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It’s been a decade since the last JMU player was drafted to the NFL. Seniors Arthur Moats and Scotty McGee heard their names called on Saturday. After, fellow seniors Dorian Brooks and Mike Caussin signed free agent contracts.

By Michael Demsky The Breeze

Just 25 picks after the Buffalo Bills chose Arthur Moats as a linebacker of the future on Saturday, Scotty McGee was selected to compete for a starting job by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The duo became the first Dukes taken in the NFL Draft since 2000, after each were selected in the sixth round. Soon after the draft ended, former teammates Mike Caussin and Dorian Brooks signed with teams as free agents.

Moats was the first player off the board for the Dukes after he was taken with the 178th overall pick by the Bills. Not since

Photos by Robert Boag / the breeze

Top Left Arthur Moats was drafted to the Buffalo Bills, Scotty McGee was drafted to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bottom Left Dorian Brooks signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Mike Caussin signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, both as undrafted free agents.

running back Curtis Keaton went in the fourth round to the Cincinnati Bengals a decade ago had a Duke heard his name at the draft. McGee followed soon after, being taken by the Jaguars with the 203rd overall pick.

“I think it speaks volumes of the talent we are able to attract to our school,” coach Mickey Matthews said. “We get good players and I think we are going to continue to do that. The past three or four years we’ve just had a lot of good players come through.”

Moats was the Dukes’ most publicized prospect. His fall to the sixth round was somewhat unexpected, as some media outlets predicted he would be picked as

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250 pounds) is archetypal for an inside linebacker, but his speed and physicality could make for an intriguing transition to the outside spot.

“I played middle inside linebacker when I was in high school,” Moats said.

“In terms of their scheme and what they will be asking of me, I definitely think I can grasp that very easily. My athletic abilities should definitely help me a lot.”

Many saw McGee’s selection as a surprise because he was not mentioned on most mock drafts. Strong workouts with the Jaguars over the past couple months put McGee on the team’s wish list, see NFL, page 17

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From Auschwitz To Harrisonburg After sharing his personal story of how he survived the Holocaust, Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits had one request for the audience: to be guardians of human rights.

“You are the future,” Berkowits said.

“Try to make it better.”

Berkowits, a Rabbi in Northern Virginia at Temple Rodef Shalom, was invited to speak for Holocaust Remembrance Week, hosted by JMU Hillel, an organization that promotes a Jewish community presence on campus.

Berkowits stunned the audience Thursday with detailed accounts of his time in numerous concentration camps, including the infamous AuschwitzBirkenau.

“I think about how fortunate we are and how hard it was … I just couldn’t imagine,” said freshman Maura McMahon.

He speaks at such events to honor the people who went “to the other side” and to make sure the truth has been told.

“One of the most important things about being Jewish in this day and age is to remember the Holocaust and to educate people about what happened,” Hendeman said.

Berkowits also wanted to honor the “righteous of the nations” — those who

early as the third round. Despite the slide, Moats still generated interest with a number of NFL teams.

“Once the fourth and fifth rounds wrapped up I got a little upset,” Moats said Sunday. “But at the start of the sixth, the Giants and the Falcons both called me saying they were going to pick me if I fell to them. Then the Bills called my mom when they were on the clock. I got downstairs just in time to talk to the [Buffalo] coaches and see my name pop up on the TV. After that, it just got crazy.”

Bills scouting reports hint that the team plans to develop Moats as an inside linebacker, contrary to the defensive end position he played at JMU. His size (6’,

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Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits, a Holocaust survivor, spoke for JMU Hillel’s Holocaust Remembrance Week.

JMU Buys Attorney General Day Off Supports Garst’s Actions The Furlough Costs the

By Aaron Koepper The Breeze

Virginia Attorney G en. Ken Cuccinelli said he supports Commonwealth Attorney Marsha Garst’s search of The Breeze newsroom for Springfest photos on April 16.

“I support any and all legal means to gather information to build a case against people who allegedly harmed or intended to harm law enforcement officers,” Cuccinelli said on Friday in a statement to The Breeze.

Cuccinelli said in a speech Thursday at Spotswood Country Club he didn’t believe the raid was a First Amendment issue because it did not involve news or confidential sources, according to the Daily News-Record.

He acknowledged the legal discussions and said he hoped there would be a successful resolution that would allow Garst to secure “the photographic evidence she needs while protecting the First Amendment concerns of the see action, page 4

Spring Convocation Center concert, page 11

were not Jewish during the Holocaust but who helped countless Jews escape from German soldiers.

“It shows that there is hope in people,” Berkowits said. “People can choose life over death, even over their own.”

He spent an hour and a half describing the events of his past to more than 100 people in the Festival Highlands room.

“When two survivors meet they ask each other two questions: ‘Where are you from?’ And ‘where have you been?’ ” see HOLOCAUST, page 4

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JMU professors and staff will not be forced to take a mandatory day off.

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s budget mandates all state employees take a mandatory unpaid day off and is used as a measure to cover the $3.5 billion state budget deficit.

McDonnell created a buy-out option for higher education, giving JMU and other state universities the option to purchase the furlough day from the state.

Doug Brown, outgoing provost and vice president for academic affairs, told the Faculty Senate on March 29 that JMU decided to purchase the furlough day from the state.

Charlie King, senior vice president for administration and finance, said at the April 2 Board of Visitor’s meeting that JMU purchased the furlough day for $560,000.

According to Brown, if employees had to take the furlough day, it would have cost the university more money.

“Believe me, we calculated the cost to implement it and it would have been a lot of money,” Brown said at the Faculty Senate meeting.

“We see them [furlough days] as very disruptive.”

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4/26 Inside 3 news Plane pullin’ JMU students pull a plane

to raise money for charity.

7 JMU president writes a letter 11 Students direct and opinion Rose speaks

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addressing the student body in the aftermath of Springfest.

perform one-act shows in Director’s Fest.

13 The football team closes sports Spring scrimmage

out the off-season.

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Vigil for Lost Graduates

On Wednesday, Dukes for Life lit lanterns on the commons hill. The organization, which has a total of 127 members, estimates that 1,635 graduates are missing from the class of 2010 because of the number of abortions that took place in 1988.

Nation&World Obama Speaks At Memorial BECKLEY, W.Va. — Coal has helped divide Barack Obama from the people of this heavily Democratic state. On Sunday, it will bring the president and West Virginians together, at least briefly.

Obama will speak at a memorial for  miners killed in an underground explosion April .

The trip brings him to the heart of a state whose voters rejected him twice in . Even some Democratic politicians worry that his environmental policies are hurting a struggling region.

Obama’s political rise, first as a senator from a coal-producing state and then as leader of a party with deep roots in Appalachia, has coincided with coal’s emergence as an environmental bogeyman.

Old gaps between Democrats in West Virginia and those in Washington, between miners and environmentalists, widened just as he sought to straddle them.

As president, Obama has devoted billions to developing “clean coal” technology, which coal companies also support. Despite that, many here focus on his policies on climate change and “mountaintop removal” mining, believing they unfairly target the industry.

On Sunday, in this little city chiseled into valleys and hilltops, Obama will convey the country’s grief and its resolve to prevent future mining accidents, aides say. For once, everyone associated with West Virginia’s most contentious and necessary rock might concur.

John Humphrey, a Democratic county commissioner here in Raleigh County, said he couldn’t recall a president as unpopular in southern West Virginia — and he himself sees signs of a “war on coal” in Washington. But, he said, “Even what I guess you’d call the anti-Obama people ... they feel good that he’s coming to the county.”

A few miles from the arena that will host the memorial service, Humphrey sells hot tubs in a showroom decorated with a moose head, a stuffed tom turkey, and two bears frozen in mid-snarl. “I’ve had hope all along for him, I really have,” he said of the president.

Obama has responded to the blast at the Upper Big Branch mine, the worst U.S. mining accident since , with sharp criticism of both the mine’s owner, Richmond, Va.-based Massey Energy, and the federal regulators who watched over it.

“This tragedy was triggered by ... a failure first and foremost of management,” Obama said, “but also a failure of oversight and a failure of laws so riddled with loopholes that they allow unsafe conditions to continue.”

Aides said there had been little doubt Obama would attend Sunday’s memorial service.

Vice President Joe Biden will join him.

“Any loss of life is tragic, but this is an enormous tragedy and loss for the people of southern West Virginia, and he wants very much for the people of West Virginia to know that the country mourns with them,” said a senior aide, speaking

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on background to discuss the president’s thinking on a sensitive subject. “Being from a coal state, he understands how a tragedy like this one deeply affects a close-knit coal community and is felt throughout the state.”

The visit brings Obama to a touchy place politically. In , Hillary Rodham Clinton resoundingly beat him in the Democratic primary and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., beat him by  percentage points in the general election. The southern counties of West Virginia are at one end of the “McCain Belt,” a swath of the Appalachians and upper South that went more heavily Republican in  than in .

The reasons were complicated: fears about gun control, rumors about Obama’s religion, differences over abortion and gay rights. “How to say this ... “ said Humphrey, the Raleigh County commissioner. “Did race play a part? It’s possible.”

White House officials dispute the anti-coal characterization and say the president is not seeking to shut down the industry. They say he has inherited a legacy of distrust and suspicion among miners toward Democrats and their policies.

They also say Obama has promised that coal can prosper, if companies can mine it more cheaply and burn it without producing as many greenhouse-gas emissions.

As president, Obama has sought compromise on issues where others see little room.

One is climate change. Obama supports legislation to cap U.S. emissions, which the coal industry fears could raise energy prices and reduce demand. Coal provides about  percent of U.S. electric power.

But Obama has also funded research into “clean coal” technology, which could capture emissions and bury them deep underground. He allocated $ billion from the Department of Energy.

H1N1 Vaccine is Investigated WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are investigating the first hints of possible significant complications from the HN vaccine, but stressed that the concerns will probably turn out to be a false alarm.

The latest analysis of data has detected what could be a somewhat elevated rate of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause paralysis and death; Bell’s palsy, a temporary facial paralysis, and thrombocytopenia, which is a low level of blood platelets, officials reported Friday. The data is being collected through five of the networks the government is using to monitor people who were inoculated against the swine flu.

Officials stressed that it was far too early to know whether the vaccine was increasing the risk of those conditions or whether there was some other explanation, such as doctors identifying more cases because of the intensive effort to pinpoint any safety problems with the vaccine.

Based on the preliminary report, the Health and Human Services Department’s National Vaccine Advisory Committee, which has been charged with monitoring the vaccine’s safety,

voted unanimously to follow up on the findings. “We’re at the first step of determining whether there is a problem,” Guthrie Birkhead, who chairs the committee, said during a teleconference in which a subcommittee of experts presented its latest findings on the data. “There’s a lot more work to determine whether there is.”

