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After the initial excavation, artifacts were sent to JMU and processed by the archeology lab.
The birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, located in Staunton, Virginia, has been the focus of recent archeological research aimed at establishing a more accurate historical timeline of the property. The site is known to be one of the showplaces of Staunton, which has a rich history with several unanswered questions. JMU students and faculty have been heavily involved in efforts to uncover the property’s history. “I live in Staunton, so I have some familiarity with the people who run the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library,” Dennis Blanton, associate professor of anthropology at JMU said. “I’ve expressed interest locally in bringing our archeological expertise to Staunton. It’s a city that prides itself on historic preservation.” Blanton was approached by the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum about contributing to the project that would begin in July 2018. The time frame for the initial excavation was too short to get students involved on-site, but Blanton hopes that he’ll give JMU students the ability to lead a secondary excavation in the future, rather than only having them involved in the analysis of the findings. The WWPL proposed the project when numerous boxwood trees were removed from the property, exposing a significant amount of land in the property’s garden. This opportunity led to the idea of an initial test dig with the goal of establishing whether a larger-scale excavation of the property could further explain the history of the home and its previous occupants. “We think that the potential findings can be used as a springboard to tell a somewhat untold story of mid-19th century Staunton,” Beth Scripps, operations manager for the WWPL said. “He was born here in the 1850s, but he came back to Staunton throughout his life. We want to do a better job of representing what it was that kept drawing him back.”
The Presbyterian church constructed the property, known as “The Manse,” in the mid19th century. Blanton, along with a group of roughly 25 volunteers, conducted shovel tests on the site. Artifacts such as marbles, home decor, children’s toys and animal bones have been found, which helps tell a more accurate story of the house’s past. Some of these findings, including a clay pipe and double-gilt button, predate the construction of the house, indicating a prior occupancy. It’s currently believed that some of the artifacts date back to the 1830s, roughly 20 years before Wilson’s birth. Additionally, pottery and porcelain artifacts have been discovered, representing an elegant lifestyle, which, according to Beth Scripps, was not prominent in the Shenandoah Valley at the time. These findings could expose an untold story about the previous occupants of the site. “We’ve documented and isolated a few deposits in the backyard where people were routinely discarding all kinds of things from the house,” Blanton said. “If we arrange to go back, which it looks like we will, we will, in larger excavations, try to illuminate details about the day-to-day lives of these Presbyterian families.” The WWPL is running an exhibit to display the artifacts found in the excavation until March 17. It focuses on informing the public of what the team has uncovered thus far, and explains the significance attached to these artifacts. Following the initial excavation, the artifacts were sent to and processed by the archeological research laboratory at JMU. The research laboratory then issued a report back in December, suggesting what future steps to take regarding the potential larger excavation. After the field work was completed, the findings were brought back to the JMU research lab. Once there, they were subject to processing and analysis by JMU students who worked in the lab. Various methods are used by the individuals involved in analyzing the findings to get the most accurate date possible.
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“It depends on the artifact type,” Katie Brauckmann, a junior anthropology major, said. “For things like ceramics, they date to a certain period at which they were produced, which once you recognize them, you can plug them into a formula to get a mean date. The same thing goes for window glass, but you can determine it based on the thickness.” The archeology team is working to secure funding for its planned excavation this summer, with the goal of digging even deeper to resolve the unanswered questions that have arisen from the first excavation. “This project exemplifies, in a way, the kind of engaged activity we at JMU get ourselves involved in,” Blanton said. “We strive to be the model of the engaged university, so this is a great example of how we’re taking unique expertise we have on campus and taking it to communities and organizations that don’t have it, but can really benefit from it.”
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Confronting Madison’s legacy JMU approves dorm name honoring African-American enslaved at Montpelier COURTESY OF VMDO ARCHITECTS
Paul Jennings Hall, shown in the architectural rendering above, will house 500 students and an exhibit on the history of Jennings when it opens fall 2019. By THOMAS ROBERTSON The Breeze
Paul Jennings was born into slavery at Montpelier, Virginia, in 1799. After years of serving as a household slave, he became James Madison’s personal slave and learned to read and write. Madison died in 1836, and Jennings was eventually sold to statesman Daniel Webster.
Jennings purchased his freedom from Webster, bought a home in Washington, D.C., started working for the Pension Office in 1853 and started a family. As an established member of D.C.’s free black community, Jennings often visited Dolley Madison and helped with her financial struggles. In 1863, he published “A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison,” the first White House memoir. Jennings died in 1874, and now,
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meeting and was met with no opposition. Several students recommended the name as part of a survey released in the fall. Miller said the idea to name an existing building after Jennings has come up multiple times through the Faculty Senate and other avenues, but didn’t make as much headway. However, the opportunity for a new building, along with Miller backing the name soon after his arrival at JMU, created what Miller called a more “passionate choice.”
