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Vol. 88, No. 46 Monday, April 2, 2012

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Police chief retires

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Col. Donald Harper, former chief of police, began his career with Harrisonburg Police in April 1992.

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Sophomore infielder Conner Brown hit two of his four at-bats during yesterday’s 1,000th home game. Brown also had an RBI. The Dukes lost the series to Delaware over the weekend and will travel to play the University of Virginia on Wednesday.

1,000th home game draws crowd but not success for Dukes

By STEPHEN PROFFITT The Breeze

A historic day in JMU baseball didn’t mean it brought magic for the Dukes in their struggling season.

Sunday’s - loss to Delaware marked the th home game in JMU baseball history.

“It means a lot. It says the program has great history and that we’ve played a lot of games here,” said Sean Tierney, redshirt senior pitcher. “This is a great school academically, and they always compete on the baseball field.”

The Dukes were handed their third conference sweep this weekend against the Blue Hens of Delaware. A costly error late handed JMU a - loss on Friday night while a big seventh inning for the Hens on Saturday night lifted them over the Dukes with a - victory.

The Dukes looked to use history on their side in the Sunday finale, but another late inning burst for the Blue Hens brought out the brooms on the historic day.

“We’re so close. We just make a mistake every now and then,” said McFarland. “We’re not good enough to make mistakes. I think it’s youth more than anything.”

In what seems to be a rebuilding year for the Dukes, they still look to find the recipe to winning and consistency.

JMU baseball began in  as a NCAA Division II program before moving to Division I at the start of the  season.

A historic program on the road and at home is defined on and off the field by hard work, consistency and fellowship within the team.

“Just coming to work every day

with the guys, making a bond that’s going to last a lifetime is really big,” said senior Evan Scott. “You spend so much time with the guys on the team that they kind of become your second family.”

The Dukes have seen five coaches come through the program in its history. Phil Huntsinger coached the inaugural season in  before handing the reins over to Brad Babcock, who was in the managerial position for  seasons. Under Babcock, the Dukes went -- at home. Babcock took the Dukes to five NCAA tournaments and  Colonial Athletic Association tournaments. He was also at the head when the Dukes went to their first and only College World Series in .

Ray Heatwole and Kevin Anderson then spent two four-year terms see BASEBALL, page A8

Harrisonburg Police Department Chief of Police, Col. Donald Harper, retired on March 31 after a total of 48 years on the force.

He began his career in 1964 working for the Fairfax County Police Department and in 1992, Harper became police chief for HPD. Here, he helped to bring several new programs to the department including canines, mountain bikes, evidence technicians, computer forensic investigations, An Internet Crimes Against Children task force and polygraph examiners.

What was your most memorable moment on the force? Probably some of the

programs that we’ve got started like the K-, motorcycles and computer forensic investigators. The computer forensic investigators are an investigative tool — even drug dealers have their information on computers. The forensic computer investigators get search warrants for their computers and find evidence of criminal activities. Prior to this addition we had to send it [the computers] to the state police, but they only have two technicians so there was a long waiting period.

Now, we can get results in a matter of days.

What have you enjoyed the most about being the police chief? The most

enjoyable part is working with the officers out on the street.

Drug bust at Exxon

What qualities do you have that make you a good police chief? Integrity is at the

top of the list. You have to have integrity, honesty and the trust of the people you work with in the community. If you don’t have that you’re not going anywhere.

$10,500 of K2, bath salts, paraphernalia found

Did you ever find yourself in a situation where you felt you were in danger?

When I was in Northern Virginia I was involved in a couple incidents where I was shot at. There’re a number of incidents I was involved in where it could’ve went one way or another very easily.

What have you learned the most from your experiences? Probably that

nothing surprises me anymore.

You would think that you’ve seen everything. I guess that’s one of the interesting things. Over the years things happen that you haven’t anticipated and every day’s not the same.

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Thursday’s raid took place at the Exxon on University Boulevard and Reservoir Street.