Marie McCormick, who led the subcommittee, said there was a good chance the indications of problems could disappear with further analysis.

Even if the link with GuillainBarre syndrome is confirmed, the committee calculated the vaccine at most could be causing one extra case per  million people vaccinated.

“We have categorized this as a potential, not even a weak, signal,” McCormick said, adding that no signs of problems have been seen in the other networks of data the government has been analyzing.

Even if the possible risks turn out to be real, officials stressed that the danger of the flu remain far greater.

“From everything we know right now, the influenza vaccine, including the HN vaccine, is very safe, and it’s much riskier to get influenza than the influenza vaccine,” said Anne Schuchat of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Officials said they were not surprised that some possible problems that turn out to be false alarms might be found, given how intensively the vaccine’s safety is being monitored.

The vaccine was administered to  million to  million people worldwide, including as many as  million Americans, as part of an unprecedented response to the first influenza pandemic in decades.

Since the inoculation program was launched, health officials have been particularly concerned about Guillain-Barre syndrome, in part because a vaccine made in  in response to a different strain of HN influenza led to a small increase in the number of cases of the condition.

But officials expressed confidence that the new vaccine is safe because it was produced with the same methods employed since then to make the seasonal flu vaccine, which has been administered safely to millions of people.

Each year, about , to , people in the United States develop Guillain-Barre syndrome whether or not they were vaccinated — a rate of one to two people out of every , people.

Some studies have indicated that the seasonal flu vaccine might be associated with one additional case of the syndrome out of  million vaccinated. And influenza itself can cause the syndrome.

Burning Oil Rig Sinks in Gulf WASHINGTON — A Transocean Ltd. oil-drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico sank after burning for more than a day, as attempts continued to find missing workers, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig extinguished a

fire that was burning after an explosion at  p.m. local time on April , said Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Cheri Ben-Iesau. The guard said  of  workers aboard the nine- year-old vessel were rescued and it is searching for  people.

If rescuers conclude the  missing workers died, it would be the deadliest U.S. offshore rig explosion since , when  died and  were injured at a platform owned by Gulf Oil Corp., according to data from the Minerals Management Service. A  helicopter crash aboard a Forest Oil Corp. platform killed  people.

The family of missing roustabout Shane Roshto of Amite County, Miss., filed suit Thursday against Geneva-based Transocean and London-based BP, which leased the rig. The suit, filed in New Orleans federal court, said the blast threw some workers, including Roshto, overboard and killed others on the deck.

Michael Kersey, brother of -year-old rescued worker Jonathan Kersey, told reporters in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner, La., Thursday that his brother “said it was the scariest thing he saw in his life.”

His father, Jed Kersey, said that if his son decides to come back on rig after what happened “I won’t try to stop him.

He makes a lot of money out there.”

Seventeen of the workers rescued were sent to hospitals for treatment. Jennifer Steel, a spokeswoman for West Jefferson hospital, said they had four patients and all were discharged Wednesday.

Some of the  survivors and their families milled about the lobby of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Kenner, where physicians and nurses set up an impromptu clinic to treat minor injuries. Rig workers still carried the safety helmets they’re required to wear offshore.

“We hope and pray they’re all somewhere where they can be found,” Dee Payne, a -year-old worker who said he witnessed the Deepwater Horizon disaster from a nearby rig, said of the missing workers. “You always think about it, you know -- we’re dealing with gas, with things that are explosive.”

BP agreed in September to extend its lease on the Deepwater Horizon rig for three years and pay an additional $. million a year in rent. The rig, which measured  feet by  feet, could drill wells as deep as , feet.

The company agreed to pay $ million, or $, a day, during the three-year period, Transocean said at the time.

That was above the prior rent, which averaged about $, a day.

Transocean has property and casualty insurance on the rig, Gregory Panagos, a company spokesman, said yesterday.

He wasn’t able to give details on the coverage.

The government and the companies are monitoring the area for any oil spills.

“We have no reports of any of that spewing out into the water, but we were preparing in advance to mitigate any kind of environmental impacts,” said Katherine McNamara, Coast Guard fireman, in a telephone interview.

BP sent seven oil-spill cleanup vessels to the scene, David

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Rainey, BP’s vice president for Gulf of Mexico production, said at a press conference yesterday in New Orleans.

The vessels are carrying , feet of floating boom designed to prevent any oil from spreading and more is ready ashore, BP spokesman Tom Mueller said today in an interview.

“We are determined to do everything in our power to contain this oil spill and resolve the situation as rapidly, safely and effectively as possible,” Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of BP, said in a statement.

Battle over Whaling Ban WASHINGTON — A new International Whaling Commission proposal that would authorize commercial hunting for the first time in  years in exchange for reducing the number of whales killed each year sets in motion a public diplomacy battle.

A global whaling moratorium took effect in  but three nations — Japan, Norway and Iceland — have continued hunting whales, killing roughly , annually in recent years.

The United States and other anti-whaling countries have sought to strike a deal that would create an international monitoring system to ensure a steadily declining hunt.

The -year plan would cut — but condone — hunting in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which won international protection in .

Japan’s annual quota of  Antarctic minke whales — which it takes in the name of scientific research, an exception to the moratorium — would be cut to  during the next five years, and then drop to  in the following five years. Its current hunt of  sei and minke whales off its coast would be reduced to .

Under the new proposal, whalers initially would be permitted to take  Antarctic minke whales in the Southern Hemisphere, an area that includes the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, and that number would fall to  during the next decade. Also in the Southern Hemisphere, the number of fin whales that could be taken would start at  and decrease to five during the same period.

“Some whaling will be the price to pay for the reduction in the number of whales killed,” IWC chairman Cristián Maquieira said in an interview this week. “I don’t think anybody will be happy with the numbers, but what I’m trying to achieve is a situation where everybody is willing to sit down at the table because they see something there that otherwise they would be unable to obtain.”

Maquieira, of Chile, cautioned that details of the proposal could change before the IWC’s late June meeting in Morocco, where it would need support from three-quarters of

the delegates for passage. As it stands, it would mean roughly , fewer whales would be killed during the next decade compared with current levels.

Japan’s agriculture minister, Hirotaka Akamatsu, praised the proposal; however, he said his nation would still push for higher quotas given the “big gap” between its current activities and the proposed catch limits.

“We praise it for adding small-type coastal whaling, which we have patiently and persistently asked for,” he said.

“Environmental groups criticized the plan as a dangerous concession to pro-whaling nations. Some of the species targeted by the three nations such as common and Antarctic minke whales are numerous, but others such as fin, humpback and sei are imperiled.

Susan Lieberman, director of international policy at the Pew Environment Group, said the proposal had good elements such as increased monitoring and a strengthened IWC conservation committee, but that the Southern Ocean quotas are not based on scientific calculations and go against establishing protected areas.

EU’s Budget Deficit Grows

DUBLIN — The euro area’s budget deficit widened to more than double the European Union’s  percent limit in , led by Greece and Ireland.

The total budget gap for the -nation euro region widened to . percent of gross domestic product last year, the biggest since the introduction of the euro in , from  percent in , the EU’s Luxembourgbased statistics office said Thursday.

At . percent of GDP, Ireland had the largest shortfall, while Greece’s deficit was . percent. European governments may struggle to narrow their budget gaps after spending billions on stimulus measures.

The International Monetary Fund on April  called rising state debt the biggest threat to the global economy.

Euro-area finance ministers last month offered Greece as much as $ billion in threeyear loans to restore investor confidence as that nation’s fiscal crisis threatens to spread to other countries in the region.

“The path back toward  percent of GDP has just become longer,” said Christoph Weil, a senior economist at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. “It’s doubtful whether governments will be able to push down shortfalls by as much as expected this year. Today’s report is definitely bad news.”

Overall government debt across the euro region swelled to . percent of GDP last year from . percent in , the statistics office said.

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Goodlatte to Host Job Fair at JMU

U.S Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R - Va., will host a job fair Friday at the Convocation Center. According to Goodlatte’s Web site, the fair will feature more than 30 businesses from the Valley, including Tyson foods, Wal-Mart and the Virginia Employment Commission.

Rosetta Stone Sues Google

Rosetta Stone, a local languagelearning company, is suing the Internet search giant, Google, for trademark infringement, according to WHSV. Rosetta Stone claims consumers are confused by the ads that appear after typing ‘Rosetta Stone’ in the Google search box. A federal judge in Alexandria heard arguments in the case Friday afternoon.

Charlottesville

Foxfield Crowd Orderly

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The third annual plane pull at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport required teams of at least five people to pull an 8,000 pound plane for 300 feet.

Community Involvement

Not Your ‘Plane’ Old Fundraiser

By Stephany Holguin contributing writer

Hauling a plane 300 feet may seem like a major feat, but when done in the name of community service, the challenge becomes more realistic.

About 25 students volunteered in the third annual plane pull Saturday at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.

All the funds raised from the $25 per person registration fees for the teams in the competition go the Fairfield Center, which is a nonprofit organization that helps families and businesses facilitate communication. Since 92

percent of its mediation requires supplemental revenue, it created the plane pull as way to raise money for the center.

Most of the students were members of Alpha Epsilon Pi, the sponsoring fraternity, or students who intern at the Fairfield Center. These students made up teams of eight and pulled an 8,000 pound King Air Turbo Prop for 300 feet.

Tim Ruebke, executive director of the Fairfield Center, came up with the idea.

“We needed a unique idea that would attract people and contribute to this good cause,” Ruebke said. “[I] stole this idea

Science and Technology

Students Set Cycle Speed Record

from Dulles Airport which gets bigger groups to pull commercial planes.”

The plane pull began in the spring of 2008 and Ruebke said at first it was hard to get sponsors but since the first event the number of participants has increased.

“I plan on having at least 10 groups from JMU pulling planes next year,” Ruebke said.

This year, only two teams from JMU were involved.

The plane pull had 20 sponsors ranging from the airport to the AEPi chapter. The big contributors such as Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport,

Dynamic Aviation and Blue Ridge Community College sponsored planes and the location for the event.

“Also, Good Will Management motivated students into participating this year by giving away a $250 scholarship to any JMU student involved in the event,” said Ruebke.

AEPi organized brothers to volunteer in the plane pull. Junior Mark Tyson, chapter president, said he found out about the organization through one of the organizers, who asked the brothers to donate time to the pull. see Plane, page 5

Foxfield, horse races that attract large numbers of college students and recent alumni at U.Va., remained orderly and under control Saturday.

Police arrested 37 people and issued 51 other charges, according to NBC 29.