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Prior to the board’s vote, Miller met with Raleigh Marshall, a descendant of Jennings and 2005 JMU alumnus, who then reached out to a larger group of descendants to discuss the naming. They supported the idea and will play a role in how Jennings’ history is presented in the dorm. “To me, you don’t do this unless the family signs off on it … As long as we did this right and with their consultation, they were comfortable with this,” Miller said. “Paul Jennings, he was famous for many, many things and we want to make sure that we honor his entire history.” Miller will be traveling to Northern Virginia to meet with the family and receive further input from them on an exhibit to be placed in the dorm. Additionally, the school is working with Montpelier to ensure that the legacy of Jennings and those enslaved at Montpelier is properly remembered. The East Campus dorm will house 500 students and include space for freshmen and upperclassmen. Along with an exhibit on the history of Jennings, the dorm will include a Learning Commons for studying, a Great Room — serving as a central community space for up to 200 people — and a P.O.D. dining option. Both Miller and Marshall hope the dorm will help the university own the “whole history of James Madison and not just the highlights.” Additionally, Marshall said Jennings’ story is little known, even in the areas where he had the most impact. Growing up in D.C., where Jennings was involved in The Pearl Incident — one of the largest attempted slave escapes in U.S. history — the local school system never taught Marshall about Jennings’ efforts. “Hopefully, I think a major takeaway should be that our history is messy,” Marshall said. “It’s messy with hypocrisy. It’s messy with questionable decisions. It’s messy with
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Legislation for the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan is currently in deliberation to discuss improvements, including possible funding source options. Proposed improvements to the interstate include an added third lane in both directions to reduce the number of traffic incidents in the corridor. State Sen. Mark Obenshain (R) and Del. Steve Landes (R), in conjunction with Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, created the legislation in 2017. The plan was approved in December 2017 by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and multiple state agencies studied the interstate to locate areas of improvement and potential funding sources. According to the Virginia D epar tment of Transportation, the interstate has experienced a 12 percent increase in traffic around Harrisonburg and delays have increased by 55 percent in the last five years. The study also identified that in parts of the Shenandoah Valley, 20 to 30 percent of the total traffic volume consists of trucks. Obenshain considers himself personally invested in the implementation of the plan because of his own perilous experience on the interstate. “It’s dangerous, and it’s unreliable,” Obenshain said. “I have personally been hit by a tractor trailer on Interstate 81, and only by the grace of God did I walk out of that crash alive. We thought we were going to die.” VDOT studied various options for funding sources and ruled out a toll and pass combination as the best way to pay for the approximate $2 billion project. Tolls for heavy commercial vehicles as high as $50 and for cars as high as $25 were suggested to pay for the project, with an annual pass additionally presented for cars to obtain for unlimited use of the interstate. The prospect of such tolls has created uneasiness
among regular I-81 commuters, according to Obenshain. JMU political science major Ethan Gardner is one of many students who would be affected by changes, as I-81 is his only means of travel from JMU to his home in Northern Virginia. “Generally any toll implementation would have a negative reaction among students,” Gardner said. “I wasn’t exactly a fan of the tolls, but I do recognize the need for improvements on 81. My general opinion is that I prefer a system in which they use a number of different measures to pay for it instead of one high toll or one high tax increase.” According to Harrisonburg Public Works Director Tom Hartman, the concern with the interstate isn’t about congestion, but reliability. Without an accident on the road and besides heavy traffic, the road operates well. “I think the recommendations for our area would provide some good,” Hartman said. “Long term, we would just continue to work with VDOT closely on our touchpoints, the offramps, the interchanges, to make sure that we’re operating as effectively and efficiently as we can with the new improvements in place. I think [the improvements] will work for the city.” Unable to come to a consensus, legislators took the tolls and annual pass option out of the bill, and are now looking at alternatives. With many JMU students relying on I-81 for frequent travel, adjustments may need to be made if the legislation passes. “I’m not giving up,” Obenshain said. “I don’t believe our team is going to give up. We’re coming back, and we’re going to come back with a better plan. I think it would be a positive improvement for everybody who lives, works, studies along the Interstate 81 corridor.” CONTACT Kamryn Koch at kochkr@dukes.jmu.edu. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on Twitter @BreezeNewsJMU.
