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13 RECORDS Workin’ like a dog Two German Shepherds retire from police force after serving, sniffing for almost 10 years MATT SCHMACHTENBERG / THE BREEZE

TOP Swimmers compete in a home meet against the Naval Academy in October. BOTTOM The team practices in January. The Dukes had an early lead at the CAA championship meet last week, winning by 146 points.

Dukes break school, individual records in first CAA win since 2001

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The JMU “swomen” crushed Colonial Athletic Association competition last week, breaking  school records during the four-day championship event in Fairfax and propelling some members to the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.

In addition to school records, individuals also broke their own records. Junior Anna Susko swam a time of ::, becoming the first player in JMU’s history to break the two-minute mark in -yard backstroke. Although proud of her individual success, Susko was more impressed with the success of the team.

“I have never seen this team fight as hard as they did this weekend and we did it with heart and pride,” Susko said. “Everyone did their part and left all they had in the water.”

This championship win is the first the Dukes have had since , an achievement they earned by having  more points than second-place Towson.

“The past few years, the team has just been moving up in place and last year we were hoping to be one and we got two,” said junior Andrea Criscuolo. “This year we came back and we just wanted to fight harder than ever. It was such an amazing feeling when you get everyone on the team to work together. Everyone was up and cheering and it was just so amazing.”

Even during downtime, the team continued to be as involved in the races as possible. The team is small, having only  members, but wasn’t invisible at any point in the competition.

“We knew how to make our presence known, even with such a small team, and we never let up on being loud and proud,” Susko said.

This presence was one of the more important aspects of the team’s success, Criscuolo said.

“Whenever I was up to race, the whole team would stand along the side of the pool cheering you on,” Criscuolo said. “The support of the whole team being there was amazing. You feel like you have so much support and we couldn’t have done it without being behind each other for each race.”

The divers also played a big part in the Dukes’ success. Senior diver Nicole Jotso brought home the CAA Diver of the Year award and placed first

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on the one-meter board, an event that boasted five JMU divers.

“Bringing back five girls for finals is something that has never been done in JMU history,” Jotso said. “Each girl went out there and gave it their all, and it showed.”

As a senior, Jotso has been a part of the team that has fallen just short of first through the years.

“We made sure to support everyone  percent,” Jotso said. “That’s the kind of team we are.

“We’re a family, through the good times and bad.

The feeling of bringing home a championship after  years is an indescribable feeling that is hard to put into words.”

The  swimmers who qualified for the NCAA championships will travel March - to Auburn, Ala., to represent JMU on the national level.

One solution proposed by the faculty senate to raise faculty salaries is to make students pay for it.

A resolution put forth by the budget and faculty concerns committees of the faculty senate requests that President Linwood Rose ask the Board of Visitors for a tuition raise to accommodate faculty salaries.

Interim Provost Jerry Benson said that salary increases for all employees of the university is a top priority.

All JMU employees have faced a salary freeze since the - academic year.

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The request will be reviewed by the full senate before it’s sent.

Another problem compounded by the salary freeze is the potential salary inversion faced by faculty members who fall behind as new ones are hired at ever growing salaries.

Benson presented a faculty salary inversion study to the senate on Thursday.

The study was undertaken by consulting firm Segal Sibson last semester to find out whether salary inversion is a problem and what faculty members are affected by it.

Only full-time instructional faculty were targeted in the study, which

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Sniffing out drugs and explosives for about  years in the field may seem like an eternity, but in dog years, it’s a normal career for two of Harrisonburg’s furriest.

Nobel, an -year-old German Shepherd, and Robi, a -year-old German Shepherd, are officially retiring from the K- unit of HPD. Nobel’s handler, Lt. Rod Pollard, has been a part of the police department since . Nobel was Harrisonburg’s first bomb and explosives detection dog but was considered “dual purpose” because he also sniffed out narcotics such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, Pollard said.

Robi, who has worked since , was used as a drug detection dog.

One of Robi’s biggest finds was  pounds of marijuana in a package at the local post office, according to his handler Brian Moyers.

Both Robi and Nobel were constantly used during road checks or on routine patrol.

According to the handlers, the dogs take their jobs very seriously and at first had a difficult time adjusting to the retired life. Nobel especially is the more aggressive of the two dogs.

“I left for work without him and he rearranged my furniture for me,” Pollard said jokingly. “Their whole meaning in life is to be a police dog.”

The handlers said that whether on the job or in training, the dogs consider it a game.

“They associate everything with play, play, play,” Moyers said. “When they’re out here all they’re trying to do is find the ball.”

The dogs typically worked what’s called a “power shift” with their handlers, in which they were on the job from  a.m. to  p.m. When they weren’t on the clock, the dogs went home with their handlers.

“Every crime or violent crime in the county we’ve had our K- unit utilized on these cases,” Moyers said.

Although the dogs have always worked to help the community,

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defined inversion as a situation in which similarly ranked faculty hired in - or later were hired with greater salaries than those hired before -, according to a letter from Benson to the faculty senate.

Benson said salaries for  of those  pre- faculty are potentially inverted.

It wasn’t indicated which faculty from which departments were affected, but those faculty will be notified of their inversion and their salaries will be adjusted accordingly on July .

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Nobel, an 8-year-old German Shepherd, poses with his handler, Lt. Rod Pollard.

Nobel is retiring from the HPD K-9 unit after working there since 2005.

Pollard said he and his family have also appreciated Nobel’s commitment to his handler on a personal level.

“As much as these dogs have been a resource to the department and the community, he’s kept us out of harm’s way numerous times through their commitment and bravery in any situation,” Pollard said.

Both Nobel and Robi were brought to the United States from Europe early in their lives, but are considered “green dogs” because neither experienced much outside of the country.

Because of their early training in Europe, the officers’ commands to the dogs aren’t in English. Moyers speaks Dutch when giving commands to Robi, who is from Hungary.

There are typically five dogs in the K- unit at full staffing, according to Pollard.

Max, a Belgian Malinois, has already been chosen as one replacement. The other will be chosen sometime later in spring.

Officers expose the dogs to reallife, scenario-based training so they’re prepared for anything on the job. see DOGS, page A4

Police investigate weekend stabbing Harrisonburg police officers are pursing several “people of interest” involving a stabbing that occurred around : a.m. on Friday. No charges have been handed down.

Officers responded to an apartment on  S. Main St. after a report of a man being stabbed. Two men and one woman got into a physical argument before the stabbing occurred, according to police.

The man was stabbed in his torso and the woman also had minor injuries to her hand. Both were taken to Rockingham Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police have also identified a third man who was involved, but are still looking for him.

— staff report

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Who was the real Dharun Ravi? An immature boy who acted stupidly or a mean-spirited homophobe who wanted to expose the sexuality of his Rutgers University roommate?

A jury will ultimately decide, but Ravi’s attorney Steven Altman repeatedly reminded jurors during his opening argument on Friday that Ravi was a boy shortly out of high school when he was accused of rigging a webcam to spy on his roommate’s romantic encounter

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ISL AMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities late Saturday began demolishing the house where Osama bin Laden had lived in a town in the north of the country, local residents said, in a move that will remove the physical symbol of the al-Qaida leader’s presence in the country.

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with another man on Sept. , .