Police seized more than $, worth of drugs and paraphernalia from an Exxon station on Thursday.

Around : a.m., the RUSH Drug Task Force delivered a search warrant to the Exxon gas station at the intersection of University Boulevard and Reservoir Street, according to Mark Campbell, RUSH coordinator.

Campbell said police took nearly  grams of K, a synthetic cannabis product street-valued at a total of $,, from the scene. Police also confiscated  grams of bath salts, totaling $,.

Police also found several types of

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drug paraphernalia:  models of glass smoking pipes, totaling $,,  glass meth pipes totaling $ and glass stems valued at $.

RUSH consistently receives updates from locals about the sale of illegal products. Police routinely send undercover officers to areas of interest to purchase these illegal items as part of the investigation, according to Campbell.

Campbell wouldn’t reveal any suspects, adding that charges will be placed after further investigation.

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NEWS Coming together

College communities march downtown to raise awareness of depression and suicide.

Do you have to deal with a lot of JMU students causing problems? Everybody

talks about Springfest in general, but what people don’t realize is that percentage wise, we deal with about the same percent of JMU students as we do with Harrisonburg residents. A majority of them [JMU students] are cooperative and complementary. Unfortunately, the loudest ones are the ones that get the most attention.

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OPINION I don’t believe it

Reason rally shows acceptance of atheists and other non-believers.

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SPORTS A session in review

Looking back on the year, women’s basketball shined in the CAA, despite the WNIT loss this weekend.

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LIFE Dancing kings

Culture and community are centerpieces of this club’s annual breakdancing event.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Yesterday’s fool had pranks (or not). Today you may as well wait to make a move.

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You’re wiser than you realize.

Big stories are just that. You feel more balanced and assured, so take on a new leadership role.

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Generate harmony at home.

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Nation&World Trayvon Martin marchers chant ‘We want an arrest. Shot in the chest’ The Orlando Sentinel

SANFORD, Fla. — The feet of marchers pounded the cracked pavement of Sanford, Fla.’s 13th street — a road that runs through the heart of one of the oldest black communities in Florida — to reiterate that apathy won’t be an option for those moved and outraged by the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.

The Goldsboro community played host to a march and rally Saturday organized by the NAACP that brought together a coalition of national civil-rights organizers, community leaders, clergymen and droves of local residents who joined the chants demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman for

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SYDNEY, Australia — Calls for a shark cull intensified Sunday after a 4-meter (13-foot) great white shark was spotted near where 32-year-old local man Peter Kurmann became the fourth shark-attack victim in seven months on Australia’s west coast.

Kurmann was with his brother diving for crayfish from their boat in Geographe Bay, 220 kilometers (137 miles) south of Perth, on Saturday when a 4-meter shark, believed to be a great white, killed him.

Gian Kurmann, 34, made

Trayvon Martin’s death.

The Rev. Al Sharpton came to a podium outside Sanford Police Department headquarters amid raucous cheers from many of the roughly 1,000 participants. But he revealed few details about a plan he unveiled Friday for economic sanctions to force authorities to arrest Zimmerman.

Instead, he talked generally about sanctions against corporations that support and fund stand-your-ground laws, but didn’t name specific entities or outline strategies.

Everything is on the table for the nonviolent civil disobedience that could come in the coming days, he said.

It’s an “American paradox that we can put a black man in the White House but we can’t walk a black child through a gated area in Sanford, Florida,” Sharpton said.

Zimmerman, 28, has been in hiding since the shooting death of Trayvon, a Miami high school student, which has sparked international outcry and claims of racial profiling, vigilantism and selective policing. a brave attempt to save his brother but, as family friend Peter McDonald told the Sunday Telegraph, the initial attack was deadly.

“Gian actually wrestled with the shark for a bit,” McDonald said. “But, I mean, by that time it was all over.”