Blacksburg

Hokies to Pay More Tuition

Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors unanimously voted Friday to raise tuition by 10 percent for in-state students and 6 percent for out-of-state students.

Radford

Quadfest Under Control

Radford University’s annual Quadfest took place this weekend with little incident. The weekend-long music festival resulted in 111 charges and 30 jailings, according to The Roanoke Times.

New York

SunTrust Bank Robber Sentenced

Gary Latray, 51, was sentenced to three years in prison for violating his parole.

Latray is accused of robbing the SunTrust Bank on the corner of South Main Street and Port Republic Road in December. Virginia commonwealth attorneys are filing a motion to have Latray brought to Harrisonburg to face robbery charges.

Haiti Relief

30 For 30 Ends Fundraising

By Kaleigh Somers The Breeze

After nearly three months, the 30 For 30 campaign finally came to an end Thursday afternoon. Mieka Polanco, a sociology and anthropology professor, hosted a teach-in about Haiti to focus on the country’s positive attributes. “[Haiti’s] amazing on so many levels,” Polanco said.

Polanco started the campaign on Jan. 25 after receiving university approval to raise money for Haiti. After 74 days, participants raised $10,180.30.

The goal had been $30,000 in 30 days; the campaign was extended in late March because the organization had raised about $9,000.

Polanco’s first teach-in kicked off the campaign, educating attendees about the “social, political and economic conditions that caused the earthquake to be so bad for the country.”

Her objective for Thursday’s teachin was to remind attendees that the country and its people have more to offer than just a poor economy.

“We live in a world that asks us to forget that we’re related to each other,” Polanco said.

She hoped the campaign and its effects would remind people of their international interdependence.

Mary Tacy, a faculty member in the integrated science and technology department, reveled in the country’s natural beauty. Tacy, whose husband

is Haitian, has visited the country several times with and without students.

“When I’m in Haiti, I feel so alive because you’re so physically connected to the environment,” Tacy said.

Tacy found many of the Haitians’ values compelling. Unlike American culture, Haitians have a different pace of life.

“They know how to slow down, enjoy life [and] enjoy the world around them,” Tacy said. “It’s a refreshing change from the American need for constant motion.”

Tacy said many Americans focus on diets, but Haitians like to sit down and eat a lot, even if they don’t have

see Haiti, page 4

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Robert Prins, an ISAT professor, donated the 1968 Sears gasoline motorcycle for engineering students to convert into a battery-powered electric engine that emits zero pollution.

By Aaron Koepper The Breeze

JMU’s electric motorcycle burned the competition yet again, setting additional speed records at local competitions.

The E-Cycle, built by integrated science and technology and engineering students, broke two speed records at the East Coast Timing Association’s meetings in October and April.

Senior ISAT majors Paul Crisman, Sam Sweet and Tripp Loflin returned to the competition for the year opener April 10 – 11 and set a record of 69 mph in the category for alternate-fuel motorcycles with “partial streamlining.” This refers to motorcycles that have components controlling airflow between the parts and air resistance.

In October, it broke existing track speed records for the category A/O, for motorcycles that have been heavily altered and use an engine that doesn’t run on gasoline. JMU set a new record of 70 mph over the previous record of 53 mph, set by Ernie Vaupel.

Engineering professor Robert Prins donated his 1968 124cc engine Sears motorcycle to Crisman, Sweet and Loflin, who originally converted the bike for their senior thesis.

The process began at the beginning of the 2009 fall semester when the team took the entire motorcycle apart.

“We pretty much gutted the entire body,” Crisman said. “The only thing that was left was the frame and the wheels. We then started calculations for the best components to buy. Then we did mock-ups.”

The team fitted the motorcycle with a direct current motor and other electrical components. BatteryMart.com also donated six Odyssey PC680 batteries to the team.

“I hoped we could go break the record,” Prins said. “But racing has enough variables that you can never count on something happening.”

While Prins was confident they would break the record, the students weren’t.

“The first time it went around the track, we basically crossed our fingers,” Sweet said.

The first build of the motorcycle was a prototype built on a deadline, and it barely passed safety inspection at ECTA. In the first model, the batteries and their wiring were stacked on top of each other, completely exposed.

Sweet said they were unsure of what see Bike, page 5

Earthly Exercise

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To celebrate Earth day, JMU’S EARTH Club hosted a sunset yoga and deep ecology workshop Thursday evening on the Festival Lawn. JMU students and staff were also able to celebrate Earth Day through a number of practices. For example, dining facilities, including PC Dukes and Top Dog, removed plastic bags from their shelves and were only available upon request.

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HAITI | Teach-In Program Educates Students About Haitian Culture

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Native Haitian Kurt Ferdinand teaches about Haitian culture at Thursday’s teach-in event. The event culminates the three and half month-long 30 For 30 fundraising campaign which raised about $10,000 to benefit Haitian charities to help rebuild the country after January’s earthquake. from page 3

the money for food.

Bill Van Norman, a history professor, has done much of his research on slavery in Cuba. He is well-versed in Haiti’s historical background, believing the country has had its share of ups and downs.

“It’s a history of hope but it’s also a history of disappointment in some ways,” Van Norman said. While the country became independent from France in 1804, its people struggled to make an economic transition. Prior to independence, Haitians relied heavily on slave labor.

“Haiti has always been a poor country and has always had problems,” Van Norman said. “A lot of things have been done to Haiti that have held it back.”

According to Van Norman, for a while, France, England and Spain didn’t want to recognize the country as independent.

The United States only recently left the country after overseeing much of its governmental

“[The mainstream media] ‘never told you about the evidences of great cultural and historical sights and sounds of Haiti’s civilization.’ ” Kurt Ferdinand

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positions.

Kurt Ferdinand, a Haitian student at Blue Ridge Community College, agreed.

“205 years [later], we’re still struggling,” Ferdinand said.

Ferdinand does not want sympathy from other countries, though. As an activist for Haiti, U.S. relationships and a Haitian native, Ferdinand disregards the media’s focus on the country as poor.

Growing up on a big farm with lots of siblings, his family

epitomized the country’s family-oriented way of life.

“All of us, we supported each other,” Ferdinand said.

He recalled feeling genuinely happy many times throughout his life, only to be told that he was poor, suggesting the two characteristics were exclusive.

Ally Hemler, a sophomore anthropology major, found it refreshing that “the Haitian people are all about helping each other out as part of their natural cultural tendencies.”

She found the entire presentation gave her a sense of appreciation for Haitians’ strength and creativity.

The mainstream media “never told you about the evidences of great cultural and historical sights and sounds of Haiti’s civilization,” Ferdinand said.

The money raised during 30 For 30 will go to Partners in Health, a medical assistance program; the Haiti Outreach Foundation; and Fonkoze, a nonprofit organization that gives loans to people in rural areas of Haiti.

Berkowits said. “I’m here to answer those questions.”

“It’s important for people to hear an actual survivor because, like he said, there’s no one behind him,” said sophomore Jackie Hedeman, a member of Hillel.

“It’s not like we can wait a few years down the road and there’s always going to be someone first hand to talk to us about it.”

Berkowits was born in a small village in Hungary in 1928 and attended Hebrew school at the age of two. Through his education in the teachings of the Torah, he “became a person who could participate in religious life competently.”

During his childhood, Berkowits said his world revolved around school, family and synagogue.

In September 1939, his world changed.

At that time, war had broken out as Germany invaded Poland, stripping the rights of Jews and making it intolerable for them to live.

“I knew my geography. It had nothing to do with me … I was so wrong,” Berkowits said. “It has everything to do with everyone. That war changed the entire world.”

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residents of Berkowits’ village were forced onto trains and taken to a ghetto in the middle of nowhere.

They were then separated into two groups, one of the many “selections” the Nazis did to eliminate mass amounts of Jews. His mother and younger siblings were put into the group “on the other side of the tracks” and killed within three hours of their arrival.

“That was Auschwitz-Birkenau,” Berkowits said quietly as he struggled to keep his composure. “The uncertainty and the sheer terror.”

He described the death camp as an alternate universe in which everything humane did not matter.

“I’d never really heard it put like that, which really kind of made me feel differently about it,” said sophomore Katy Snyder.

Berkowits always managed to escape during the “selections” by volunteering for jobs that would take him and the other healthy men away from one nightmare and into another.

He and many others were liberated from a camp for political prisoners on May 2, 1945 and given the opportunity to attend school in Sweden.

“The message he gave us to

be the best that we can be is important because … we take for granted what we have,” Snyder said.

Berkowits said he is able to stay positive about what happened because of the way survivors were cared for and loved by the people of Sweden after the war.

“I just find the aspect that he was so positive about everything and able to make jokes, I just feel the fact that he was able to become that was amazing,” Snyder said.

According to Berkowits, the lessons of Auschwitz are almost forgotten. He compared the atrocities committed by different groups of people in Darfur and Cambodia to that of the Holocaust.

He sees hope in the future, however.

“There is much good you can do,” Berkowits said. “Be a beautiful person in the best sense of the world and use your energy for the good.”

Many in attendance resonated with his message of hope.

“There’s a bunch of things in the world, but only a few things are important,” said freshman Kelsey Ostergren. “He got through that with so little and now he’s just living it out.”

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media.”

Cuccinelli’s statements stand out against several editorials in newspapers across Virginia and nationwide, including The Washington Post, which called the search an “affront to the First Amendment.”

On Wednesday, a 15-member task-force consisting of Harrisonburg police, Virginia state troopers, representatives from the commonwealth attorney’s office and the Virginia attorney general’s office was created to review public photos, YouTube videos

and police video footage of the Springfest riots, according to the Daily News-Record.

News organizations including the Society of Professional Journalists and the Student Press Law Center have claimed the raid violates the Privacy Protection Act of 1980.

The act gives news organizations immunity from searches, except when a person’s life is in danger or the person possessing them has committed a crime relating to the materials.

The commonwealth attorney’s office brought a search warrant to The Breeze newsroom April

16 after Editor-in-Chief Katie Thisdell refused to turn over the photographs the previous day.

Thisdell said she didn’t believe it was the paper’s responsibility to assist in the investigation.

The Breeze obtained legal counsel from the Student Press Law Center and is currently in negotiation with the commonwealth attorney’s office. Roger Soenksen, a media arts and design professor and legal adviser for The Breeze is holding the photos until a decision is reached.

The photos have not yet been used for any part of the investigation.

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A team from Massanutten Resort pulled the plane across the tarmac in 32 seconds. The plane pull event benefited the Fairfield Center, which is a nonprofit organization that provides mediation services for the community and businesses. from page 3

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Paul Crisman (left) and Sam Sweet are two of three ISAT majors working on JMU’s electric motorcycle. The bike set a record speed of 69 mph. from page 3

would happen if the wires touched the metal framework of the bike while it was running — it could have led to a dangerous electrical reaction.