“He might be stupid at times but he was an -year-old boy and certainly not a criminal,” he said. “You’re going to see he’s not prejudiced, he’s not a bigot and he never did anything that suggested he targeted his roommate for any reason.”

Prosecutors say Ravi also attempted but failed to view a second encounter between Clementi, of Ridgewood, and his partner on Sept.  — even inviting others to watch.

Clementi killed himself the next day by jumping off the George Washington bridge.

Clementi’s death generated a national conversation about cyberbullying of gays.

The case has attracted massive media attention as evidenced by a packed courtroom and an overflow room for news outlets Friday.

C l e m e n t i ’s family

— including his brother — sat quietly in the courtroom as did Ravi’s parents and friends throughout the day. Ravi appeared very calm and relaxed, even smiling at times.

Ravi is charged in a -count indictment with invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, and witness and evidence tampering. The most serious charge of bias intimidation carries a -year prison sentence Altman told jurors on Friday that Ravi never broadcasted, recorded or transmitted anything and that the only viewing that occurred was for two to five seconds.

But First Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Julia McClure said Ravi’s malicious and intentional acts were meant to expose Clementi’s sexual orientation and “encourage others to participate in those invasions of privacy.”

Saturday night, could help Pakistan bury the bin Laden issue, which caused the country acute embarrassment after a U.S. special forces squad found and killed him at the site in May .

Many questions remain unanswered about the ability of bin Laden to live in the prominent house, close to military installations, for five years undetected. The large three-story house, surrounded by high walls, has become a famous image.

Residents said that heavy machinery, including bulldozing equipment and searchlights, was moved in and the area cordoned off by police. By first light, little could be left.

Kosar Naqvi, a local

reporter, said that the demolition began around  p.m. local time.

“They first knocked down the boundary wall and now they are working on the upper story,” said Naqvi, who was positioned in front of the security barrier.

Bin Laden’s three wives, who were taken into custody

by Pakistani forces after the American raiding party left the scene last May, have told investigators that they lived in the Abbottabad house for five years, with each wife occupying a different floor of the home. Bin Laden himself was found on the third floor, where he was with his youngest wife, Amal, on the night of May , , when the U.S. Navy SEALs burst in.

Based on this rough data, the government is scheduled to reorganize the -kilometer (.-mile) no-entry zone around the nuclear plant and the expanded evacuation zone into three zones.

One of the three zones to be set up is a zone where residency is prohibited for an extended period. This zone has estimated annual radiation exposure levels of more than  millisieverts —  times the maximum amount of radiation allowed

for residents — and stretches mainly northwest from the plant in Fukushima Prefecture, according to the latest data.

The information was released Friday by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry, the Cabinet Office’s nuclear accident evacuees life support team and the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry. The readings were measured during flights over the area.

the defense and interior ministries, which sit at the heart of the Obama administration’s strategy of building up Afghan security forces as U.S.led international combat forces withdraw by the end of .

The Taliban was quick in claiming the responsibility for the killings. In a statement, the group said the attack was carried out by a “holy warrior” named Abdul Rahman and cited the recent burning of Qurans and other Islamic religious materials by American soldiers at Bagram Air Base.

Earlier this week, two U.S. soldiers were shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan national army uniform in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province

during protests over the Quran burnings.

Anti-American riots across the country the past week have left nearly  people dead and hundreds wounded. President Barack Obama apologized this week to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the Quran burnings.

The rising violence over the Quran burnings appears to underscore the massive frustration and anger among ordinary Afghans over the failure of the U.S.-led international forces to subdue the Taliban-led insurgency a decade after the U.S. invasion. The White House and U.S. commanders claim significant progress against the Taliban.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The commander of the U.S.-led international force in Afghanistan on Saturday withdrew all NATO personnel from government ministries in and around Kabul after two U.S. soldiers were killed inside the Afghan Interior Ministry.

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high-security Interior Ministry compound came on the fifth day of violent protests over the apparently inadvertent burning of Qurans and other religious materials at Bagram Air Base, the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan. They also are the latest in a rising number of attacks on members of the U.S.-led international force by Afghan security force members, known in U.S. military parlance as “green on blue” incidents.

Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the U.S.-led international force in Afghanistan, condemned the attack and announced the personnel recall. U.S. military officials confirmed that two coalition personnel had been killed

but did not say whether they were American, and added that they were still gathering information. A high-ranking Interior Ministry source, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed the dead were Americans.

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Tough competition Nursing student hopefuls have difficulty getting into major; lack of faculty may be a factor

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Only 30 percent of this year’s applicants to the nursing program were accepted. That’s 60 students out of 200 total applicants this semester.

Junior Rachel Schwartz changed her major to health sciences after being denied from the nursing program three times.

“I was always a really hard worker, and I got pretty good grades,” Schwartz said. “I had to have all my prerequisites completed, and anatomy and physiology were really difficult for me at this school.”

After struggling with those two classes, which brought her GPA down, she decided to change her major and pursue an accelerated nursing program.

She will graduate a year and half later than she expected.

“I have to use my two repeat-forgives on anatomy and physiology, which I have to retake for health sciences, anyway,” Schwartz said. “I still have to do really well in both those classes to get into that [accelerated nursing] program.”

Applications reviewed by the Bachelor of Science in Nursing admissions committee are evaluated and selected based on overall GPA and prerequisite course grades. The minimum GPA required to be considered is 2.8, and a C-minus is the minimum grade applicants can receive in their prerequisite courses to be considered.

Applications must be turned in about six months before the start date and are advised to have completed 25 credit hours.

Even with these guidelines, Schwartz believes that

Cooking results in fire No injuries reported after two fires on Saturday The Harrisonburg Fire Department responded to two minor fires on campus Saturday.

Around 2:50 p.m., HFD responded to Frederikson Hall, where a student was reportedly cooking and started a fire. The fire was extinguished by a student.

Shortly after, around 3:15 p.m.

Saturday, one of the grills in PC Sliders, a food station inside PC Dukes, reportedly caught fire.

The people who were in PC Dukes and Top Dog were evacuated, which is standard proceedure, according to HFD. A fire truck waited outside the building with two police vans. The employees were told to go upstairs and wait inside Top Dog. PC Dukes was reopened around 4:30 p.m.

Firefighters and police didn’t comment on the situation at the scene.

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students are often confused about the qualifications for the program.

“They tell students that they have to have a minimum GPA of 2.8, but they don’t actually accept anyone with less than a 3.2,” she said. “I’ve known people with 3.8, 3.9 who have gotten denied. I think it’s because they say they want well-rounded people who have done volunteer work.”

“They tell students that they have to have a minimum GPA of 2.8, but they don’t actually accept anyone with less than a 3.2.”

Rachel Schwartz

junior health sciences major

Sheri Tratnack, a professor of psychiatric nursing, believes that one of the main problems associated with the competitiveness of the nursing program is the lack of nursing professors.

Tratnack thinks this is because nurses with advanced degrees make more money working as a nurse than as a teacher.

“You can definitely make more money in practice than in teaching,” Tratnack said, “but I love teaching.

I taught undergraduate nursing before and really enjoyed it. It’s fun and it’s very enjoyable to work with students coming in.”