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ELLIE SHIPPEY | contributing columnist The media consistently displays narratives of people under pressure to get their significant others the right gift for Valentine’s Day. In these narratives, the gift has to be expensive, demonstrate the extent of one’s devotion and be gendered to demonstrate one’s compliance to their role within their relationship. Consuming these narratives over and over results in a society that’s deeply internalized Valentine’s Day as a holiday in which spending money is the way to signal care and affection. Quite a few people know the popular
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complaint that Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark holiday. While the heart-shaped candies and witty cards are certainly enjoyable, it’s important to take a step back and pay attention to the way corporations are not-sosubtly influencing people’s notions of love. Valentine’s Day narratives not only reinforce consumption, but also reinforce narrow depictions of love. Options marketed to celebrate love tend to be centered around a heteronormative portrayal of romantic love. For instance, jewelry stores like Kay Jewelers use hetero couples within their commercials to sell the jewelry they market specifically for Valentine’s Day. For those who identify as heterosexual and experience romantic attraction, this may not seem like a problem, but this narrow approach to marketing negatively affects everyone. Focusing specifically on romantic
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Making Valentine’s Day more accessible companies would be sacrificing more profits for people who don’t experience romantic for less in doing so. This means that any work or sexual attraction would involve marketing on this particular front wouldn’t get done from this holiday as being a cause for celebrating a mass-marketing effort, but would have to take familial or platonic love. In the show “Parks and place through media and society to redefine this Recreation,” Amy Poehler’s character throws a holiday. party annually for her girlfriends and titles it This being said, people are equipped with the “Galentine’s Day.” This is a perfect example of tools to include themselves and anyone they how to make Valentine’s love in celebrating this Day a day for people who holiday. These tools are people’s ability might not have a romantic to create original partner. art, poetry, delicious The most difficult nutritious meals or aspect of Valentine’s Day to change — in terms of any other token of love how it limits the holiday’s one might prefer. It’s arguable that making inclusivity — is making something oneself for it more accessible to Ellie Shippey someone they love is people who can’t afford the purest expression the typical fare associated with the holiday. The of love there is. challenge with this is that there’s no incentive for companies that sell Valentine’s Day-themed Ellie Shippey is a senior media arts and products or services to make these products design major. Contact Ellie at shippeeb@ and services more affordable because the dukes.jmu.edu.
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MIKE CHERIPKA | contributing columnist In 2018, several musical artists made headlines for their behavior outside the studio, which promptly divided their fans. On one hand, some believe that if a person is despicable enough, they should be “cancelled,” meaning their music shouldn’t be listened to. However, music fans must learn to appreciate the music that artists put out, regardless of their personal character. Take Kanye West, who’s one of my all-time favorite artists. In 2018, he went on several tangents, blabbing nonsense on Twitter and getting into beef with Drake and several others. He is also a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, going so far as to having a meeting with him in the Oval Office. In June, West released a string of projects that he produced and recorded himself. The production was excellent on Pusha T’s “Daytona” as well as Nas’ “Nasir.” His own albums, “Ye” and “Kids See Ghosts” — the latter being a collaborative album with Kid Cudi — were raw with emotion. West allowed a peek into his inner psyche and was open about his mental issues, as well as where
his values lie at this point in his life — his family. These albums were brutally honest and a stark contrast to the antics he’d been pulling off for much of the year. They allowed his audience to empathize with him and see him as someone other than the egomaniac people were accustomed to. There’s no reason to not listen to any of the music he released simply because of his political alignment. If people were to do that based on the person the artist is as opposed to the music they create, many would miss out on a substantial amount of music. A good album is a good album, regardless of the artist who drops it. XXXTentacion is another artist whose name alone sparks controversy. Several years ago, his girlfriend reported him for domestic abuse, claiming he brutalized and abused her while she was pregnant. He was also accused of being homophobic, which he later denied. However, his two albums released before his untimely death, “17” and “?,” surprised many and were regarded highly by fans. Kendrick Lamar, one of the best rappers in the industry, told his Twitter followers to “listen to the album if you feel anything. raw thoughts.” That’s high praise coming from him. It would be fair for some people to be turned off by XXXTentacion’s actions, and rightfully so. What he did is heinous. However, the music put out stirred the emotions
of many who connected with it. There’s certainly a rift between people who believe he should be shunned from the music industry and those who believe an audience can still enjoy his music. Don’t mistake this article as me enabling bad people to do bad things — it isn’t. Simply, I’m someone who loves music and can appreciate a good song or album when I hear one. While I understand why some people intertwine artists’ characters with their music and will refuse to listen to them, I’m not one of those people. Now, there are some terrible people who make terrible music, such as Tekashi 6ix9ine. It’s just a matter of putting everything else to the side and simply enjoying the music. Mike Cheripka is a junior communication studies major. Contact Mike at cheripmd@dukes. jmu.edu.