“They didn’t like the positions of the wires, but they let it fly,” Sweet said.

“The driver was close to the electric components and it was unsafe.”

With the spring semester ahead, rebuilding the E-Cycle became a class — Engineering 280 — giving the three seniors time and assistance to improve on their original design.

“We looked at a bunch of stuff between runs one and two, as far as battery position, increased reliability, and as to how we wired the system,” Crisman said. “The second time down, all we had to do was hookup the generator and charge it, and nothing really broke.”

The redesign included a fairing, a metal structure around the front of the bike that housed the batteries and the motor. They replaced the original tires for ones that would normally be found on a dragster, and lowered the handlebars to mimic those of a real motorcycle.

“That track doesn’t have a lot of electric vehicles. We want people to see them as more appealing and use motorsports as a test bed.”

Robert Prins

engineering professor

Prins said they attend these events to not only to set records, but also to draw attention to the racing capabilities of electric vehicles.

“That track doesn’t have a lot of electric vehicles,” Prins said. “We want people to see them as more appealing and use motorsports as a test bed.”

For the April speed test, the team was able to collect data about the E-Cycle, which they are currently analyzing to see how they might be able to improve the motorcycle.

“There’s more power,” Prins said. “We’re still looking at the bike to see if we might be able to ratchet that record up a little.”

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“We agreed to help because our chapter strives to become someone bigger than yourself,” Tyson said. “The best gift we can give back to the community is by donating time and effort and

just being part of something bigger than yourself.”

The AEPi members volunteered by selling food, supervising a moon bounce and pulling a plane.

“In college, we forget about the community around us and

the outside world,” said sophomore AEPi Vice President Marcus Greene. “When we arrived, I felt welcomed by the people here.

It’s nice to give back to the local community.”

Some other students interning at the Fairfield Center also joined

in the plane pulling.

“I had never pulled a transportation object across a flat plane, it’s the first time and I exerted so much energy and it feels good,” said senior Matt Harmon, an intern at the Fairfield Center. “It went better than expected.”

Campus Safety

College Violence Spikes Since ’80s The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — A new report by federal law enforcers, released on the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, offers the first comprehensive analysis of violent attacks carried out on college campuses over the past century, finding that more than half have occurred in the last 20 years.

The report released last week combs through public records of 272 incidents of "targeted violence" at colleges since 1900 in search of patterns and trends.

Titled "Campus Attacks," the study is a joint effort of the Secret Service, the FBI and the federal Education Department.

Eagerly awaited by college leaders, the publication offers a foundation of research for the discipline of threat assessment, a little-known but growing facet of college administration that seeks to predict and prevent

Va. Tech-style attacks. On April 16, 2007, troubled Tech student Seung Hui Cho, 23, killed 32 and wounded 17, in one of the nation's deadliest killing sprees.

“This is the first time that anybody has identified in any kind of comprehensive way the uptick in these violent acts over the course of decades,” said Barry Spodak, a national authority on threat assessment.

The analysis finds that threefifths of campus attacks in a 108-year span occurred in the last two decades: 79 attacks in the 1990s, and 83 in the 2000s through 2008. The report attributes the surge to the growing campus population and to expanding coverage in the mass media.

College killings are not an entirely new phenomenon.

Researchers found episodes as early as 1909, when a man fatally shot his former girlfriend at her

“This is the first time that anybody has identified in any kind of comprehensive way the uptick in these violent acts over the course of decades.”

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college and then shot himself.

Attacks most often happen in the months of April and October.

Attackers are overwhelmingly male, and they have ranged in age from 16 to 62. The eldest was a part-time librarian who shot a fellow librarian in 2008 after a dispute over work ethics. Relatively few perpetrators —75 of

260 — were students of traditional college age.

One-third of attacks related to intimate relationships. “Retaliation” was the second leading cause, followed by romantic rejection and obsession.

The report stops short of dispensing tips for colleges seeking to profile potential killers. Colleges awaiting such practical help “are going to be left wanting,” Spodak said, although federal authorities may publish such guidance in future. The analysis does, however, identify patterns in past attacks that could steer colleges in assessing future threats.

Threat assessment teams shouldn't limit themselves to campus, the report advises, because 20 percent of violent incidents took place off campus.

Communication with outside law enforcement “is essential,” it states.

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Way To Go — No Furlough Due to Gov. Bob McDonnell’s budget requirements for the 20092010 fiscal year, all state government agencies including universities are required to have one furlough day for all employees. The state estimated the furlough day saves $560,000 in payroll to help ease a $3.5 billion budget deficit by forcing universities workers to take an unpaid vacation day.

However, JMU faculty and staff will not be required to take this furlough day. Through creative budgeting, JMU purchased this furlough day, thereby absorbing the $560,000 cost into the auxiliary funds and allowing JMU employees to continue working. The university evidently saved money by purchasing this furlough day. The state priced the furlough day at $560,000, but the cost of an actual furlough day at JMU would cost more that that estimate.

By not forcing employees to accept this budget cut, the university shows it appreciates and values its faculty and staff. It also proves JMU is making sound financial decisions in this time of economic crisis within its current budget structure. We applaud the university’s ability to find resourceful solutions in times of economic crisis. Often, talk of valuing employees and staff is just that, but with this most recent measure, JMU has shown it to be a true priority.

Letter Police Resurgence

I’ve been noticing a trend since the Springfest riot. The police force has been a lot more strict, almost unlawfully strict, with JMU students. Last weekend a friend told me that police were waiting at the Sunchase bus stop, and when passengers got off the bus, they were immediately apprehended. One of the passengers tried to get back on the bus when he saw this, but was taken off the bus by the cop and apprehended as well. The drunk bus is there for a reason, and now you might get arrested if you ride it.

In general, there seems to be an overall increase in police aggressiveness toward

students. This is not the solution to the riot. This is further eroding the now fragile relationship JMU students have with the Harrisonburg Police Department.

I’m not sure what tactic police decided to employ after the riot, but this is going the wrong way. Students, faculty, administrators and the police need to sit down together to do something to fix the problems that contributed to the riot on April 10. I’m sending out a plea on behalf of myself and every other JMU student who doesn’t want to be harassed — please find another way.

Sarko Sarkodie sophomore health sciences major

Alex Ledford | guest column

The Red Scare Infects Community, JMU Harrisonburg Police Rush to Regain Power.

Tear gas irritates the mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, mouth and lungs and can cause crying, sneezing, coughing and difficulty breathing. But if you get tear-gassed, it’s important to remember that it’s not the worst thing that can happen to you. In fact, panicking only increases the effects of tear gas.

You should accept that there’s not much you can do to protect yourself from it. Just pull your shirt up over your face, ride it out and don’t rub it in.

When I first saw the headline, “War Zone,” on the front page of The Breeze, I thought it was pretty hyperbolic. However, now, more than two weeks after the riot, I’ve realized how appropriate the word “war” is. There’s a battle between JMU and the Harrisonburg community, but the lines were drawn way before the events of Springfest. The riot just made it worse.

When I opened my door last Wednesday, three Harrisonburg police officers were standing on my porch. They had printed out a blog I wrote about Springfest for one of my classes. They wanted me to indentify someone in a photo, and since they threatened to come back with warrants and possibly charge me with a crime, I had no choice but to give them a name.

I asked the cops, “What’s gonna happen to this person? What’s the end goal of this?”

“That’s not up to us,” the cop said. “It’s up to the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

And right then I started to wonder if the police even actually know the reason they’re hunting down students. Do they know why they tried to confiscate 926 photos from The Breeze?

After the cops left, I collapsed on the couch, feeling lonely, guilty and betrayed, even though I was the betrayer. If I could take back the blog post, I would — but I can’t. All I can do is try to make sense of the whole thing. I’m not mad at the cops because they were just doing their jobs — the bidding of the state. I’m mad, or baffled at least, at their objective, or lack thereof.

To me, this all looks like a witch hunt — McCarthyism in the 21st century. There’s a Red Scare in Harrisonburg. If anyone whispers the word “riot,” the cops will come and get them. It’s not even safe to post Facebook photos or YouTube videos from that day.

I can see Harrisonburg reverting back to the 1950s and I’ve started to think, what

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did McCarthy actually want? He said he wanted patriotism, loyalty and to protect the country from evil communists. But he was really after power, and I think that’s what this is too. Harrisonburg wants the power back after it was stolen during the riot. The police felt angry, embarrassed and helpless at not being able to control a crowd of drunk students.

To re-establish power, you have to make examples of people — put fear back into the masses. And you have to step on some people to do this, but they don’t matter. They’re pawns in the war.

There’s a battle between JMU and the Harrisonburg community, but the lines were drawn way before the events of Springfest.

When I told my mom what happened, she said the cops were just using me, using the name I’d given them to get to bigger fish.

“They want the guy on the front page next to the dumpster with his arms in the air like he was king of the riot,” she said.

But in reality, I don’t think they can get him. He’s back at his own school, bragging, not having to deal with this mess.

He won’t be held responsible, and meanwhile, it’s the pawns here at JMU who will suffer.

As Harrisonburg seeks retribution, as it battles to regain its power, we can’t hide under our desks. We have to continue to talk, argue and write about this. We have to keep asking questions.

Do we as JMU students really deserve all the blame we’re getting? Do students at our university actually have a drinking problem or did we just advertise Springfest too well? Will charging 20 or more people with misdemeanors help repair the situation? Are the police looking for justice or merely to save their reputations?

Right now we’re scared and confused, but we can’t just pull our shirts over our heads. We need the answers to these questions — we need to make sense of all of this.

Alex Ledford is a senior media arts & design major.

Returning to Our Values Dear JMU students,

I have given considerable thought to the events of two weeks ago. Reflection is a necessary condition for learning.

Whether you were a participant in Springfest or not, I hope that you have also thought about the one day when, for at least many Harrisonburg residents, all of the goodwill generated by years of positive contributions, voluntary service and community assistance by JMU students was literally wiped out — totally negated by poor judgment, inexcusable behavior and alcohol abuse.

As I said we would, we have already begun to analyze what happened and we will be conferring with relevant parties to gain further insight into the dynamics that led to such an unfortunate outcome. Some have already offered suggestions, and still others have stepped forward to apologize to the community and have made an effort to re-establish healthy relationships. I applaud those efforts and thank the students who have assumed this responsibility.

Some have suggested that more community/university interaction might improve relationships. However, I want to point out that while efforts to bring Harrisonburg and the JMU community together are to be encouraged and supported, they are not the cure to the problem we experienced two weeks ago.