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Julie Sanford, head of nursing department, said this lack of professors isn’t unique to JMU. Many colleges are having a hard time meeting the demand for the educational preparation of registered nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

The latest data shows that more than 67,000 qualified applications to professional nursing programs were turned away last year, including more than 11,000 applicants to graduate programs, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

There are currently 28 full-time nursing professors and 10 part-time professors on staff at JMU. This is drastically lower than the roughly 128 nursing professors at the University of Virginia.

In order to meet state requirements and for safety and supervision purposes, there must be a 10-1 ratio of students to faculty in the clinical classes. This means that the number of teachers directly affects the number of students that can be accepted into the program, so a shortage of teachers would mean the program has to take fewer students.

“There is definitely a shortage of nursing professors,” said Ashia McCrary, a junior nursing major.

“If there were more, we would be able to have more clinical time and there would be more spots ... it’s pretty competitive right now, so many people get turned away.”

There are plans currently under way to increase the nursing program, but the department won’t give details until they’re finalized.

Contact Anne Elsea at elseaav@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Obama defends energy policy despite rising gas prices, negative feedback Tribune Washington Bureau

President Barack Obama tried to deflect criticism over rising gas prices on Thursday as he accused Republicans of cheering the bad economic news and asked for patience from Americans anxious about the cost.

“It’s the easiest thing in the world to make phony election-year promises about lower gas prices,” Obama told a crowd at the University of Miami. “What’s harder is to make a serious, sustained commitment to tackle a problem that may not be solved in one year or one term or even one decade.”

The president’s remarks were his first on an issue that has emerged both as a potential threat to the nation’s increasingly upbeat view of the economy and as a cudgel for his political opponents. Amid concerns over the access to oil from Iran, prices in the U.S. have jumped to an average of about $3.60 per gallon for regular gasoline, up from $3.20 a year ago.

Analysts note that such price swings are generally driven by the cost of crude oil on the global market, leaving a president with few options. Still, the White House is mindful that presidents inevitably are blamed for things they can’t control.

Administration officials say they believe Americans are tired of the cycle of blame and contend any political damage will be limited once prices recede. In the meantime, Obama is moving to counter the critics.

The president was once one

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State Police to hire more women

The Virginia State Police are actively seeking more women to fill their ranks, according to WHSV. The agency will be having a recruitment fair targeted at women next Saturday in Salem. Women make up 5 percent of the current state police force. The starting salary for a new officer is $36,207.

U.Va. students go on hunger strike

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President Barack Obama visited the University of Miami Thursday to discuss the rising gas prices, which are driven by the cost of crude oil in the global market.

of those critics. As a senator and presidential candidate in 2008, he blasted President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain Obama’s Republican rival for the White House for policies he said favored “Big Oil,” while Democrats called for an investigation into price manipulation.

Bush countered that there was “no magic wand” to reduce prices, a notion echoed by Obama today.

“There is no silver bullet; there never has been,” Obama said.

In another flashback to the last campaign, Obama revived his dismissal of Republicans’ demands to expand drilling, a policy captured in GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s call to “Drill, baby, drill.”

Characterizing Republicans’ energy policy, he said: “Step one is drill, step two is drill, and step three is keep drilling. You know that’s not

a plan — especially since we’re already drilling. That’s a bumper sticker.”

Republican candidates are, indeed, ramping up their attacks on Obama and calling for more drilling. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is airing an infomercial devoted entirely to gas prices. On Thursday, he called the administration “anti-American energy” and said he would aim to bring gas prices down to $2.50 per gallon. Rick Santorum blames Obama’s “radical environmental policies” for the increase.

Republicans believe Obama has left himself open to attack after refusing to permit the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil produced from tar sands from Canada to Texas. They argue he was bowing to environmentalists. see Fuel, page A4

A dozen students at University of Virginia have gone on a hunger strike as part of the Living Wage campaign, according to The Cavalier Daily.

The students believe that the employees of the university need to be paid at least $13 per hour.

They also believe that the current minimum wage doesn’t qualify as a living wage in Charlottesville.

U.Va. president Teresa Sullivan will be meeting with the strikers today to listen to their demands.

Governor to hold phone conference with Tech families

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will be holding a phone conference in the coming days with the families of those who died in the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, according to The Washington Post.

Representatives of the families hand delivered a request to speak with him about an upcoming bill that repeals the state’s one handgun a month purchase limit. McDonnell is expected to sign the bill when it crosses his desk.

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The dogs are brought to training grounds off Greendale Road in Harrisonburg for an eight- to 10-hour day once a week. Training usually consists of obstacle courses, obedience, practice drug searches in a wall and in vehicles and bite work.

Bite work is an exercise where an officer will put on protective gear and allow the dog to attack him in order to practice for a real situation.

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“The dogs go through a sixweek program and then are trained every Wednesday,” Pollard said. “They’re kind of like children. They need the maintenance so they don’t forget.”

Throughout their years on the force, neither dog has been seriously injured on the job or in training. Both retired dogs now live with their respective handlers.

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The administration has said it could not issue the permit before the Feb. 21 deadline set

by Congress.

And on Thursday, Obama said that his administration had approved “dozens of new pipelines, including from Canada” and that oil

production had risen during his three years in office.

But the rise in production, like the spike in prices, has little to do with this administration’s energy policies, said David Pumphrey, energy analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former energy official in the George W. Bush

administration.

Increas e d production today is largely the result of entrepreneurial investment undertaken several years ago, he said.

“The reality is, oil wouldn’t f l o w t h ro u g h t h e Ke y stone pipeline, once it gets approved, for at least another 18 months and that’s quick,”

Pumphrey said. “Offshore drilling may take up to 10 years to come online. In the short term, your tools are limited, and the biggest one is to draw oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.”

White House officials have not ruled out that option but have declined to comment in detail.

Northwestern launches sex class College dedicates course to sexuality, health education, personal identity

faculty | Salary increase still priority from front

Rankin, who represented the English department, said he was disillusioned that incoming assistant professors in the College of Arts and Letters will earn between 10 and 20 percent more than many advanced assistant and beginning associate professors.

“This senate, more than a year ago, asked the administration for a plan to raise salaries up to the 60th percentile, the administration continues to defer to the state legislature,” Rankin said. “In fact, it’s the administration’s responsibility to manage whatever funds it gets from multiple sources.”

The 60th percentile figure refers to faculty salaries being as high or higher than 60 percent of JMU’s peer program.

Benson said there’s further salary inversion in groups the study didn’t examine, and that,

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in the future, this problem will be investigated again. But getting a salary increase for all faculty remains the priority, he said.

Eric Carbaugh, representing middle and secondary math education, was appreciative of the efforts by the university to address the problem. Carbaugh added that other schools have had to cut programs or faculty positions, but JMU hasn’t done so.

Benson confirmed that from the academic years of 200708 to 2011-12, the amount of money JMU has received from the state budget has decreased 22.9 percent and tuition has gone up 37 percent. “ Tuition has g one up to keep up with the state f u n d i n g ,” B e n s o n s a i d .

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There’s a new class on human sexuality at Northwestern University, but it’s safe to say that this one won’t feature any live sex-toy demonstrations.

A year has passed since school officials, amid a fires t o r m o f e mb a r ra s s i ng publicity, canceled another sexuality class after psychology professor J. Michael Bailey hosted an optional lecture on female arousal that concluded with a woman being penetrated by a motorized sex toy.

