Who are you voting for today?
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 An independent, student-run newspaper serving the Virginia Tech community since 1903 www.collegiatetimes.com
COLLEGIATETIMES 110th year, issue 43 News, page 6
Lifestyles, page 2
Opinions, page 3
Sports, page 5
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Study Break, page 4
TUESDAY MORNING TAKEAWAYS
Thomas’ turnovers hold offense back
ON FAD DIETS
Five lifestyles writers took on fad diet challenges for one week. See how they did.
ATKINS
JUICE
VEGAN
KEVIN DICKEL/ SPPS
Logan Thomas’ four turnovers hampered Tech’s offense. MADELINE GORDON
CHELSEA GILES
SARA LEPLEY
lifestyles editor
lifestyles editor
lifestyles staff writer
My week on the Atkins Diet pretty much turned me into Regina George from “Mean Girls.” I found myself constantly asking stupid questions like “Is butter a carb?” and I experienced a shift in demeanor, as I was extremely irritable and oftentimes downright mean. The concept of the Atkins Diet is basically to cut out carbohydrates from your diet —limiting them to 15-20 grams a day.
Did you know that cheese holds our lives together? Yep. The sun would not rise if we did not have the gluey substance to string our days together. At least, that’s how I felt in my week of veganism. I never realized how dependent my diet was on dairy products until I wasn’t allowed to have them. I started off excited and anxious to embrace this pure diet until I got home the first night totally unprepared for this shift
Want to know how I lost four pounds in two days? It was simple, really. All it took was a few headaches, a rather high grocery bill and one embarrassing tumble outside of Squires. Oh yeah, and I gained it all back by Monday. As someone who is passionate about health, a juice cleanse — the poster-child for yo-yo diets — contradicts everything I stand for.
see ATKINS / page two
see VEGAN / page two
see JUICE / page two
JACOB EMERT sports editor
After an embarassing home loss against Duke, members of the Virginia Tech football team claimed they’d be ready for a road game against Boston College. Yet, thanks to a bevy of turnovers and a complete lack of a running game, the Hokies fell to the Eagles 34-27 in another costly defeat. Shooting yourself in the foot A week after a four-interception performance by
Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas contributed to a 13-10 loss to Duke, the senior quarterback tossed two interceptions and lost two fumbles in a losing effort against Boston College. With the game tied at 20 midway through the fourth quarter, Thomas and the Hokies’ offense began what could have been a gamewinning drive at their own 25-yard line. Facing a third down blitz, Thomas was forced to retreat before he finished his primary drop. see TMT / page five
Crisis hotline offers support, empathy Group brings fairABBEY WILLIAMS lifestyles staff writer
BEN WEIDLICH / SPPS
Volunteers work around the clock to assist callers in need.
Over 40 years ago, a group of students started their own drop-in counseling center in a Virginia Tech dorm room. Today, the spirit of their work remains present in the New River Valley area with Raft, a crisis hotline based in Blacksburg. “We want to listen,” said Holly Smith, manager and clinical supervisor at Raft. “We are here for students calling for any type of help, whether it be anxiety, relationship problems, depression or anything.” The Raft hotline serves as part of a larger resource, the New River Valley Community Services (NRVCS), which reaches the counties of Montgomery,
Floyd, Giles, Pulaski and the city of Radford. “We have over 60 programs, 600 employees and are located at seven or eight sites,” Smith said. “Raft is a small part of the overall agency, but yet it’s the gateway into a lot of our other services. We’re the fi rst point of contact.” The NRVCS provides a variety of mental heath services, including counseling, support groups, in-home treatment and substance abuse support. Raft often functions as an entrance into these other programs, as well as a triaging center for the emergency services department. “Raft is a very big referral source for people calling to find other types of help,” see RAFT / page six
trade apparel to Tech LEAH KOMADA news reporter
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is new to Tech’s campus but has already made prominent efforts to bring fair-trade apparel to the university. Almost four years ago, students within Oxfam at Virginia Tech began pressuring the campus bookstore to source from Alta Gracia, a fair-trade apparel company located in the Dominican Republic that supplies college apparel to universities across the United States. They succeeded in doing
info on the go USAS brought $70,000 worth of fair-trade apparel to the bookstore last year. so last year and brought $70,000 worth of Alta Gracia apparel to the bookstore mid-fall. Because of the initiative to bring fair trade apparel to the bookstore, USAS was born. see GROUP / page six
BREAKING DOWN THE BALLOT The Collegiate Times conducted a poll to see how readers would be voting in today’s election. The poll, which was advertised through social media and a QR code in the paper, was open from Oct. 30 to Nov. 4. With 167 responses, the results are just a small sample of the community.
yes no
78% 22%
NEWS
STUDY BREAK
Terry McAuliffe, 48% Robert Sarvis, 28%
Ralph S. Northam, 68% E.W. Jackson, 15%
Ken Cuccinelli, 19%
Other, 8%
Other, 5%
Abstain, 9%
SPORTS Bored in class? Check out today’s sudoku.
See what the weather holds for the first week of November see page 6
ONLINE The women’s soccer team scored a big win in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. Read about how they did it.
Curious about what kept the police busy this weekend? see page 2 see page 4
For whom will you be voting in the race for the Virginia lieutenant governor?
For whom will you be voting in the race for the Virginia governor?
Will you be voting in or have you already submitted a ballot for the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election?
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