In my view, we only have to look to

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the stated values of the university for the answer. Our university values statement says that we value excellence, integrity and mutual respect. The statement isn’t selective. It doesn’t mean excellence in some matters and not in others. It doesn’t suggest that we possess integrity on weekdays, but not on weekends, and mutual respect was never intended to be restricted to just a few close friends.

Two weeks ago mutual respect went out the window. Respect for our neighbors and our community, for JMU alumni, for fellow students, for our reputation, for law enforcement and for the property of others became for that one day only a concept, not a code for how we should live our lives. These terms were adopted by the university as guiding principles for ALL that we do, ALL of the time and with ALL people in mind.

Many specific strategies will unfold over the next weeks and months and we will certainly adopt a number of them to ensure that we do not repeat Springfest 2010. But I have initiated one change immediately that I hope you will notice and consider. I have directed our Web managers to move our university

“Values Statement” to the home page of our Web site and to the opening pages of the primary sections of the site so that we will all be reminded of those words every day.

This single event does not define us as a university, and it does not define you as a student. As individuals, you are much more, and as a university our identity is rooted in a century long history. James Madison University is known and will continue to be known as a leading comprehensive institution of higher education in this nation. It is our intelligent and service-minded students, our collaborative faculty, our delivery of value, our friendly and welcoming campus and the community of which we are a part that define us. Our charge is to live lives committed to the values that have created our identity, one that has been built over a hundred years. Let’s correct our course, recommit ourselves to our values and never repeat what happened two weeks ago.

Linwood H. Rose President James Madison University

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The Necessity of Regulation The conservative mantra is to keep traditional values. Let the markets fix themselves, institute tax cuts to the top 20 percent and the wealth will trickledown. The problem with tax cuts to the wealthy is that they lead to budget cuts. The problem with budget cuts is that they lead to middle and lower class citizens suffering.

In today’s world, this method is outdated. We need change. The free market needs to be regulated by the government. We need to tax families with income greater than $250,000.

We need to regulate the banks, overhaul immigration laws, pass energy reform, eliminate all nuclear weapons and finally put an end to American imperialism. The United States is currently occupying 135 countries with 700 military bases, according to Ron Paul at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. These changes will make the world a better place and improve American foreign relations.

Some people claim that government regulation would impose on our basic freedoms, but in reality it does the opposite.

In President Obama’s weekly YouTube address, he explains what the new financial regulation bill will accomplish.

The legislation will enact consumer protection, bring new transparency to financial dealings, stop corporations from making risky moves with taxpayer dollars, and ensure that tax dollars will not be used to bailout companies that are deemed too big to fail. The bill will also give shareholders more leverage in the dealings of these financial companies.

The president said, “If we don’t change what led to the crisis, we will doom ourselves to repeat it.”

How could these new stipulations impede on American citizens’ liberty?

They don’t.

This legislation change, that some call the “government takeover,” is bringing accountability to Wall Street barons and health insurance companies alike.

Without regulation, the wealthy can continue to exploit the poor. Dropping insurance coverage because of preexisting conditions, abusing taxpayer bailout money to pay for Wall Street executives’ extravagant vacations — this kind of behavior is only worsening the already troublesome economy.

ABC News reported that a few days after AIG received $85 billion in bailout money, the company paid more

than $440,000, including $23,000 in spa charges, for a retreat at an extravagant hotel. Taxpayers’ money was spent on massages, manicures and pedicures.

Bill Maher on his show “Real Time” claimed that “Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing: drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th — and by passing health care, the Democrats saved their brand.”

Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress are doing the best they can to drag America into the next century and to revive the global view of our country.

Even with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell advising all senate Republicans to unanimously oppose the financial reform bill, I am confident that Democrats can get that one extra vote to reach 60, which is the critical filibuster proof number. Someone will step across the aisle and realize how vital this vote is. Come on Congress, just like you made the United States the last industrialized nation to develop universal health care, keep dragging us into the next century.

Sean Dolan is a a freshman political science major.

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52 Pub orders 54 Flask 57 Zimbabwe, formerly 61 Celebratory suffix 62 Alliance 63 Tiriac of tennis 64 61, to Cicero 65 Hosp. areas 67 Stable youngster 70 Casino worker 73 Italian statesman Aldo 75 Art Garfunkel’s partner 78 Travelers’ aids 79 Food fish 81 Lhasa 82 Drink like 81 Across 83 Business abbr.

84 Conger or moray 85 “Jeepers!”

88 “Back in the -” (’68 song) 92 Composer Verdi 95 Ms. Van Tassel 97 Yearn 98 “Hook” heavy 99 Chutzpah 101 Watch pts.

103 “Bali -” 104 Art Malik series

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10 Mile High Center architect 11 Part of A.D. 12 Permissible 13 Dovecote sound 14 Mil. address 15 More mature 16 Actor Patrick 17 Suspicious (of ) 20 Reduce to smithereens 23 Skip 25 Abominate 28 Say please too often?

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56 “- Gay” 58 It holds plenty!

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Karim Altaii | guest column

Stephen LEe | The Breeze

Iraq Needs More American Cooperation in Education System.

Electronic Readers Are Slowly Taking the Place of Bound Books.

I spent one of the most difficult nights of my childhood in Baghdad worrying that I was failing two of my classes. What kept me awake was the fear of having to tell my mother, whose emphasis on doing well in school reflected generations of faith in learning.

Iraq once boasted one of the most advanced systems of higher education in the Middle East. But that system now lies in shambles.

More than 400 professors have been assassinated. Universities have been devastated by bombs, looting and neglect. My sister’s office at the University of Baghdad was burned in an attack that forced her to join the thousands of academics who have fled their posts or their country.

Those Iraqi faculty members who remain have only minimal support within the country and are virtually cut off from the world. Examples of their isolation are as disheartening as they are numerous. To mention just one discouraging incident: Professors at the University of Tikrit wanted to host a conference to address desertification and drought, but could not figure out whom to invite or how to invite them.

While studying this situation for the State Department recently, I visited with 200 faculty members and administrators in Iraq, and I saw firsthand how cynical some have become.

“You destroyed Iraq — why are you here?” one asked. Another professor looked at me, paused, and, with his hands folded, said, “Occupy us with your knowledge and advances, not with your guns.” I immediately understood his hostility — my personal security detail that day included more than 20 armed guards.

To be fair, the United States is carrying out a number of commendable educational initiatives in Iraq. For example, a youth exchange program enables 50 Iraqi students to come to the United States each year. The new Fulbright Visiting Scholarship Program for Iraq will allow more than two dozen Iraqi professors to spend time at American universities. And the Iraqi Virtual Science Library

The Cambridge English Dictionary defines the word kindle, in the verb form, as “to cause a fire to start burning.” This is the perfect description to match what Amazon ignited in 2007: a technological fire that will change the way we read literature forever.

Only a few years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle as a wireless device that allows consumers to read books electronically. Now, there are more than 480,000 books, newspapers, magazines and blogs available, including more than 100 of 112 current New York Times Best Sellers, for the Kindle. It is a continuing success. Amazon claims the electronic book reader has been purchased by millions of people since its release about two years ago. “InformationWeek” commented that Amazon “sells six books for the Kindle for every 10 physical books with the same titles.”

The Kindle was just the spark.

On April 5, this year, Apple released the iPad, a lightweight, portable tablet that functions much like a laptop. The consumer can play games, browse the Web, check e-mails and fiddle with the 140,000 applications it comes with. It also has an application that reads electronic books.

It already is becoming a huge success. According to the Apple Web site, it sold more than 300,000 units on the first day.

Three days after its release, about 600,000 units were sold. And the sales are not stopping there.

The success of these products can only show us that in about four years, we will be wearing our Sunday’s best at a funeral for the printed book. Soon enough, everyone will comfortably read novels from an e-book reader.

Book publishers have realized the increasing popularity of e-books and have jumped on the bandwagon. The biggest

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Send In the Professors Books Soon to Disappear program provides Iraqi faculty members and professionals access to international journals at a reduced cost.

But these American exchange programs have allowed only about 200 Iraqi professors to study abroad over the past seven years. Other countries have been far more involved in rebuilding Iraq’s higher education system.

Qatar has supported the training of more than 300 Iraqi faculty members since 2003, while 450 Iraqi medical practitioners have received training in Britain since 2007.

Just 5 percent of this year’s quick response fund — allocated by Congress to support short-term, high-impact projects in Iraq — could support more than 100 American-Iraqi faculty collaborations.

Clearly, the United States must do more to live up to the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement, which called for Iraq and the United States to “promote and facilitate cooperation and coordination in the field of higher education and scientific research.” Resurrecting Iraq’s damaged system of higher education would help give the country’s long-suffering people a sense of normalcy as well as the tools to build a better future.

A key first step in this effort is to harness members of an Iraqi diaspora that includes Muslims, Christians and Jews. This will not be hard. Recently, when I talked to an Iraqi-Jewish professor who immigrated to the United States more than 50 years ago, he told me, without hesitation, “I volunteer to teach.” He and I are not alone. There are many more Iraqi-Americans who value the high-quality education they received growing up in Iraq and who are eager to help.

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should also help set up a network to connect and support interested academics in each country. Before long, we would have academics from both countries writing joint proposals and working together to procure financing for their projects.

Just 5 percent of this year’s quick response fund — allocated

by Congress to support shortterm, high-impact projects in Iraq — could support more than 100 American-Iraqi faculty collaborations. With an investment of less than half a percent of our annual military expenditure in Iraq, this program could reach all of Iraq’s estimated 30,000 faculty members.

Imagine American and Iraqi experts working to uncover documents dating back to the earliest days of civilization. Or a joint medical team solving the mystery of the alarming rise in the incidence of childhood cancer in southern Iraq and finding treatments that save children throughout the world. Imagine too an Iraq that once again provides its youth with opportunities for learning and serves as a regional beacon of scientific, cultural and religious understanding.

Every Iraqi child’s worst worry should be the one I grappled with that night so many years ago. I often think of how, the following morning, emboldened by a breakfast of my favorite cheese and fresh-baked flatbread, I confessed my fear of failing my classes to my mother.

“Education is the most important thing in the world,” she said. “Once you realize that, there is nothing you cannot accomplish.”

Karim Altaii, a professor of engineering at James Madison University, was a Franklin fellow with the United States Department of State from 2008 to 2009.

He is the president of the IraqiAmerican Higher Education Foundation.

Originally published in The New York Times on April 7, 2010.

publishers, Penguin Group, Random House and HarperCollins publishers are already transforming their material into e-book format.

Don’t cry just yet. The death of printed books may mean saying goodbye to textbooks. Yes, heavy, back-breaking textbooks.

Imagine no more heavy biology, chemistry, math, psychology or health books to carry from ISAT to the Quad. Imagine every student sitting in a classroom with just their e-book.