The new class, “Sexual Subjects: Introduction to Sexuality Studies,” is taught by Lane Fenrich, a popular history and gender studies professor who also teaches yoga on the side.

He’s quick to emphasize that his course is not intended to replace Bailey’s, but he expects it to grow to be just as popular.

Fenrich’s class was capped at 95 this first quarter. Bailey’s at one time enrolled 600.

“That class was much more geared toward sexual practices.

This is more broadly gauged,” said Fenrich, 49, whose course also focuses on sex in culture and history. “This introduces them to the major questions, the major thinkers.”

Open to all undergraduate students, it also serves as an introductory class within the gender studies program, which until 2000 was called women’s studies.

Faculty members were already developing the course “when this whole debacle

came with the psychology class. That was our opportunity,” said Mary Weismantel, program director.

The university launched the new course with the intention of showing that sexuality classes can be taught responsibly. That doesn’t mean that sexually explicit material will be censored, she stressed.

“The one thing we feel strongly about is, the controversy isn’t about should you deal with very sexually explicit material or shouldn’t you,” Weismantel said. “It’s about teaching students the ethical treatment of subjects.”

Fenrich is openly gay and lets students know that from the beginning.

“I don’t think they have to be told, but I do [tell them],” said Fenrich. “It’s important to what I teach. I don’t talk about my sex life, but I do openly identify. It’s just a matter of fact, and who I am.”

Times have changed since Fenrich attended college at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., in the early 1980s. He recalled reading an announcement left in the school dining hall about a gay and lesbian group.

“They gave you a phone number to call for information,” said Fenrich. “I was in the closet. It was like: ‘Oh, there is no way I am going to call that number. It’s a secret society.’ ...

I never did.”

While gay students today find more acceptance, they still struggle with their sexuality and cultural expectations.

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Lane Fenrich, a Northwestern professor, teaches a class on sexuality.

“It makes a huge difference for them to have role models,” Fenrich said.

On campus, Fenrich has seen a broader variety of students enroll in sexuality classes. At one time, administrators balked at even listing his “Gay and Lesbian History” class by name in the university catalog.

“Coming to college, having learned very little to nothing about gay studies, their hunger for that information is huge,” he said. “That’s straight students as well as gay students.

They just recognize there is this whole arena of information they don’t know.”

The new “Sexual Subjects” class covers topics ranging from “Queering the Color Line” to “The Politics of STD Prevention.” One day, he had students dancing in the aisles, to show why parents were alarmed by the changing styles,

from ballroom dancing to the bump-and-grind.

One recent lecture focused on the gap between public views of sexual morality and private behaviors. Fenrich discussed a New York Times article that caused a national scandal in 1968 when it revealed that a Barnard College student was living with a man.

The young woman was labeled a “prostitute” and “alley cat” in public diatribes and letters, and she eventually dropped out of college.

On a large overhead screen, Fenrich displayed a slide with a quote by then-Barnard President Martha Peterson, who complained: “Public interest in sex on the college campus is insatiable.”

“I guess at Northwestern we’re a little familiar with this kind of controversy,” Fenrich said.

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VICTORIA PRICE | guest columnist

Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting What seems like a harmless Rihanna pop song has real-world consequences

In the entertainment world, it’s true that sex sells. But now, it’s been paired with abuse in Rihanna’s new song “Birthday Cake” featuring Chris Brown.

The  violent altercation between Brown and Rihanna left him with a reputation of abuse and her as a victim. We watched as she talked to Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America” about her abuse and spoke out against domestic violence in November .

In light of Brown’s abuse, it’s easy to find sexual references — and sometimes violent — suggestions behind their sexual play on words in “Birthday Cake.”

Three years later and the two seem to have come up with some nice arrangements in their songs.

Don’t get me wrong, Rihanna’s ability to forgive her abuser sets an honorable precedent for all of the abused women she has been speaking out for.

But Rihanna’s forgiveness has turned into something entirely different.

In light of Brown’s abuse, it’s easy to find sexual references — and sometimes violent — suggestions behind their sexual play on words in “Birthday Cake.”

Their words, such as “I can’t wait to blow her candles out” and “give it to her in the worst way” are double entendres at least. Given the circumstances, Rihanna’s forgiveness has jumped straight to publicly singing about abusive sex with her violent ex-boyfriend.

I think that Rihanna’s lyrics “I’ma make you my b----” gives a sense of retaliation and revenge, none of which set a favorable example for people in abusive relationships — a crowd that has looked to her as a role model.

While some fans think the song is

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a sign of reconciliation, others have been offended. Some have deleted her music, according to CBS News on Wednesday.

Rihanna publicly acknowledged her leadership when it comes to preventing abuse during her  interview with Sawyer.

“When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result into some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part,” Rihanna said. “Even if Chris never hit me again, who’s to say that their boyfriend won’t? Who’s to say they won’t kill these girls?”

But now, the words of her song suggest she’s not too concerned about the women she previously spoke for. Internet bloggers have been posting their support and criticism of Rihanna, and a lot of attention may be placed on the controversy because of the seriousness and the reality of abusive relationships.

Unfortunately, Rihanna’s rhetorical question “Who’s to say [abusive boyfriends] won’t kill these girls?” in her ABC interview foreshadowed the fate of a female University of Virginia lacrosse player. Yeardley Love’s habitually abusive boyfriend beat her to death, and she “was found bloodied, beaten and bruised in the bedroom of her Charlottesville apartment” in  according to The Washington Post. The trial finally came to an end when George Huguely V was convicted on Wednesday of second-degree murder.

Incidents like this prove that situations of domestic violence can get out of control. By singing a song with a former abuser that has sexual lyrics, Rihanna shows that it’s OK to be part of a flawed relationship.

Just three years ago, Rihanna spoke for women like Love, and now her lyrics appear to abandon the people who weren’t just fans of her talent, but of her strength and self-respect, too.

Victoria Price is a freshman writing, rhetoric & technical communication major. Contact Victoria at pricevm@dukes.jmu.edu.

WES JONES | guest columnist

History repeating

Candidates’ views on Iran are eerily familiar to Bush’s stance on Iraq; need to change focus of issue

I tend to think that as students, we’re relatively safe living in our JMU community. But after watching the Republican debate on CNN Wednesday night, I can safely say I’m scared for my life.

According to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, if President Barack Obama has another fouryear term, Iran will develop and use nuclear weapons. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich opened my eyes by informing Americans that we live in an age where “we have to worry about nuclear weapons going off in our own cities” led by “the most dangerous president on security grounds in American history.” Comforting thoughts, right?

The only candidate who didn’t paint a picture of doom in America was Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who received miniscule camera time compared to Santorum, Romney and Gingrich.

And when Paul gave his input on key issues, few seemed to pay attention, despite valid and different argument points. This was most evident when the candidates were discussing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s goals to develop nuclear weapons in Iran and how the United States should respond.

Santorum, Romney and Gingrich made it clear they would do whatever it takes to stop Iran from developing nuclear missiles — including a possible first strike. But Paul argued that such offensive measures could actually act as a catalyst for Iran to create such weapons of mass destruction.

After the U.S. was attacked on /, our country rallied around George W. Bush, uniting to protect American freedom.