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artist back. But more than likely, fans will readily reclaim their transformed artist. Rapper Radric Davis, better known as Gucci Mane, shows the transformation that can occur. After going to prison following a string of arrests, many of which were violent, he got out proclaiming he was a changed man. And he was — he lost significant weight, sobered up and most importantly, confronted his troublesome past. Today, Davis isn’t known as the criminal he portrayed in his music. He’s someone who exemplifies the transformation from felon to family man, someone your mom might like if she saw him on daytime television. But artists like Onfroy and Brown haven’t undergone the same introspection and subsequent rebirth Davis has. While Brown apologized for his felony assault of thengirlfriend Rihanna, he’s since been accused of multiple felony batteries. Onfroy never expressed remorse for his crimes, opting to defame his alleged victim until his death. While more mature listeners may be able to see past an artist’s problematic past, they give them a platform just the same. Every stream, post and purchase gives a musician more power, only adding to the long list of abusers at the helm of the entertainment industry. Denying responsibility shows young, impressionable fans how easily victims’ voices can be muffled. As Onfroy and others’ cases have proved, fans participate in the silencing, even when the evidence is stacked against the accused. In turn, victims are hesitant to come forward with their experiences. They’re harassed, threatened and vilified significantly more often than they’re lauded for their courage. No one listener sees the impact they have; a dozen streams is a drop in the bucket. But when we listen, we support artists. They make money from it. The money gives more visibility, and even if we disagree with what artists have done, the visibility allows them to escape the consequences of their actions. Victims of these crimes have no such platform. Their accusations are regularly dismissed. If, as a society, we claim to empower people to confidently come forward about their experiences, their abusers must not be supported. Listening to these artists regardless doesn’t show openmindedness or greater appreciation of art. It shows apathy.
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In O c t o b e r 2016, late rapper Jahseh Onfroy, known as XXXTentacion, was accused of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and witness tampering. A two-and-a-halfhour testimony by the alleged victim revealed dozens more charges could’ve been pressed. The nature of his abuse was heinous; he tortured, degraded and threatened his partner daily. While Onfroy died before the hearing, the alignment of testimony and evidence would’ve nearly ensured his guilt. The full transcript of the victim’s testimony is online. A 27-minute phone call Onfroy made from jail is available as well, one in which he brags about many of the atrocities his partner accused him of. The issue isn’t that people don’t know about Onfroy’s horrific acts of violence. It’s that they don’t care. Music shouldn’t — and can’t — be separated from the artist. Currently, XXXTentacion is the 21st most streamed artist on Spotify. His music is angsty and emotionally raw; it targets adolescents who may have never been exposed to such vulnerability through art before. When fans listened to Onfroy’s music, they connected with more than his records — they connected with him. The problem Onfroy presents is how he fulfills the idolized role that young people held for him. After his death, social media was flooded with eulogies, but far worse were the justifications for his actions. The same patterns of justification occur with countless other artists : Chris Brown, Tupac Shakur and R. Kelly to name a few. Fans’ refusal to hold their favorite artists accountable allows them to avoid punishment in the public sphere, and in many cases, it works. Tupac’s first-degree sexual assault conviction is largely forgotten, Brown’s assault of Rihanna has been turned into jokes and R. Kelly’s long history of imprisoning women is still denied by many. This not only obscures artists’ crimes, but normalizes their abuse. This is not to say these artists should be forever exiled from the mainstream. Musicians are people; people make mistakes. If someone is willing to own their actions and begin a journey of repentance and self-betterment, they should have the opportunity to be accepted once again. Some may never welcome the
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The sounds of soft, mechanical whirls pierce the air as William Raines boots up a large machine and places a long piece of birch plywood on top. The machine — a CNC, or Computer Numeric Control — allows for him and his business partner, Nico Prestipino, to input designs from Adobe Illustrator. It’ll automatically engrave the wood. Raines and Prestipino make and sell custom beer pong tables. Their business is called A&N Customs, which stands for Austin, the name Raines sometimes goes by, and Nico. Raines is a senior industrial design major, so he has the necessary knowledge of carpentry and access to the proper tools to handle the physical side of the job. On the other hand, Prestipino, a sophomore management major, has the business knowledge to market and manage sales. After meeting Raines through InterVarsity, Prestipino had the idea for the business when he saw a custom pong board that Raines had made. Originally, Raines made it to be a tabletop for his house. “We’re called ‘The Sandlot,’ so of course we did ‘The Sandlot’ movie poster basically but on a table,” Raines said. “Then we decided to make it into a pong board. It was cool applying both areas of design into something that brought our house together.” Prestipino saw the board and had the idea
to make more and start selling them. He has experience as an entrepreneur, having run a few of his own small businesses since high school. “I’m trying to take this to the next level,” Prestipino said. “So what attracted me to this was just the experience of entrepreneurship and starting to get involved into something I don’t know anything about and figuring out how to sell that to people.” While selling these tables might be new to Prestipino, Raines has a long history in woodworking. He’s spent the last two years as a shop tech in the industrial design workshop in the JMU Studio Center and remembers watching his grandfather — a carpenter — introduce him to the world of woodworking firsthand. “He built his own barn, gazebo, everything,” Raines said. “I grew up just watching him in his shop while I was building with Legos. [I am] aspiring to be that, but more as a career and a passion rather than just a hobby.” Raines and Prestipino split the responsibilities of the job, with Prestipino trying different ways to get the word out for their business and Raines making the tables. Both do the painting and designs. “I texted every single person I knew that was in Greek life,” Prestipino said. “Then, once I exhausted those resources, I posted in the JMU ’21 Facebook page and the JMU ’21 GroupMe. I got a few clients from both of those. Now, it’s honestly been word of
mouth, but we’re trying to make it a little bit bigger.” They’ve sold eight or nine tables at this point and are getting more clients. Aiden Davis, a sophomore hospitality management major, was their first customer. Davis knew Prestipino from living in the same dorm their freshman year. “He hit me up and [said], ‘I’m working with my friend … We’re designing these tables and putting them through machines and stuff.’” Davis said. “And I was like, ‘Honestly if I am one of the first ones to have it that’s really cool.’” Davis says his house now loves its newest addition. Raines and Prestipino are both pursuing careers in the fields of their respective roles. Raines graduates this May and is hopeful for any job that allows him to continue creating and working with clients. Prestipino, on the other hand, has more time before graduation and is hopeful for a career in which he can help people. “My passion is toward just creating, specifically within furniture design,” Raines said. “I’ve always had a passion for woodworking ... and the fact that [Prestipino and I] can put this into something that other people can find enjoyment from makes it more fun.” CONTACT Tristan Lorei at loreitm@dukes. jmu.edu. For more on the culture, arts and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on Twitter @Breeze_Culture.
