
about Tonto’s story that definitely surprises, but probably not in the way it was meant to. Tonto’s backstory tests the reliability of his storytelling, and it confused me more than anything. Another more technical problem with “The Lone Ranger” is the pacing. People looking forward to the good old-fashioned masked Lone Ranger won’t see him for an entire hour. However, once the mask is donned, viewers can expect a lot of fighting. Classic battle scenes have been updated to a huge degree, meaning the gory details are freely displayed on screen. The standard big-screen violence and action of “The Lone Ranger” are by no means dealbreakers, though. In my opinion, if you can look past the slow start and the uncomfortable depictions of people who aren’t Caucasian, the “The Lone Ranger” has a lot of action-packed punches to deliver. JESSICA GROVES - lifestyles staff writer - junior - communication major
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Offseason: Several recruits spurn Tech
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remain in limbo. Motuapuaka and Jefferson are only considered three-star recruits, but Reid is largely regarded as a four-star player and has the flexibility to play cornerback, as well as tailback. Yet beyond all the controversial reports regarding current recruits and players, there has been arguably worse news on the recruiting front for 2014. Although the team has been assembling an impressive class over the last few months, Tech was hoping to add some in-state five-star prospects like Da’Shawn Hand and Andrew Brown. Instead, both spurned the Hokies in recent weeks. Many considered Tech the leader to sign Hand, the nation’s top recruit, for the university’s respected engineering school and proximity to Hand’s home in northern Virginia. Yet Hand narrowed his options to Alabama, Michigan and Florida, claiming that
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Logan Thomas (3) leaps to try to break a tackle against UVA. Tech lacked the sports mar- ed in-state recruiting recently, keting major he was looking adding Brown to fellow top for, a departure from his ear- Virginia signees like Quin lier comments indicating he Blanding and Steven Moss. wanted to pursue an engineerDespite all this recent doom ing degree. and gloom, it’s important to While Hand remains unde- keep things in perspective. The cided, Brown recently com- 2014 recruiting class already mitted to in-state rival has 14 signees, and many view Virginia. it as one of the top 25 classes The Cavaliers have dominat- in the nation.
Turner Place was the newest addition to the university dining milieu at Virginia Tech, and was heavily featured in Food Management’s June 2013 edition magazine. It saw an average of about 50,000 customers per week, and reached 12,250 transactions a day on multiple occasions in the spring. “Turner, for the academic year surpassed 1.5 million (transactions), which caught us off guard because it was higher than originally projected,” Faulkner said. Turner is one of the most innovative dining halls in the country, featuring a fully functioning Japanesestyle steakhouse & sushi bar named Origami Grill. Turner also features some national university fi rsts, including the first campus Bruegger’s Bagels, the first
university-operated Qdoba Mexican Grill — which is also the second busiest chain location in the country — and the first Jamba Juice in the entire state of Virginia. For the 2013-2014 academic year, there are a few new things that Dining Services plans to unveil. Along with a self-branded concept “Burger 37” in Squires Student Center, there’s also a new program with gluten-free options in mind. “We just opened a glutenfree station in D2 at the Gauchos location that will have offerings throughout the coming academic year to assist those who desire that type of food selection,” Faulkner said. With each and every new project on its plate, Dining Services continues to impress college food critics nationwide.
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Give the gift of memories! Fri: 7:00pm, 9:00pm Sat: 7:00 pm, 9:30pm Sun: 3:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:30pm
Mon: 10:00am, 7:00pm, 9:15pm Tues-Wed: 7:00pm, 9:15pm Thurs: 7:00pm, 9:15pm