Who’s to say that won’t happen in Iran? If America takes such preemptive measures as to attack Iran, the Iranian people might gather around Ahmadinejad in an effort to protect their lands and lives.

No matter how radical a leader may be, when citizens’ lives are threatened, they turn to the head of their country for safety. In this case, Iran may speed up nuclear production if the U.S. isolates and threatens them.

The icing on the cake though, as

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I would like to thank The Breeze for printing the article “It takes a city to raise a child” in the Feb.  issue. The JMU community needs to be aware of the ways in which Harrisonburg children are raised.

As someone raised in an uppermiddle class suburb outside of New York City, this article definitely opened my eyes. I couldn’t imagine myself taking on adult responsibilities at  years old, like many of the students at that organization. Until I got to middle school, one of my parents would always watch me get on and off the school bus to make sure I was safe.

After school, my mother would test my knowledge to make sure I was prepared for a big math test while my father would study colonial America with me. Once dinnertime came around, a healthy homemade meal would be sitting on the kitchen table.

When I routinely drive on Reservoir Street, I usually get stuck behind a Harrisonburg school bus. I watch children as young as  years old get off the bus and walk by themselves down a side street. With the locally high crime rate, watching these children walk to their houses without adult supervision is very disturbing to me.

Harrisonburg children are fortunate to have a program like Second Home. Nowadays, especially with the harsh economy, every city could use a program like this because many parents work long hours during the week.

Even upper-middle class communities could use a program like Second Home. It’s a perfect way for children to interact with other children and learning to become successful leaders in today’s society.

I applaud JMU students who oftentimes come from households with yearly incomes of $, plus and are willing to volunteer at Second Home to help children in need have better lives. That a child has a safe place to learn, grow and be an average kid with the help of JMU students shows that our university cares more than just what’s just in the JMU bubble.

It shows that we, as students, care about our local community just as much as we care about ourselves.

The candidates have much more in common with the last Republican president, which is the last thing some of them want. It sounds like an Iraq 2.0.

Paul stated, is that we don’t even know if Iran has developed nuclear weaponry.

This sounds very familiar. Conservative candidates are willing to do just about anything to stop a country from having weapons of mass destruction.

The candidates have much more in common with the last Republican president, which is the last thing some of them want. It sounds like an Iraq .. We all know how that one turned out.

Paul said during the debate that in the  years America has been involved in the Middle East, more than $ trillion have been spent on the war.

If the issue between Iraq and its nonexistent weapons has taught us anything, it’s that we should fact check and be  percent sure before we make any drastic decisions.

Hypothetically speaking, if Iran finally creates a nuclear missile, is it even a guarantee that it would use it? America is the strongest nation in the world. If Iran lets one nuke off, most likely aimed at Israel, the retaliation from the rest of the world would leave Iran as nothing but a hole in the world, deterring an attack.

Whether or not Iran will use nuclear weaponry upon its creation is unclear.

Until we know without a doubt Iran has successfully produced and begun plans on using nuclear weapons, we cannot afford to make any irrational decisions. Whatever decision we make, will ultimately save or destroy lives.

Wes Jones is a sophomore media arts & design major. Contact Wes at joneswb@dukes.jmu.edu.

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jessica Williams | in plain English

Can’t buy the college facts

Students should measure colleges’ rankings by quality of education, not statistics Claremont McKenna College in California, have been in the news recently for altering SAT scores and other statistics to receive a higher ranking on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the best liberal arts colleges. Baylor University even admitted to offering financial awards to any students who retake the SAT, hoping to increase prospective student’s average scores. The competition has quickly gotten out of hand.

“It’s a nebulous thing, comparing the value of a college education at one institution to another, so parents and students and counselors focus on things that give them the illusion of precision,” Jon Boeckenstedt, the associate vice president who oversees admissions at DePaul University, told The New York Times on Jan. 31.

Even the most reliable sources, such as U.S. News & World Report, are given false information. Why should we continue to count on them?

There’s so much more to a school than how it’s ranked on a list. It depends on many factors, like the professors’ attitudes toward education and how hard students are willing to work.

Around this time every year, high school seniors begin to change.

After months of writing personal statements, mailing transcripts, talking with counselors and comparing school rankings, they’ve finally made a decision. They no longer identify with the school they’ve attended for the past four years.

Instead, they stroll to class wearing college T-shirts. The student in the University of Virginia shirt brushes past one in purple and gold with a smug smile. The young woman, proudly sporting the Harvard logo, receives bitter glances as she talks about how proud her parents are. An otherwise happy and united graduating class is suddenly divided by a matter of status — college rankings.

What they don’t know is that the school they’ll soon consider “home” could be lying to them.

It’s not just the students who are concerned about rankings. Many schools, including

I can’t say how many times I’ve heard students from fouryear universities insulting people who attend community college because they aren’t getting a “real” college education.

But they’re working just as hard as the rest of us.

There’s so much more to a school than how it’s ranked on a list.

It’s rude and inaccurate.

Community college students are saving a lot of money. When they graduate, they aren’t going to have $100,000 in outstanding loans hanging over their heads, and if they transfer, they are essentially getting the same education for half the cost. Also, they aren’t living in a university bubble. They’re living in the real world without the cushion of meal plans and on-campus housing. Some of them already have jobs.

In fact, some of the most influential people in the nation attended community college, including Walt Disney, Tom Hanks and Eileen Collins, the

first female commander of a U.S. spacecraft. Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple, didn’t attend a single college course and still managed to build a multi-billion dollar company from nothing.

I’m not saying if we all dropped out today we’d have the same success. But it’s possible to be successful without an elite college degree. Even President Barack Obama didn’t go to the No. 1 ranked college in the nation. He attended Occidental College in California, which was ranked 37th on the list of the best liberal arts colleges of 2012, and I’d say he’s doing pretty well for himself.

A good education is more than a brand name or a number on a list. It’s derived from hard work and perseverance.

With enough determination, any student can accomplish their dreams. Sometimes that just means creating the prestige for yourself.

Jessica Williams is a junior English and writing, rhetoric and technical communication double major. Contact Jessica at willi3jd@dukes.jmu.edu.

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We ordered chicken burritos at three taco trucks and then chose the best Quick Tacos is a friendly shop with traditional Mexican music playing in the background. While the actual “truck” is in full swing during warm-weather months, business moves inside when temperatures drop.

Quick Tacos’ chicken burrito is a combination of shredded chicken, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and cheese.

While packed with chicken and rice, it’s surprisingly light, fresh and flavorful. The cheese — not to much and not too little — is melted on top of the greaseless tortilla, and the pico de gallo, lettuce and What can you get for $5 and a five-minute wait? Among other things, a chicken burrito from Tacos El Primo, located at the corner of Reservoir Street from the bright turquoise truck.

Tacos El Primo offers four large tables in the parking lot, making it great hangout spot on warm spring afternoons or summer evenings.

The chicken burrito is a hefty compilation of rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, cilantro, onions and red and green salsa. It’s packaged in foil for a quick, on-the-go meal.

The chicken — a little on the sparse side — is diced, with a distinct peppery flavor, and refried

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The chicken burrito from Tacos El Primo features savory chicken and a heavy helping of refried beans. The taco truck opened in 2005 when the owners moved to Harrisonburg from California. They boast a simple, yet authentic menu.