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so accepting and empathetic and just a genuine person and she’s really kind. I think the hardest thing is that I definitely want to play her and portray her as a strong female character who is very empathetic, but I don’t want to play her too passive.” Willis says that throughout the play, Sylvia is Oliver and Phillip’s support system, loving and accepting them before they can do so themselves. Playing the only female character in the show, Willis wants to show the importance of a strong friend in many gay men’s lives. “I feel like this story is a story that needs to be told and needs to be shared,” Willis said. “Being a part of that and playing a character I have some experience with, like the straight female best friend, [and] being able to share a story that hopefully can touch as many people as possible is really cool.” McCoy says that while the characters aren’t based on one particular person, he hopes members of the audience who aren’t as accepting can be affected by the reality of this play. In the closing scene of the play, Sylvia, in 1958, gazes at a picture of Oliver and Phillip in 2008 and repeats, “It will be alright. It will be alright. It will be alright.” “Yes, gay people have struggles and yes, they probably will continue to struggle,” McCoy said. “But we cannot give up hope that things will be alright because if we gave up hope, then there would be no reason to tell this story.”
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Luke McCoy, a senior musical theatre major and director of the play “The Pride,” stood nervously alongside nine other applicants as each gave a speech to a selection committee as to why their play should be chosen. Surrounded by other budding directors, McCoy was ecstatic when his was picked. It’ll play at the Studio Theatre in Forbes from Thursday to Tuesday. Written by Alexi Kaye Campbell, “The Pride” portrays scenes that demonstrate what life is like for people who identify as LGBT. The story is set in both 1958 and 2008. It deals with love and acceptance, but also the realities of changing attitudes toward sexuality between the decades. McCoy began pursuing the idea of directing this show at JMU because of its relevance to the LGBT community today. He says he was struck by the parallels of what it means to be gay in 1958 versus 2008. “You have to do a lot of careful research,” McCoy said. “Doing that, I think, really helped [the performers] get in touch with a mindset that they’re definitely not familiar with. A lot of what we spoke about was knowing gay history, and for those characters, the fear and the reasons that they’re trapped inside their closets is because they’ve been given no reason to think that a gay person could ever have a future.” Ryan Groeschel, a freshman musical theatre major, plays the role of Phillip. Groeschel says that for the majority of the show, his character is seen in the 1958 storyline as a closeted gay man married to a woman named Sylvia. Later, Phillip and
Oliver, Sylvia’s co-worker, develop feelings for each other. “For me, as a straight person playing a gay role, I just want to make sure that I’m bringing truth and honesty to the experience that this guy is having,” Groeschel said. “While I might not be able to relate to aspects of Phillip, at the same time, I think everyone knows what it feels like to be lost or maybe not always know exactly who they are.” While it’s been a rewarding experience getting to play this role, Groeschel says that at times, it’s difficult to approach because it portrays dark topics such as sexual assault. In the play, Phillip struggles with his sexuality and identity. “So that is kind of, I think, a theme that anyone can relate to … coming to terms with an aspect of themselves that they might not love about themselves,” Groeschel said. “For me, that’s kind of how I’ve gotten into this character. But it’s been a ton of fun playing this character and just figuring out who this person is.” Oliver, played by freshman theatre major Garrett Redden, develops mostly in the 2008 storyline. Oliver still struggles with his sexuality despite society being more accepting at this point. He falls victim to stereotypes such as excessive promiscuity and anonymous sex that are commonly associated with the gay community. Amanda Willis, a freshman theatre major, plays Sylvia. In 1958, Oliver cheats on Sylvia to have an affair with Phillip. In 2008, she’s Oliver’s best friend whom the men turn to when they have relationship troubles. “I find her character very ahead of her time,” Willis said. “In 1958, homosexuality is not accepted in the slightest bit, but she’s
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Stop and smell the rosé JMU student uses own company founded on handpainted wine glasses as artistic outlet
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Returning home from her evening classes, junior media arts and design major Cintia Samaha grabs a simple wine glass — her medium of choice — and begins painting an intricate tree with multicolored leaves stemming from the long branches. After curing the paint in her oven, Samaha fills the glass with a handcrafted, cinnamonscented candle to complete the design. The process takes about an hour and 15 minutes to create one glass and candle. “I could spend all day and get lost in it,” Samaha said. “On Saturday, I actually painted from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. without even stopping.”