According to the “London Evening Standard,” the leading proponent of the move to e-books in schools is California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

When California’s high school pupils return after this year’s summer vacation, they will have access to online math and science textbooks.

“It’s nonsensical and expensive to look to traditional hard-bound books when information today is so readily available in electronic form,” Schwarzenegger said, “Basically, kids are feeling as comfortable with their electronic devices as I was with my pencils and crayons. Textbooks are outdated.”

New Straits Times in Malaysia recognized Education Director Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom for his experiment where 100 pupils were issued a laptop device loaded with software to store all textbooks, study guides and practice questions for every subject.

“From a pedagogical standpoint, we want to see how the device can be used in a classroom and how teachers are supposed to use them in lessons,” Datuk said.

With the growing popularity of e-books and e-book readers within society, the demand for printed books is slowly dwindling. This is the change of technology similar to what Microsoft did for computing and the iPod did for music:

They buried their predecessors and changed the way we use media. In the 1980s, the old TRS-80 computer model was buried. CDs were laid to rest in the year 2000. I bet in 2020, printed books will be too.

I admit, when I read a novel, I enjoy turning the pages and the feeling of the hard cover within my hands. Also, the disadvantage of using an e-book reader is possible screen glare and eye strain, which is a major worry of readers. The display resolution of computer screens and electronic devices is considerably less than the print quality produced by a printing press. Another disadvantage is the loss of a book’s physical charm and personality when converted to digital form.

However, there are benefits to e-books. Novelist Michael Pastore claims e-books promote reading. People are spending more time in front of screens and less time in front of printed books. For environmentalists, e-books are also favorable because they reduce paper use and save trees, eliminate the need for filling landfills with old books and save transportation costs and pollution associated with shipping books nationally or internationally.

I wouldn’t be dressing up for the funeral too soon though.

As inevitable as the funeral will be, books won’t disappear that quickly. Instead, books will be behind glass cases in our national history museums, along with vinyl records and cassette tapes, and our greatgreat-great-grandchildren will marvel at our outdated past.

Printed books will become relics symbolizing thousands of years of our human and social culture.

We should treasure our favorite printed novel now before we lay it to rest forever.

Stephen Lee is a junior writing, rhetoric & technical communication major.

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Mash-up Magic

By Nick Sloane The Breeze

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Wale, Jason Derulo and DJ Earworm: For most schools, just one of these three artists would be enough to be the biggest concert of a semester. But for JMU’s spring concert, the “Hip Hop Hat Trick” performed to a packed Convocation Center on Friday night.

The show began 15 minutes after the doors opened with JMU’s own MC Presto (senior Kunal Jhanjee), Mikey Mike (senior Mike Williams) and Hydrophonics (sophomore Evan Morris) providing a three-man emcee assault whose flow was matched only by the samples of DJ REZ-E (senior Reza Ekbatani). The local hip-hop foursome blasted through a 30-minute set while incoming audience members found their seats.

Next, San Francisco-based mash-up artist DJ Earworm strode onto the stage to unleash his remix masterpieces. Though the arena was nowhere near capacity once the first beat was dropped, Earworm’s jams enticed the crowd outside to fill the venue after the second song.

Earworm’s set was nothing short of a full-blown party.

Sampling from all around the spectrum of pop music, Earworm took samples from Micheal Jackson’s “Bad” to Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” to the Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic,” and mixed them up into a musical cocktail that went down smoothly. But where he really shines is in making a track made up from different samples of the same artist. Using rapper Sean Kingston and rock band Maroon 5, he made the track sound like a greatest hits collection mixed into one song.

Earworm himself could be considered the human Energizer Bunny. Throughout his hour-long set he rarely stopped his lively routine of dancing and pumping up the crowd. His momentum kept building until it hit its peak at the last song of the set when he threw the Internet-famous track “United States of Pop” on the turntables. Once the crowd recognized the first notes, they erupted.

R&B singer and Miami native Jason Derulo was up next to amp up the now-packed house. He came on with the moves, the swagger and the voice that has served him well in his climb to the top of the pop charts. By the time he broke into his smash hit “Whatcha Say,” Derulo had already taken his shirt off.

Though Derulo showed love to all the ladies that night, one girl in particular got special treatment. After Derulo’s serenade to freshman Katie Keller, whom he

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Wale (top left), Jason Derulo (top right) and DJ Earworm offer a mix of different sounds for a packed Convocation Center.

Earth Week Fest Ends on High Note

A Class Act: Students Direct, Perform in Miniature Shows

By Jamie Lose The Breeze

Thanks to an opportunity disguised as course number THEA 355, JMU’s black box theater successfully pulled off not one, not two, but 16 plays this weekend.

Director’s Fest is normally produced once a year entirely by students and is performed over the course of a weekend.

The 16 productions are split between two groups (Group A and Group B) of eight, and each group performs one night. Students enrolled in the course are given the chance to choose a play, pick a cast and direct it all in to action. With stock props to use in various ways and no funding for individual productions, any extra “pizzazz” comes out of their own pockets and imaginations.

“It’s an opportunity to really apply all the things you learn in a classroom,” said professor Kate Arecchi, of the school of theatre and dance.

The theatre class was so popular that instead of its usual once a year availability, two courses were offered, one per semester.

As the lights came up on Thursday night’s opening, the audience knew it was in for a treat. “The 15-Minute Hamlet,” directed by senior English major David Blore, had all the humor of an award-winning production, though the actors donned costumes such as gray T-shirts and Burger King hats. Yet the audience was still pulled in by the characters quick wit and actors’ excellent stage presence. To perform something so heavy as Shakespeare and still manage to make an audience laugh — all within 15 minutes — proves that Arecchi and students are doing something right.

Other highlights from Group A included a love story titled “Her Heart,” a tear-jerker titled “The Woman with Orange Hands,” and even featured a girl-to-girl kiss in a play called “Dancing in the Afternoon,” which dealt with the death of a mother.

Group B pulled out all the stops as well on Friday night, as it opened with a play not only directed and performed by JMU students, but also written by a JMU senior and theatre major, Trevor Wilhelms. The momentum remained throughout the evening as characters tackled subjects like breast cancer, sexuality and love.

Characters ranged from husbands, wives and children, to dead relatives, God and inanimate objects. Candy bars talked and spiders danced, all to the pleasure of the viewers; the overall performance was peppered with just enough laughs and the right amount of emotions.

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Freshmen theatre majors Cameron Clarke (as Grave Digger) and Jeremy Tuohy (as Hamlet) present “The 15-Minute Hamlet” for Director’s Fest on Thursday.

While the stories themselves ranged in style, content and genre, one common thread stayed true: the connections between the actors and directors and how they combine to create a great performance.

While Arrechi’s class prepares the directors for the event, it is student-run, meaning actors direct, directors act and students outside of performance majors gave their stage presence a shot.

“With directing you have to pick if the vision is important or the exploration of the actors, and if there is a compromise,” said senior English major Jamie Loving.

Many students partook in both acting and directing.

“It was a lot of work to incorporate [acting and directing] schedules, but you get to see both sides, which helps,” said senior music industry major Mike Held.

Though it is clear students worked hard to make their visions a reality, the atmosphere in the theatre remained remarkably laid-back, positive and

enthusiastic. The audience, which completely filled the theatre, was jovial, even borderline rowdy. Participants from Group A came to support Group B and vice versa. There was genuine pride between cast members and true friendship between performers. It made the jokes a little bit funnier, the heartaches a little bit sadder and the overall effect all that more successful.

“It was a great opportunity to work with so many people and multiple casts,” said freshman musical theatre major Justin Calhoun. “The directors seem to have a great time.”

Sophomore musical theatre major Meg Spenneberg agrees.

“Director’s Fest is one of the best parts of Theatre II,” she said. “A lot of people can get involved,” she said.

And so, complete with 16 directors and nearly 42 actors, a ton of work and a lot of fun — Director’s Fest provided the best of all creative, performance and entertaining worlds.

Set to a backdrop of funk, reggae and jam bands like Hackensaw Boys and Murphy’s Kids, Earth Week 2010 culminated on Saturday with Festival Fest, an 11-hour musical community gathering. Sponsored by the EARTH Club, the event celebrated awareness of environmental issues and activism.

The fourth annual gathering saw a crowd of around 100 people. Though usually hosted on the Festival Lawn, it was moved to Taylor Down Under, due to impending weather. But the location made no difference — these environmentally aware folks were determined to share ideas and listen to good music.

“Earth week in general is a good way to increase environmental awareness on campus, and bring light to a lot of issues that affect the local community, the national level and global level,” said junior psychology major Shane Boyd, an event organizer.

The booths, while sharing the common theme of environmental awareness, were split between vendors selling green products and groups championing environmental causes. The EARTH Club had its own booth to sell T-shirts commemorating Earth Week, along with crafters selling wares such as handmade bags and beaded jewelry.

But booths were also home to advocacy groups and demonstrations. One was a local group called Mountain Justice, a coalition of different grassroots organizations working to end Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, which the group’s Web site describes as “strip mining on steroids.”

Another booth held a demonstration of a stationary bike that could generate electricity. Remy Luerssen, a Priority Wind Energy Outreach administrator who leads an outreach program called Win For Schools, provided the demonstration made from a kit, which can be ordered online for educational purposes. Sophomore engineering major Michael Kessler, who ran the demonstration, explained that the device uses magnetism and Faraday’s law of induction to generate a current.

The demonstration outlined three different ways to use the energy generated by pedaling the bike: the use of four incandescent light bulbs, four fluorescent light bulbs or storing the energy in four capacitor batteries.

Powering the bulbs became a challenge to patrons trying out the device throughout the day; any winners would receive a free helmet. “ No o n e c o u l d p ow e r 2 0 0 watts to power all four incandescent bulbs completely. It’s been a big challenge,” Kessler said.

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Three Legged Fox performs Saturday at Festival Fest for an audience of about 100.

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Punk Artist Goes Solo at TDU

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‘Get Him to the Greek’: Successful Sequel

By Jeff Wade The Breeze

By Rachel Dozier The Breeze

Playing solo in the cozy coffee house setting of TDU this week, Arthur Carl Enders breezed through a solo set that saw the prolific punk play to a hushed and reverent crowd.

Enders had a storied career in the music industry, and he has a large song book number of pseudonyms to prove it. Enders is perhaps most notable for his role in the millennial emo band The Early November. Under his current nom de plume “Ace,” the musician played a strippeddown set of songs that catered to many of his prior fans, while drawing in new ones.