Taqueria’s cooks fill burritos with heavy doses of cheese, pico de gallo, grilled chicken, cilantro, grilled onions and lettuce. It’s then sent to a grill and pressed, then cut in half and served with an avocado and cilantro spicy salsa.

While it takes only 10 minutes to prepare the order, you’ll want to grab one of the seats in front of the truck.

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Chopped cilantro adds a crisp zest. The meal also comes with a side of salsa verde for a refreshing complement.

Tacos El Primo accepts cash only and offers call-ahead ordering for customers in a rush.

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@JMUgirlproblem’s traffic drives SafeRides’ fundraiser

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With nearly 5,000 Twitter followers, the @JMUgirlproblem account has proven so popular that SafeRides has enlisted her help in raising funds, and in the next week T-shirts adorned with her tweets will be sold on the commons.

In an email interview, the tireless tweeter discussed her inspirations and offered some hints about her identity.

How long have you been running your Twitter account? Why did you decide to start it? I can’t

exactly remember when I started the account — mostly because I’ve had the idea to set up @ JMUgirlproblem account for what seems like a long time. I just felt like my life (and pretty much the life of every girl at JMU) needed to be

documented somewhere.

I mean, we are a pretty unique bunch with the ridiculous girlto-boy ratio: the way we dress, the problems that we face in our everyday lives, just everything about us. And the account just took off and now there’s a ton of spin-off JMU problem accounts. It’s a little ridiculous.

How do you decide what to tweet about? Where does your inspiration come from? I basically just tweet

about my life and sometimes my friends’ lives. I’m just a single girl running this account and I can’t be everywhere, so sometimes I have to rely on other JMU girls and boys for my inspiration. People have been tweeting their #JMUgirlproblems at me since I started, so it helps me out a lot.

How many times do you check your account each day? I actually have the @

JMUgirlproblem set up to my phone now, so I check it pretty often. And my phone blows up all of the time with mentions. Seriously, I have to charge my phone like twice a day now because of all of the activity with this Twitter account.

Do you have a favorite JMU team? Athlete? I don’t

have a favorite JMU team — I love them all for different reasons. The girl’s swim team is seriously doing work this season. I recently just tweeted that I had a #JMUcrush on the entire soccer team. I obviously love going to football and basketball games. JMU athletes are seriously the best, and I really wish I could shout out to all of them.

How did you get involved with SafeRides? SafeRides

actually contacted me about this idea for a @JMUgirlproblem shirt last semester. They currently have four cars running and they are hoping to add a fifth car, so all of the proceeds of the shirts are going to go towards that fifth car. How could I say no?

SafeRides is such a great organization, it’s for a good cause and they have taken me home countless times. I think the shirts look amazing and I can’t wait to see them all over campus. In all seriousness, I think I’m going to order, like, 20 of them.

If you could describe yourself with one hashtag, what would it be? If I could

describe myself in one hashtag it would have to be #JMUgirlproblem.

SafeRides shirts @JMUgirlproblem shirts will be on sale today, tomorrow and Thursday on the commons from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shirts will cost $12 in cash and $13 with a credit card.

The shirts are pink with three of @JMUgirlproblems’ tweets printed on the back.

I’m really not lying when I say that my whole entire life feels like one #JMUgirlproblem after another.

What song would you consider your anthem? I

have a playlist on my iPod called see Tweets, page A8

Video Game Review

‘American Nightmare’ a real page-turner

By Jeff Wade The Breeze

You’re traveling through another dimension — a dimension where video game story telling is treated with a modicum of wit. One where themes and symbolism are handled with actual grace.

You’ve just crossed over into “Alan Wake’s American Nightmare.”

If this second entry in the “Alan Wake” franchise is any indication, each game melds its own atmosphere and influences to create something new. The first game, with its Pacific Northwest setting, rode its “Twin Peaks” to the point that it probably should’ve had a colon and “The Game” after its title. “American Nightmare” transposes itself onto the Arizona desert and brings “The Twilight Zone” — complete with faux Rod Sterling narration — into the fold.

“American Nightmare” is a download-only follow-up to the 2010’s Xbox exclusive that continues the saga of Alan Wake, a horror novelist pulled into a story of his

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own creation. “Nightmare” picks up with Wake pursuing an evil doppelgänger named Mr. Scratch who’s threatening to take his place in the real world.

Mechanically, the “Alan Wake” series has never been particularly amazing. Its combat has always been completely serviceable, forcing Wake to wear down enemies protected by shrouds of darkness with a flashlight before they’ll be vulnerable to damage. It’s a snappy system that has been sped up but doesn’t wear out like it did in its predecessors.

But the gameplay isn’t really why “Alan Wake” shines. The series has always been about story and mood more than the actual shooting.

An increased confidence can be seen in this second entry, as developer Remedy tweaks both the expectations of an “Alan Wake” game and its own storytelling.

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Writer Alan Wake makes for a refreshing video game protagonist, and the bite sized follow-up plays to the series’ strengths.

Secondary storytelling bits are littered around the landscape — radio broadcasts and manuscript pages that expand on the overall “Alan Wake” universe — giving players incentive to explore.

Live-action video interludes with the game’s villain are creepy in a campy way and create some more grounded conflict among some of the more ambiguous material around the edges.

It also helps that the game looks great on a technical level, with a second attempt removing the weird and robotic movements on see Wake, page A8

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Tweets | ‘We are basically a family’ from page A7

“soundtrack of my life” so it’s hard to pick just one song to be my anthem ... Although the first song that popped into my head was “Party Rock Anthem.”

Does anyone know who you are? Only one

person knows that I’m @ JMUgirlproblem, which is so ironic because in real life I can’t keep a secret. Like, at all. I guess I missed that lesson in kindergarten. Some people are really into finding out who I am. They try to call someone out on Twitter for being @JMUgirlproblem, but they’re never right. I wonder if it’s a compliment or an insult for someone to think you’re @JMUgirlproblem?

And then there’s those people who have been telling me that finding out who I am is on their senior bucket list, which breaks my heart.

I guess I’ll have to send out some [direct messages] to some seniors before the end of the semester letting them know who I am. I would hate for someone to graduate from JMU with something not crossed off their bucket list.

Is there anything you can tell us about yourself? Any hints

you’d be willing to disclose? Hints about

who I am? Hmm ... I have a number in my E-ID (which I think is so incredibly lame, but whatevs). My personal account follows @JMUgirlproblem. Theme parties are my favorite. I give everyone in my life a nickname. I’m all about South Main El Charro’s.

Have I said too much?

If you could remove one thing from existence, what would it be? Not to

sound like a Miss America contestant. But if I could remove one thing from existence, it would probably be hatred. I get so many hate tweets to @JMUgirlproblem, and it’s the worst when it comes from JMU students/ alums.

For me, at least, I could never hate on a fellow JMU student. We have this unspoken bond because we belong to this great community. I may not agree with you or even like everything that you do, but I respect you and support you because we are basically a family.

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characters that served as blemishes in the earlier release. But nothing shines more than the game’s incredibly impressive lighting work, and he way that light flickers and flashes across the landscape is all the more noteworthy for being done on an aging console.

There are bits in “American Nightmare” that could have used a little

more editing.