The inspiration for Sip n’ Scent Candle Company came in the form of a theoretical business plan for her high school entrepreneurship class. Samaha was tasked with developing a product with a financial plan and targeted demographics. “We had to do presentations one day, and I was the only person that came in with an actual product, and people ate it up,” Samaha said. “My classmates started ordering them and I was shocked because I never really expected it to be that big of a deal.” Samaha was promptly introduced to the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), in which she had the opportunity to pitch her plan to investors and participate in a nationwide competition. She tied for second place in the state round.
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side,” Bennett said. “To do it on the side and still be so creative and put so much time and effort into it is really a blessing. It has just made so many people so happy.” While there are thoughts of turning her little business into a career in the future, Cintia says if she does decide to grow her business, it’ll remain a side job. For now, she’s happy with the way things are. She makes the glassware in her free time and appreciates the relaxing work environment. “It’s so corny, but there is that one quote that’s like, ‘If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life,’” Cintia said. “This isn’t a career, but it’s a hobby … and it’s really stress relieving, actually. I’ll come home with lots of anxiety and stress and I’ll sit and just paint, and everything kind of just goes away.” Though her company’s future is unknown, Cintia’s current focus isn’t just on the money. She enjoys using this outlet to display her artistic talent and bring joy and satisfaction to her customers. “I love making people’s ideas come true,” Cintia said. “People will come to me with crazy ideas about things that they want made for their friends or for themselves … and even just people knowing that I can do that is a reward in itself.”
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Samaha says her business was successful at the time, and she sold her creations in bulk. Her father, Ramzi Samaha, says he knew from the start that she had the potential for success. “I’ve got paintings here [in my office] that people would go, ‘Wow, this is really nice. Who did this?’ and I would say, ‘Cintia, when she was three years old,’” Ramzi said. “She’s always been artistic. With this business here, we were pretty sure that it was going to take off — and it did.” After graduating high school, Cintia lost the motivation to keep the business going until her junior year at JMU. She decided to return to the hobby and now sells her products for $20 each by commission as a way of making extra money. Frequent customer Sarah Bennett says she often commissions Cintia by sending her photos that serve as inspiration for the wine glasses. “I had a friend who was leaving Washington, [D.C.], after many years, and I wanted to give her a memento,” Bennett said. “I sent [Cintia] 24 pictures all around D.C., and she took those pictures and drew them on the wine glasses, and they were fabulous.” Bennett praises Cintia for her unique interpretation of the images she references and for allowing customers to personalize their purchases rather than simply buying uniform, manufactured glassware. She says Cintia’s whimsical spin on the images set her above the rest in the business. “The fun thing about Cintia is that she’s a college student, so she just does this on the
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JMU is all about its sports. It boasts national championships and conference titles for football and lacrosse, and several others programs are on the rise. In the winter, sports fans in Harrisonburg usually head to the Convocation Center to watch Dukes basketball for their sports fix, but there’s another team to watch during the icy months. JMU club ice hockey is one of the many club sports offered at JMU, but this team is in a unique position. While the school offers many sports that have both varsity and club options, club ice hockey is one of the few with no varsity team. Dukes ice hockey takes pride in its game and has built a strong team with positive relationships. “I’d like to think our team has very good chemistry,” junior goalie Tom
Harris said. “We’re all friends outside of hockey and on the ice as well.” JMU ice hockey is a Division-II hockey team playing in the Southeast Conference of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. Former head coach Doug Fordham ran the show but had to make the almost twohour drive on Interstate 95 from Richmond to Haymarket, Virginia, to coach his men. With no ice available in Harrisonburg, the team is forced to practice an hour and a half away. The players understand that people may not know about the team because home games are 94 miles away from Harrisonburg at the Haymarket IcePlex. This hasn’t deterred the players of JMU hockey, as they’ve seen the long drives to their home games as a blessing in disguise. It means they get to play for passionate crowds and that only the most dedicated students will play for the team Fridays and Saturdays in the winter.