The solo format is a tricky one to master. There is no full band or production to hide behind, and songwriting is brought to the forefront. As Enders’ genre is dependent on explosive and soaring choruses that are inherently at odds with the pared down acoustic setting, it would seem problematic. But he funneled that energy early on and held the audience captive over his hour-long set.

A good majority of Enders’ output gravitates to the emotional extreme. A majority of the songs took the form of tales of the darkest of darks and the loneliest of lonely times.

But one man’s sappy sentimentality is another man’s profundity, as evident by rapturous applause that occurred whenever another old warhorse of a song was brought out.

However, there is more to a good concert than the songs. As the unavoidable attention the solo format focuses on an artist’s demands, the singer-songwriter tied in storytelling and fostered an inviting jovial atmosphere.

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Hanging out with Draco Malfoy and singing the famous song “The Clap,” producer Judd Apatow (“Pineapple Express”) is at it again in his latest comedy “Get Him to the Greek.”

After 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” grew a fan base who loved Peter Bretter’s (Jason Segel) vampire musical and Sarah Marshall’s (Kristen Bell) TV fame, director Nicholas Stoller decided to make a sequel.

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Ace Enders’ emotive songs complement the intimate atmosphere of TDU.

songs nearly outnumbered the actual number of songs played, and a playful teasing banter between his fans and himself demonstrated the close relationship he cultivates with his fans.

This all showed a clear sense of humor for an artist whose work is so self-serious.

There is no doubt that Ace Enders has the ability to connect with crowds. A clear example could be seen in the post-show buzz.

“It was awesome,” said freshman graphic design major Bekah Sipe. “It was just a great atmosphere.”

The enthusiasm was not simply contained to the JMU community, as students from

other schools like Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia made the trek here.

Even former students, like transfer student Jim Ivins were pulled back to JMU for the show.

“This was my sixth time seeing him; he’s great every time,” Ivins said. “I’ve never seen him in this intimate of a setting, which showed that he is just really good at interacting.”

The whole night can be summed up as a satisfying mix of songs that avoided the trap of being an exclusive fan-only affair. Now if we can just pull the shroud on metaphors about skies and sunsets, we’ll be in business.

Earth | Club Event Aims to Have Campus-Wide Effect Through Music from page 11

The music also had a major presence at the festival. For almost 11 hours, nine bands jammed out in mostly instrumental funk and reggae tracks on the TDU stage, entertaining the crowd and providing background music for the gathering.

Petrol-Free Gypsy Carnival Tour

didn’t take the stage, but did have a booth. The group, made up of not only musicians but also various street performers, is holding a bike tour in May. Biking from Harrisonburg to Richmond and to D.C., they will be performing music along the way, according to Boyd.

Despite the setback of a venue change due to the weather, the

event was a success in the eyes of the EARTH Club.

“It just brings forth a lot things that people should be more cognizant about,” Boyd said. “We’re trying to make an impact on [a campus-wide] level so people can do things within their own daily life that make a bigger impact down the line.”

This time following salacious singer Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), “Get Him to the Greek” tells the story of Aaron Green (Jonah Hill in

a completely different role than he played in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), who works for a major music company.

Green’s job is to pick up Snow and get him to the Greek Theater for a 10-year anniversary concert.

That job is easier said than done when dealing with a drunk and drugged Snow. His career has gone downhill with the highly offensive album “African Child,” he has lost his wife of seven years and has broken his vows to stay clean. Green who is a big fan of all of Snow’s music (minus “African Child” of course) is eager to accept the challenge and to meet one of his idols.

His main complication is his overly comfortable girlfriend Daphne Binks (Elisabeth Moss), who wants to move to Seattle. Binks, who is content with watching “like 100 hours of ‘Gossip Girl,’ ” is a nurse with irregular sleeping patterns who Green feels is “blackmailing [him] with [her] genitals.”

Once Green escapes from her clutches to get Snow, the party really starts. While not

quite as funny as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” this sequel has some great one-liners and smaller roles, such as Sergio Roma (P. Diddy), Green’s no-nonsense boss and Green’s party-loving co-worker, played

by Aziz Ansari.

Some of the best lines are provided by Snow when describing his music: “Imagine an African white space Christ. That’s not me saying I’m Christ. That’s for other people to say.”

But the real comedy comes from the interactions between Snow and Green.

Whether it’s Snow forcing Green to shove heroin up his butt to get through airport security or Green drinking all of the alcohol in the limo to keep Snow sober for “The Today Show,” the two are an unstoppable pair.

While normally sequels to major comedies are bad ideas (see “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde” or “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous”), “Get Him to the Greek” provides a completely different and equally hilarious story line for loyal fans.

Concert | Trio of Perfomers Engages Audience at Convo Center from page 11

hand-picked from the audience, his set hit its climax with “In My Head,” which got the loudest response of the night.

This song was freshman Kate Urbach’s favorite part.

“I just love that song, and everyone was singing so that made it really good,” she said.

Once rapper Wale hit the scene, the mood of the crowd was pushed into full-frenzy. Wale delivered the goods, blasting through jams with his hit “D.C. Chillin’ ” acting as his centerpiece. Yet Wale still found an opportunity to engage his audience. If Derulo’s bread and butter was the female audience, Wale’s was the entire audience. Every single person out of the crowd of more than 2,000 during Wale’s set seemed to be standing up and moving.

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As the third act of the “Trick,” DJ Earworm provides a variety of beats to the adrenaline-pumped crowd.

arrival, Wale’s own DJ Omega came on stage about 15 minutes earlier than his emcee to hype up the crowd before the real show started. Though he wasn’t officially on the lineup, his brief set of mostly modern and classic rock songs was a hit with the crowd.

“He had great stage presence, he was funny and I just liked the type of music he was paying,” said junior Matt Ashmore. “It was some pretty odd selections, but it turned out well.”

Wa l e b l u r re d t h e l i n e between the performer on stage and the audience in the crowd, even physically so by leaving the stage to jump into the audience. He walked up and down the aisles, high-fiving audience members as he went. Of course, the crowd ate it up, wholeheartedly singing along to his songs and chanting back at the rapper.

According to Mitch Ramey, the University Program Board’s public relations director, more than 2,500 guests attended the

concert and there were around 100 staff members for the show, including UPB volunteer staff, JMU Convo event staff, professional security and JMU police officers.

Ramey overlooked the concert, and for good reason: The show took almost everything in UPB’s power to produce.

The Director of Center Stage Angela Morton and the entire center stage committee of UPB have been working on the ‘Hip Hop Hat Trick’ since the beginning of the spring semester.

“It is a long process of going through the list of available artists, surveying the student body, bidding and booking the artists and coordinating the volunteers and everything that goes into producing such a large event,” Ramey said.

Once Wale belted out “Who Don’t” with D.C. native Fat Trel and Houston native Black Cobain, the music stopped and the overhead lights of the Convo came on. This signaled the end of the high-energy hiphop celebration.

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The Dukes, ranked No. 9 nationally, have dropped their season finale to the Patriots each of the last two years, with both games being decided by one goal.

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baseball

n Delaware @ JMU

Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, 2 p.m.

The Dukes lost their last game to the Blue Hens, an 8-7 thriller, last April. The loss spoiled a sweep for JMU and was instrumental in the Dukes’ exclusion from the CAA Tournament.

Weekend action Baseball

n Sunday, vs. Kennesaw

State (6-5 loss)

n Sunday vs. Kennesaw

State (20-9 loss)

Softball

n Saturday, vs. Towson (7-4 loss) n Saturday, vs. Towson (5-1 win) n Sunday, vs. Towson (9-0 loss)

Women’s Lacrosse n Friday, vs. Old Dominion

(13-5 win)

n Sunday, vs. William &

Mary (17-7 win)

track & field

Success at the Penn Relays

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In the final spring practice of the season, full contact play was encouraged as a means to further evaluate talent. The regular season begins Sept. 4 against Morehead State.

By Joey Schoen contributing writer

n Distance medley relay

Freshman Anne Reiner, freshman Jamie Lott, sophomore Heather Lambert and freshman Stacey Nobles 14th place - 11:59.2

n High jump

Freshman Danyelle Kent-Robinson tied for16th place - 1.64 meters (5’4 1/2”)

n 3,000 meters

Senior Jessica Propst 19th place - 10:00.18

n Eastern long jump

Freshman Marissa McDonald 27th place - 5.22 meters (17’1 1/2”)

n 4 x 400 meter relay

Sophomore Jaclyn Smith, freshman Maria McDonald, senior Lana McGowand sophomore Aubrie McAlpine 2nd in its section, 49th place overall - 3:53.37.

n 4 x 100 meter relay

Freshman Gabrielle Poore, sophomore Kelnesha Hinnant, McAlpine and McDonald 7th in its section, 78th overall- 1:41.0

n 4 x 200 meter relay

Poore, McDonald, Smith and Lott 4th in its section and 34th overall - 1:41.05

n Eastern triple jump

Jaclyn Smith 22nd place -11.39 meter (37’4 1/2”)

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Quarterback Drew Dudzik threw for 472 yards and six touchdowns last fall. Dudzik missed the rest of the year after breaking his leg in the fifth game of the year against Richmond.

Following an abrupt end to last season, senior quarterback Drew Dudzik has rebounded from his season-ending injury to become the front runner in the Dukes’ quarterback race. Dudzik’s season was cut short when he broke his leg early in the second half against Richmond last season. Fully healed, Dudzik is optimistic about the potential for next fall.

“Offensively, we definitely came together and got better every practice,” Dudzik said. “All this stuff doesn’t change me, I’m still going to be working to improve myself before the fall starts. I’m looking forward to all the summer workouts, getting bigger, faster and stronger.”

Dudzik took the majority of the snaps with the first team during the team’s final spring practice Friday, with sophomore Justin Thorpe practicing with the second team. Coach Mickey Matthews has been impressed with the strides that the quarterbacks have made.

“They both played well today,” Matthews said. “Drew is slightly ahead and I think he has maintained that. Last year at half time of the Richmond game, we decided to go with Drew as the starting quarterback, then he broke his leg four plays into the second half.”

“There hasn’t been a lot to change,” Matthews said of his top quarterback prospects. “I thought Justin had a good day today, and I think Justin had a good spring, but it’s a very competitive situation which you like to have at that position.”

If defense really does win championships, the JMU football team is in a great position going into next season.

During the final spring practice, held at the University of Virginia practice facility due to Bridgeforth Stadium renovations, the more veteran defense was on display. Matthews believes that the experience of last season has led to great improvements.

“We have as many experienced players returning this year as we’ve ever had,” Matthews said.

The practice featured position drills followed by situational scrimmages, rather than an actual, full-length game. Many different situations were covered as the offense and defense lined up for goal-line stands, short and long-field drives, and drives starting inside the offense’s own 5-yard line.