The game throws you into its world, but instead of immersing you in it, the initial entry comes across as a mess of meaningless spiritual terms that make a poor first impression of the franchise. It’s a missed opportunity and disappointing, considering how atmosphere and wit are usually this series’ calling card.

It’s also a pretty short affair. The first “Alan Wake”

modeled itself after a TV season — “American Nightmare” is more a midseason finale. A separate wave-based survival mode moderately offers some extra value to the game, but it still strips the atmosphere and nuance of a game that thrives on it.

One can’t help but look back to “Twilight Zone” when thinking about “American Nightmare.” Like the best episodes of that classic series, neat surprises

and character moments excel even if at times the plot feels hokey.

But most interesting is how it suggests an anthology approach could serve the series, allowing it to explore new ideas and locales without the burden of holding up a traditional $60 game.

What a twist.

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Triple loss leaves room for concern Dukes struggle at home against Bucknell during four-game series

By Tony Schaffner The Breeze

The Dukes are a talented team going through early-season growing pains, dropping three of four in a four-game weekend series with Bucknell University.

“This is a work in progress,” said head coach Spanky McFarland. “We’ve got a lot of new guys and we have to figure ourselves out. We’ve got a lot of young arms and we’re trying to figure out what they can and can’t do … we’ve got a lot of question marks to work on.”

The Dukes commanded the first game of the series on Friday with a 12-1 win. This outing was followed by strong play for the majority of the second game until the Bucknell Bison stormed back with six runs in the top of the sixth inning to win 8-6. By the second game of the Saturday double-header, the Dukes lost momentum and fell to the Bison 22-6.

Bucknell used an effective blend of off-speed pitching and timely hitting to edge out JMU in the doubleheader.

“Our pitching wasn’t a top performance,” said JMU third baseman Conner Brown. “We didn’t string together any hits

and we didn’t have any runs until the seventh inning [of the third game in the series]. That’s not how we play. I think we let the cold weather get to us. It was more mental than physical.”

With the departure of catcher Jake Lowery and shortstop David Herbek to the MLB, the Dukes are replacing arguably the two most important positions on the team and are still figuring out how to fill those shoes in terms of leadership and power at the plate.

The Dukes seemed to follow the calm and collected nature set by senior starting pitcher Sean Tierney in the first game.

“We feel really good,” said Tierney, after only allowing one run and seven hits in the Dukes’ 12-1 win. “We hit the ball really well, put together a lot of quality at bats, played some great D and didn’t give up any free bases.”

On the other hand, the Dukes played poor baseball in the two following games as freshman pitchers Patrick Toohers and Aaron Hoover both faced adversity early in their stints.

In the first three games of the series, the Dukes managed to record fewer hits with each subsequent game. see BASEBALL, page A12

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Senior outfielder Ian Haynes slides into second base in Saturday’s game. The Dukes were outscored 8-6 in the first game and 22-6 in the second. Haynes went 2-3 in the first double-header game and scored one run in the second.

The Dukes will continue to play at home against Liberty University on Wednesday.

basketball (65-59)

Dukes top Towson in home finale Unimpressive game gives Dukes No. 8 seed, early tipoff in conference tourney

By Stephen Proffitt The Breeze

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Junior Alioune Diouf goes to the basket for a quick two during Saturday’s last home game against Towson. Diouf scored nine points.

Chase kiddy

A 5-13 conference record isn’t something to be excited about, except when you end the season on a winning note. The Dukes managed to beat Towson for the second time this season 65-59.

“We won. That’s all that matters,” said senior guard Humpty Hitchens.

“I was just trying to have fun. This is my basically my last home game, my last regular season game.”

Hitchens and senior forward Julius Wells were recognized before Saturday’s game for senior day. The two haven’t been in the lineup since early January and wont be the rest of the season because of injuries.

“We fought a lot harder this time,” said junior guard Devon Moore. “We won up there, but as a team I don’t think as we took it seriously as far as they rebound.”

The Dukes found themselves with one sub remaining on their bench — sophomore walk-on Christian Pierce — after two players fouled out and Moore sat out with an injured knee in the second half.

“Me with an Achilles [injury], I know I’m not getting in the game right there,” said a joking head coach Matt Brady, who tore is achilles. “You know we got five guys out there. We’re going to keep playing. Those guys want the opportunity to be in the game.”

The Dukes pulled out a victory in another close contest with the Tigers.

The game was plain and lacked excitement from the Dukes, although the return of Hitchens was key to snap the three-game losing slump the Dukes had fallen into without their leader.

“To be honest with you, Towson is athletically much more gifted than we are,” Brady said. “I thought the one thing that threw us off was that [freshman guard] Kris Walden did a tremendous job shooting behind ball screens. That’s not something we expected to happen.”

Brady took Hitchens out with 14 seconds left on the clock so fans in the Convocation Center could give him a standing ovation, as Pierce checked in for him. The two embraced for a moment as the fans were on their feet. see BASKETBALL, page A11

Contract questions for Brady Next year remains unclear for men’s basketball coach

By Stephen Proffitt The Breeze

Saturday’s game brings an end to the regular season for the Dukes, but also brings up the question of head coach Matt Brady’s future.

“My job security, you know that’s not in my hands,” Brady said. “I can’t say that I haven’t given it any thought.”

Brady is currently wrapping up the fourth year in his five-year contract.

“Here’s what I think — in my first three years, we won 55 games and I never had the same team back-to-back nights,” he said.

In his first three seasons, Brady went 55-47 overall with a 23-31 record within the conference.

This season, Brady has led the Dukes to 12 wins, five in the conference. In four seasons, his record with the Dukes is 67-66, 28-44 Colonial Athletic Association.

This year has been challenging for Brady as his seemingly deep preseason roster has completely deteriorated over the season with injuries and the departure of Trevon Flores.

“It’s hard to judge anybody on this season,” see BRADY, page A11

| fanatic and proud

Law & Order: Major League Baseball edition Player escapes sentencing by using a technical approach, but that doesn’t mean we should blame the system

Here in America, we pride ourselves on a small legal principle called “innocent until proven guilty.”

You see, the burden of proof is on the stateled prosecution to prove the defendant is guilty. I’m no lawyer, but I’ve seen enough “Law and Order” to understand this is pretty straightforward.

But Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun may have been too busy juicing to really get a firm grasp of the legal system.

Just a few days ago, Braun lay dead in the water, having been found guilty of suspiciously elevated testosterone levels. The average person — you, me, your dentist — averages a Testosterone: Epitestosterone (T:E) ratio of no higher than 4:1. Braun’s

testosterone levels were 20:1 — five times the maximum level of what baseball classifies as “normal.” Braun, the reigning National League MVP, was suspended 50 games. His legacy as a great young hitter was to be forever tarnished. There was even fringe talk of stripping him of his NL MVP award.

Then came a stroke of luck all the rabbit feet in the world couldn’t produce. After Braun’s urine sample had been collected, it had to be taken to FedEx to be transported to a lab.

(FedEx is contracted by the Major League Baseball to handle all urine samples in performance enhancing drugs testing scenarios.) When the runner realized on a Saturday night that FedEx was closed, he decided the best course of action would be to keep Braun’s urine in his own refrigerator at his home until FedEx opened back up 30-some hours later.

Braun’s lawyers wisely argued that these highly irregular circumstances

should lead to his acquittal. Smart move.