“ The fact that we have to travel an hour and 10 minutes kind of weeds out all the kids who aren’t going to be committed,” junior forward Shane Davison said. “Even though it’s a tough commute, it means the world to us that we’re still able to get on the ice and continue playing the sport that we grew up loving.” Aside from playing, junior defender Brendan Boyle has another important job to do before the first puck drops at center ice. As the driver for the team, Boyle personally drives his teammates to Haymarket for home contests and as far as New Jersey for road games. Boyle and Davison both serve as the club’s treasurers and handle work behind the scenes. “There’s doing paperwork, dues and getting vans and transportation for the games,” Boyle said.
JMU club ice hockey doesn’t take anything for granted with a lot of things — like the team’s operations — being handled by the players. Because of this, the wins mean more. The Dukes are proud of how this season went, finishing third in their division, but having an increase in recognition would add to that. “We want to be more known,” Harris said. “Having the student participation in the games and having
big crowds gives the team a boost.” These men are a proud brotherhood ready to take the ice at a moment’s notice for their school, their fans and each other. There are challenges presented both in playing games and running the club, but these challenges aren’t enough to slow them down. Boyle, Davison and Harris, as well as seniors Kyle Sopelak, Keegan Kelly, Ryan Scott and the rest of the team, have made the most out of their time with JMU ice hockey. “This team means a very big deal to me,” Boyle said. “When you pour all this time into the game that we love, honestly, it’s very rewarding.” CONTACT Jordan Simal at simaljg@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more sports coverage, follow the sports desk on Twitter @TheBreezeSports.
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Harris continues family legacy to play college basketball (20.7 per game) and rebounds (7.8 per game) through Tuesday, but the family found out Jan. 31 that he’d be watching this year’s NBA All-Star game from his couch. Less than a week later, Tobias learned that his couch — as well as his other belongings — would be moved from L.A. to Philadelphia in a six-player blockbuster trade. Now, he’ll be closer than ever to his parents in New York, sisters in Virginia and South Carolina and brothers in Washington, D.C. and North Carolina. Tori recognizes the impact her family has had on her, as she said she got her love of basketball from her siblings. She said how her sister Tesia’s success at Delaware — where she earned third-team AllCAA honors — and Tobias’ scholarship to Tennessee motivated her to seriously pursue basketball. Family is a priority for Tori, as she said being close to her brother T.J., who lives in Washington, D.C., was a factor in her choosing JMU over Hofstra or Elon.
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Harris, that’s called Friday afternoon. The JMU women’s basketball sophomore guard is the youngest of six in a family of basketball fanatics, F o r a n y p a s s i o n a t e including Tobias Harris — an eight-year NBA veteran basketball fan, meeting who starts on the Philadelphia 76ers. Tori said the two an NBA star would be worked out all summer and confirmed with a laugh a dream come true, that Tobias usually beat her in their weekly matches and playing them as the two pushed each other to improve their games. one-on-one “He watches [my games], he tells me to always be would be a ready to shoot,” Tori said. “[He] might just say, ‘You just gotta be patient, because one day you might be fantasy. For the person that’s in the game in [crunch time].’” Tori After Tori went 2-for-3 from behind the arc as JMU toppled Liberty 74-53 on Nov. 29, Tobias gave his “baby sister” a shoutout to more than 100,000 followers. Throughout their respective seasons, Tori said the two keep in touch daily by talking on the phone and texting in their family group chat, and lately, there’s been no shortage of news. Tobias’ first season with the Los Angeles PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA LINCZYC / THE BREEZE Clippers has led to career highs in points
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When JMU softball begins its season Feb. 15, the Dukes will be out of state for nearly a month as they travel to three different states and play 17 teams before their home opener in Harrisonburg. While no team wants to spend the first month of its season without a homefield advantage, JMU uses the long bus rides to build team chemistry and learn how to handle the responsibilities of being a student athlete. “That’s something I look forward to,” redshirt senior pitcher/infielder Megan Good said. “With softball it’s something that I use to kind of explore and see different things while almost at the same time being on business trip, so I think it’s really cool.” Every year, the Dukes start their season with a month-long tour of invitationals across the country, adapting to the warm weather before returning to Veterans Memorial Park in the middle of March. Playing in warmer weather helps energize the team in hopes to have them ready for warmer days in the ‘Burg. “Being that it’s been so cold here, going to Florida is going to be a shock to their bodies,” head coach Loren LaPorte said. “We had our nutritionist come in to talk to our team about what snacks to pack, how to stay hydrated and why to stay hydrated. When we get down there, it’s going to be 85 degrees. The good thing is on that Thursday before we play, we’re going to practice in it, so they kind of get used to the heat.” To pass the time in between pit stops, the Dukes will watch movies, listen to music
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and sing to grow together as a unit. The upperclassmen bond with the freshmen by helping them with school work and hosting a freshman singing competition that’s held in front of the rest of the players. As student athletes, the players have to balance academics and softball while moving from city to city. The team has a system in place for the players to take care of their academics that includes study sessions on the team bus and an academic adviser with the team.