“Number one thing we try to do during our spring training is to evaluate our personnel in terms of what do we have, and what we don’t have,” Matthews said.

“I think we’re mission accomplished. I think I have a good feel for our team at the conclusion of spring training and that’s a huge positive.”

While the practice was still full contact, the main reason for not conducting a full scrimmage was to decrease the possibility of injuries while still evaluating talent. Sophomore defensive tackle Max Alexandre is out for the year following surgery Wednesday to repair a knee injury. With the lack of depth at certain positions, having everyone

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women’s lacrosse

Community Efforts Garner Accolades

By Shannon Kenny contributing writer

On a typical Sunday, most students are probably sleeping in, attending church or catching up on homework.

Meanwhile, members of the JMU women’s lacrosse team are serving meals at the Harrisonburg Salvation Army soup kitchen.

This act of community service contributed to the team’s recognition at JMU’s student-athlete awards banquet April 19. The team (13-2 overall) was presented with the Exemplary Community Service Award from the athletics division, beating out JMU’s 17 other sports teams.

The team’s volunteering began last fall, with the formation of the team’s Community Service Committee, headed by redshirt freshman goalkeeper Alisa Konishi. The team got the idea for a committee from JMU’s softball team.

“Each class has a representative on the committee,” Konishi said.

“Even though we have a committee,

the whole team participated in the community service events. The committee was really created to organize the events and take care of most of the paperwork.”

Coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe explained the team became involved in the community to bring respect back to the lacrosse program after a rough season last year that ended with a 5-11 record.

“They understand that the way they carry themselves off the field has a direct correlation to how they carry themselves on the field,” Klaes-Bawcombe said. “These student-athletes want to be champions. In my mind, regardless of what happens this year, they are.”

The team is involved in a variety of projects, ranging from conducting a lacrosse clinic in Florida to donating 122 pounds of food to Patchwork Pantry, an organization that supplies food for those eligible. They are already preparing for their main project for next year: adopting a child through the see Lacrosse, page 15

Another Victory The Dukes won their sixth straight game Sunday, bringing their overall record of 13-2 overall and 6-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association.

The Dukes led 10-2 at intermission and the Tribe was never able to recover as the Dukes scored six unanswered goals after the half.

With one final regular-season game remaining at home against George Mason on April 29, the worst JMU can finish is tied with Towson with 6-1 records. The Dukes’ regular-season win over the Tigers gives JMU the tiebreaker. The CAA semifinals are scheduled for May 6 and the championship for May 8.

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The women’s lacrosse team is now the top seed in the Colonial Athletic Association after Sunday’s 17-7 win against William & Mary.

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Friends of Jaclyn Foundation.

Earlier in the semester, JMU’s baseball team adopted Justin Brown, a 7-year-old cancer survivor, through Friends of Jaclyn. The women’s lacrosse team has already completed the preliminary steps in the adoption process.

“We are now waiting to be matched up with a child,” Konishi said.

Through Friends of Jaclyn, children with pediatric brain tumors and their families are “adopted” by a college or high school sports team.

“We are hoping to use this year to do the leg work and have a young person with us next year,” Klaes-Bawcombe said. “Many of these cancer patients have little time left and we are hoping to be able to bring love and happiness into their lives while we can.”

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For now, the team’s focus remains on the upcoming postseason. After their 13-5 win at Old Dominion University on Friday, the Dukes secured a spot in the CAA tournament.

After their17-7 win against William & Mary yesterday, the team has also secured the top seed and honor of hosting the rest of the tournament.

JMU last won the CAA tournament in 2006 and won it four times between the 2001 and 2006 seasons.

The team has stayed optimistic throughout the season and plans to face the CAA tournament head-on.

“We are still focusing on one game at a time and not overlooking anyone,” Klaes-Bawcombe said. “We performed well enough with our tough non-conference schedule. Now we have to take care of business in conference.”

Courtesy of Ethan Sherman

Club Swimming Takes Over Nationals The University of Emory hosted the sixth annual American Swimming Association University League National Swimming

Championships in Atlanta, Ga. on April 17-18. There were a total of 18 teams, ranging from the University of Oregon to the University of Florida, attending the championship meet after receiving bids from regional meets. JMU’s club swim team gave its best performance ever, capturing the women’s championship title, the men’s third place title and the second place title for men’s and women’s combined. JMU’s Courtney Daczkowski, Ethan Sherman, Shauna Plesmid and Kristyn Imdorf all celebrated individual victories and teamed up with Natalie Dellinger, Katie Bergerud, Hailey Shore, Mike Graveen, Colin Smith and Taylor Compton to take gold in four relays. Other medalists include JMU’s Mikaela Huff, Jess Anto and Pat Allgier.

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healthy is a focus for the team.

“We do not have a lot of bodies, so when you suffer a major injury in spring training, it really has tough consequences in the fall,” Matthews said.

“We try to avoid that.”

Despite Alexandre going down for the year, Matthews is still impressed with what the defense has shown this spring. Noting how well the defensive line has played, Matthews believes that the losses of graduates Arthur Moats and Sam Daniels have not been felt.

“Ronnell Brown is an NFL-caliber player. He’s as good a defensive tackle as we have ever had here,” Matthews said. “D.J. Bryant has had a great spring at defensive end. Nick Emmons, the transfer from West Point, has had a very good spring. It hurt losing Max Alexandre for our depth. Defensive line is a strength for us.”

Much like the quarterback position, competition is on display in the defense as well. Matthews has been

impressed with redshirt freshmen Stephon Robertson and Tyler Snow. Both came to JMU as linebackers, but Snow has made the transition to defensive end.

“They’ve made really good strides in the weight room,” Matthews said.

“Tyler put on 35 pounds and Stephon really got much thicker. Both guys had superior spring trainings. They’re challenging the older guys ahead of them, and that’s what you want.”

Robertson sustained a minor ankle injury and was unable to participate in Friday’s final practice. While he will return to practice next week, his presence was felt during the practice by watching and talking to coaches and teammates throughout the day.

“I have high expectations for the team this year,” Robertson said. “Me, personally, I’m looking forward to actually playing this year. Last year, I didn’t get to play at all. This year I’m not a redshirt anymore; I can actually help the team.”

Snow participated in the practice

and took a lot of reps during the situational scrimmages. “[I’m] trying to get bigger and learn the system,” Snow said. “We all gotta get better. We’re nowhere near our potential.”

The team has a challenging schedule next year, including five teams ranked in the Football Conference Subdivision’s Top 25 at the end of last season.

Away games include at Virginia Tech, last year’s Football Championship Subdivision national champion Villanova, and Richmond.

The home slate contains conference match-ups against Delaware and William & Mary, along with an Oct. 8 meeting with Towson.

Along with eventual champion Villanova, both William & Mary and Richmond were also selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s FCS committee for the FCS playoffs last year.

The season kicks off Sept. 4 at newly renovated Bridgeforth Stadium when JMU hosts Morehead State.

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The JMU softball team split Saturday’s double-header, only to lose the third game of the series, 9-0, against the Towson Tigers on Sunday. In game one, the Tigers came from behind to win 7-4. The loss went to freshman pitcher Cara Stecher, making her record 9-12 on the season. She pitched for 5 2/3 innings, giving up 11 hits and four walks for a total of seven runs, five of which were earned. Junior Heather Widner stepped in as relief, striking out two and walking one in 1 1/3 innings. Sophomore Ashley Burnham began the game with a solo home run, bringing her season total to eight. Senior Shannon Moxey (above) was hit in the forehead and left the game, which ended her streak of consecutive games started (151). Her X-rays did not show serious injury, and she is expected to play in next weekend’s series against Drexel University. The Dukes dropped to 18-30 overall.

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“Well I think with a lot of those mock drafts guys they don’t know what they’re talking about — they’re guessing,” Matthews said. “In terms of the feedback we were getting from the actual clubs, I thought Scotty had a great chance of getting drafted.”

During his junior year, McGee emerged as one of the most electrifying players in college football. He returned four kicks — three punts and a kickoff — for

touchdowns over the course of the season. That year, his punt return for a touchdown with one second left in the Richmond game gave the Dukes a 38-31 win and was perhaps the signature moment of the team’s season.

His campaign earned him several All-American honors as a punt and kickoff return specialist. He could not be reached Sunday.

Knee surgery in the offseason limited McGee’s explosiveness this past fall, as he didn’t record a single touchdown on the year. His average punt return yardage was down from 12.9 to 5.4 yards.

He still earned second team All-Colonial Athletic Association honors as a both a returner and a cornerback, his first selection as a defensive player.

“I didn’t think Scotty had as good of a year returning the ball his senior year as he did his junior year,” Matthews said. “I think what helped Scotty was his improved play on defense. If you can do more than one thing it really helps your stock.”

His blazing 3.36-second 40-yard dash time at the JMU Pro Day was also a major topic of discussion heading into the draft.

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According to Vic Ketchman, jaguars.com senior editor, General Manager Gene Smith expects McGee to be the team’s starting punt returner next season.

After the draft ended Saturday afternoon, NFL teams shifted their focus to signing undrafted free agents.

Brooks signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers shortly after the final pick was made. After joining Moats in February’s NFL Combine, Brooks was regarded as both strong and athletic, valuable dual assets for an offensive lineman.

“It was basically a situation where I wanted to pick a team that was the best fit for me,” Brooks said. “I had about eight to 10 teams I was considering and the Steelers stood out to me the most as a championship-contending team. They have a great history and I just felt the most comfortable with them.”

Given his size, Brooks proved himself to be a formidable athlete at the combine. His 5.16-second a 40-yard dash time was tied for the eighth best among offensive lineman while his 4.66-second 20-yard shuffle time tied him for sixth. As a senior he earned third-team Sports Network Football All-American and first-team All-CAA honors.

Brooks’ primary setback may be that he is legally blind in one eye, a condition that may have hurt his draft stock.

“I think Dorian has a great chance at making it, because he’s 6’3”, 300 pounds and he can run,” Matthews said. “I think he would have been drafted but I think he being legally blind in one eye scared some teams off.”

Matthews said that the issue never affected Brooks’ play as a Duke. Lastly, Caussin will join his former teammate McGee in Jacksonville after also signing a free agent deal. Caussin is seen as a big, athletic pass-catching tight

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He leaves JMU as one of the university’s all-time receivers.

His 66 catches for 1,009 yards and 14 touchdowns are some of the best numbers in school history. Caussin also could not be reached Sunday.

“Michael can play,” Matthews said. “But I think with all these guys and whether they make it, it just has to be the right fit. They’ll have the opportunity to play in some preseason games and show these coaches what they can do.”

Each player will be reporting to their respective teams’ rookie camps this upcoming weekend.

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