High-profile cases have often found success arguing not facts but the technical details surrounding the trial (see: Simpson, O.J.). While this strategy didn’t originally work for Braun and his legal team because he had to appeal, independent arbitrators found their argument sound enough to overturn the original 50-game suspension on appeal.

That’s it. After all the legal wrangling, Braun couldn’t be proven guilty. Nothing more, nothing less.

Some fans and media have come out and said that he’s clearly guilty, and this is an embarrassing loss for MLB. Losing the case in such a public and ridiculous manner is the equivalent of being pantsed and given a swirly in the same day of high school. Appeals like this could open the door for more PED users to get off, and baseball’s most pervasive

problem is already bad enough.

Meanwhile, Braun has called himself a victim of a failed process.

He has declared that the truth has prevailed. Woo-hoo!

Please. That’s pretty strong verbiage for a guy who essentially got off on a technicality.

Is he guilty? The truth is that I have no idea. No one does. We’ll never know whether or not Braun took illegal substances to enhance his game. The tests certainly say he did, but there is enough additional information in the background to make you scratch your head and wonder which side of the line he falls on.

Braun’s declaration of the truth prevailing is utter nonsense, though.

There wasn’t a star witness who marched into the courtroom in the 11th hour and proved his innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt. Instead, his non-guilt was contrived in the 14th hour behind closed doors. If anything,

the truth was a bystander and witness to a sudden and shocking car crash — one where the only guy who got up and walked away unscathed was Braun.

People want to criticize the system.

If it lets guys like Braun off, it was must be broken. Right?

But I look at this as a victory for the system, even if it comes at the expense of the MLB. Our legal system — whether it’s trying criminals or potentially drugged baseball sluggers — is designed to test for guilt, not innocence. If we can’t totally ensure that the men and women whose names we are dragging through the mud aren’t actually guilty, then they should get off. I’d rather let juicers hit home runs than tarnish an innocent man’s reputation. That would be the real crime.

Contact Chase Kiddy at kiddyca@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Coach Matt Brady observes Saturday’s game after having surgery Monday.

Brady said. “That being said, we’re in every game. No one is kicking our tail in this league and we’re not a very good team.”

Brady realizes the situation is out of his hands, but believes this season wasn’t what anyone would have expected.

“It is what it is,” he said. “I don’t know that you can judge any coach at any sport at any level based on his roster of 13 when he’s got six or seven.”

If Brady is allowed back to finish out his contract next season, most players on the roster will return, with the exception of seniors guard Humpty Hitchens and forward Julius Wells. He will also bring in three new recruits: small forward Charles Cooke and shooting guards Ron Curry and Andre Nation.

The decision is likely to be made shortly after this w e e ke n d’s C A A Tou r na m e nt.

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With the win, the Dukes (12-18, 5-13 CAA) picked up the No. 8 seed and will face the No. 9 seed, UNC-Wilmington on Friday in the CAA tournament at the Richmond Coliseum.

“Wilmington’s fine,” Brady said.

“We’d like to get to Saturday. The only way to get to Saturday is if you play really well on Friday.”

The Dukes won their first matchup of this season against the Seahawks with a 69-61 victory at Wilmington.

The team knows it can’t rest on its successes going into Friday’s game.

“Just go in and play the game,” Hitchens said. “Really not think about last time because it’s definitely going to be different. They’re going to be coming in ready to beat us, and we have to go in with the

mindset to play hard and hopefully get the win.”

With a win against UNC-W, the Dukes would face Drexel in a noon game on Saturday. Friday’s game will open the 2012 CAA Tournament with a noon tipoff.

Contact Stephen Proffitt at proffijs@dukes.jmu.edu.

St. John’s leaves Irish in dust Newsday

Sometime in the last two weeks, a lightbulb went off in the collective minds of this young St. John’s University team, sparking their maturation from a team with a lot to learn to one with a lot to show.

The proof was there Saturday against No. 18 University of Notre Dame, a 61-58 win at Madison Square Garden that surely will reverberate around the Big East with less than two weeks until the conference tournament. It was St. John’s third straight win and first against a ranked team in 11 tries this season.

“I think we can surprise a lot of people if we keep playing the way we are,” said St. John’s Moe Harkless, who led all scorers with 22 points.

Harkless shot eight-for-16 from the field and had nine rebounds.

D’Angelo Harrison added 15 points, and Amir Garrett had 11.

St. John’s, which led the entire game, got a clutch floater from Garrett with nine seconds left. “He made a heck of a shot,” Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said of Garrett’s floater. “I’m going to live with that.”

Notre Dame, which closed within one point twice in the final 1:28, pushed the ball up the floor but Alex Dragicevich’s three-point attempt clanged short.

Scott Martin and Jack Cooley had 18 points apiece for the Fighting Irish (20-9, 12-4), which had won a program-record nine straight conference games.

St. John’s transformation seemingly happened overnight. On Feb.

14, the Red Storm (13-16, 6-10) lost by 30 to Seton Hall. Since then, St. John’s has beaten University of California-Los Angeles, DePaul University and Notre Dame. “That loss sparked us,” Garrett said. “It was like they took our heart from us.

We were like, ‘That can’t happen.”’

St. John’s got off to a strong start, getting to the basket easily and shutting down Notre Dame’s outside shooting threats with aggressive ball pressure. The Fighting Irish had no luck from long range, missing 27 of 31 three-point attempts.

St. John’s, which led by as many as 14 in the second half, shot 22-for47 (46.8 percent) overall. Harrison was 5-for-10, and his 15 points moved him seven shy of Erick Barkley’s record 500 by a St. John’s freshman for one season.

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“Offensively, we need to trust our hands more,” McFarland said. Ryan Ebner “was only throwing 80 mph, but we’re trying to slow our bats down instead of waiting longer and swinging hard, so the result was when we did hit [the ball] we didn’t really drive it.”

It’s still early in a long season to figure out the answers to questions surrounding the team.

“We’re young and we have new players, so we’ve got to keep focusing on getting better every day,” McFarland said.

“We have to learn from this game and then forget it and get back on the horse.”

The Dukes get back to action this Friday with a weekend series against Lafayette University.

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game notes Game 1, 12-1

The Dukes commanded this game from the very beginning by scoring three runs in the first inning and never looked back. The team received a strong six inning performance from Sean Tierney, a Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Pitcher of the Year. He gave up one run on seven hits and posted five strike-outs and an ERA of 4.35.

Game 2, 8-6

JMUstarted off the second game strong as well by posting another three-run first inning. Senior pitcher Josh Futter came in to relieve Toohers in the second inning after Toohers gave up three walks and two scores in the first. The Dukes received timely hitting from Conner Brown, who had three RBIs.

Game 3, 22-6

The Dukes combined poor pitching and batting with mistakes in the field and this was the result. Compounding this problem was Bucknell starting pitcher Dan Weigel, who pitched seven strong innings with four runs on four hits, three strikeouts and an ERA of 1.88.

Game 4, 13-6

Bucknell rode the wave of its successes by taking the lead early in the first inning, scoring one run. The Dukes wouldn’t respond until the fourth inning after Bucknell exploded with five runs shortly before then. Freshman pitcher Ben Garner allowed five runs in his three innings pitched.

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