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“I personally do my stuff beforehand, if I know I’m going to miss a test I get with my professor early and I take it early,” junior utility Kate Gordon said. “Most of the professors will let us take it later, even on the road. We’ll have an academic adviser be with us and they’ll monitor the test.” The coaches will help mentor their players on proper traveling techniques and how to manage several tasks while on a busy schedule. The team also has a buddy system to make sure the players
have everything they need before they go on the road. “It is a business trip, so all of our girls get an itinerary of everything we’re doing every hour, pretty much of the day,” LaPorte said. “It’s pretty much laid out for them. They usually get the itinerary two or three days before the trip, everybody’s on the same page knowing what they’re going to be doing each day.” For the newest batch of softball players, this first road trip can seem like a daunting task while still adjusting to the move from high school to college. With the help of their upperclassmen teammates, however, the freshmen will have an early chance to get acclimated to the rest of their teammates. “I think it’s a really good bonding experience for all of us, especially the freshmen since we’ve never really traveled really far with the rest of the players,” freshman outfielder Lexi Lomax said. The coaches emphasize that the purpose of the trips is to take care of business and focus on softball. While they make take a break along the way to sightsee, they make sure to return to Harrisonburg with good grades and a winning record, which is priority No. 1. “We’re really big into routine and structure,” LaPorte said. “It is a business trip, we’re not there to explore. Now there are situations where we take our girls to explore the city. When we go to Arizona, we’ll go to the Sedona rocks on our off day. But when we are going on a weekend trip, it’s strictly business.” CONTACT Jason Clampitt at clampijt@dukes. jmu.edu. For more softball coverage, follow the sports desk on Twitter @TheBreezeSports.
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“I didn’t want to be so close to home, but I did want to be near at least somebody,” Tori said. “I loved the coaches, and the girls on the team were super nice to me on the visit.” Described by head coach Sean O’Regan as the “baby of the family,” Tori came to college trying to find her role on the team. She admitted she played “a little fast sometimes” and was anxious to pass instead of slowing down and letting the game come to her. “From the beginning, she was very timid,” senior guard Logan Reynolds said. “I remember having a distinct conversation with her and saying, ‘If you do not choose your own role, someone else will.’ I think that kind of planted a seed in her head, and she’s totally evolved since that early conversation.” This season, Tori has seen her playing time nearly double, from 6.2 minutes a game to 12.1, with significant increases in field-goal percentage and 3-point percentage, where she’s third on the team among those with at least 10 attempts. She’s getting twice as many rebounds per game and is “a sniper behind the 3-point line,” according to Reynolds. Head coach Sean O’Regan said he regretted not playing Tori more in JMU’s first CAA loss of the season to UNCW on Jan. 18. He said the starters were fatigued in the fourth quarter, but
he didn’t feel comfortable going to his bench so he opted to keep the starters in. As Tori has focused on the little things, like offensive rebounding and playing help-side defense, she’s gradually working her way into the rotation as a valuable part of the second unit. Now, when JMU needs a spark off the bench, it’s likely Tori’s name will be one of the first called. “I don’t see her role getting anything but bigger down the stretch,” O’Regan said. “We’re going to use our depth down the stretch to separate.” Both Tori and Tobias’ teams have much to look forward to as their respective postseasons approach, as JMU is a favorite to win the CAA title while the 76ers have an increasingly likely chance to make a run at the NBA title. Tori told the Los Angeles Times she knew Tobias would be successful because of his work ethic, something that evidently runs in the family. “She’s one that’s really tried to do everything we’ve asked her to do,” O’Regan said. “I’ve watched her grow — her understanding of what we’re trying to do defensively, her understanding of her role offensively. She comes to practice every day, ready to work. That’s why I think she’s got JMU in her blood.”
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Jackson breaks JMU record at David Hemery Senior runner Erica Jackson set the JMU record in the 1,000-meter run this past weekend with a time of 2:48.84. Jackson became the third Duke to break a record during the 2018-19 indoor season. Running in at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, Jackson finished in 10th place and also qualified for the ECAC Indoor Championship — her third qualifying event this year.
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After an undefeated weekend on the greens, JMU women's golf's senior Katie Turk was named conference golfer of the week, announced by the CAA on Tuesday. One of four players to win all three matches, Turk led the Dukes to the team title at the Ball State Sunshine Invitational at the par-72, 6,273-yard Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club in Dade City, Florida. In her first round, Turk won her final two holes to take a 1 up lead. In the Dukes' match vs. Princeton, she never trailed in a 4&3 victory, and pulled out a 3&2 win on the final day to help JMU take home the win.
JMU takes down Virginia Tech, 14-8 After dropping its season opener on Saturday against UNC, JMU lacrosse rebounded for a convincing win over the No. 12-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies. The Dukes, who dropped to No. 9 after beginning the season as the No. 4 team in the nation, had sizeable advantages in caused turnovers (8-2), shots (32-25) and saves (10-7). Junior attacker Logan Brennan (pictured) scored a career-high five goals on six shots. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JMU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
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