Authorities sent a spotter plane up and put a boat to sea with shark-catching gear on board. But West Australian premier Colin Barnett ruled out changing laws that protect the great white and other shark species.

“West Australian people love their beach but they know there’s always that hidden danger,” he said. “While it’s still a rare occurrence, the ocean is the domain of the shark and we go there with a risk always.”

Barnett, however, subscribed to the view that killer sharks should themselves be killed, saying “if this is an old shark, or one that’s close to swimming areas, we should put the safety of the public, particularly children, first.”

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Walking on the bright side

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Students, faculty from local institutions march to remember those affected by depression, suicide By ij chan The Breeze

A sea of purple flowed down South Main Street on Saturday morning, bearing messages of hope and resilience.

A large crowd of JMU students, clad in purple and holding yellow carnations, gathered at 9 a.m. Saturday morning in front of Wilson Hall with SGA president Pat Watral to participate in the first “Walk for Hope: Colleges Unite for Depression and Suicide.”

Watral addressed the participants before the walk started.

“Now there are plenty of diseases out there that you can find on an X-ray machine, or you can solve with a chemical equation, but the hardest to discover sometimes [are] the diseases that are going on in someone’s mind,” Watral said. “So I’m happy to find that there are friends out here today that might be able to cause some sort of awareness and sometimes find what’s going on in their friends’ minds to show [that] they care.”

Watral also mentioned the walk had special significance to him and other members of SGA who lost fellow member Steven Knott to depression this past year.

Participants engaged in a short walk from the Wilson Hall steps to the Harrisonburg Farmer’s Market, where they joined students and faculty from Eastern Mennonite University, Blue Ridge Community College and Bridgewater College.

“I think it’s really cool that the different colleges came together for this. It’s pretty rare to have an event like this where students can come togehter and participate in something that’s for a good cause.”

James Souder

EMU junior _____________________

“I know people who suffer from depression, and it’s a serious thing,” said Aaron Brown, a freshman political science and justice studies double major who attended the event. “This is a great event to spread awareness of suicide and depression.”

The event was sponsored by the Austin Frazier Memorial Fund, a charity dedicated to the memory of Austin Frazier and furthering awareness of bipolar disease.

Austin was a 22-year-old junior psychology major at JMU who had struggled with bi-polar disorder his entire life before commiting suicide in October 2009.

His father, Bibb Frazier, decided to honor his son by establishing a mentoring program for EMU students called “Coachlink.”

Saturday’s walk attracted about 800 participants, according to Kelsey Cutchins, a

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Harrisonburg

Institute to demonstrate mine detection dog

Kimberly McCasland of the Marshall Legacy Institute will discuss mine detection dogs and victims assistance activities tonight at 7 p.m. in Miller 1101.

The lecture is part of the fourth annual Post-Conflict Recovery Week, sponsored by JMU’s Center for International Stabilization and Recovery and is free.

COB alum to speak about entrepreneurship

graduate psychology student and assistant at Varner House who helped plan the event.

She believes this large crowd shows how supportive the Harrisonburg community is.

“Since Harrisonburg is such a ‘university’ town, considering there are four colleges and universities in this area, I think it really is a strong message to unite a community around this specific age where depression and health issues start to build up,” Cutchins said.

Rowan Zeiss, associate professor of human services at BRCC, said the fast pace of today’s society and vast media attention may mask some very real problems like depression.

“Our media portrays everything as wonderful and happy all the time, but you and I know that’s not true,” Zeiss said. “So when you interrupt a stretch, I think sometimes people have not learned certain coping mechanisms that can help them get through their problems.”

The event on Saturday was also Bibb’s idea, and initial planning, which began last fall, involved all the counseling programs from each of the participating universities, According to Cutchins.

“I think it’s really cool that the different colleges came together for this,” said James Souder, a junior environmental sustainability major at EMU who also attended. “It’s pretty rare to have an event like this where students can come together and participate in something that’s for a good cause.”

Many of the participants had personal experiences with suicide and depression.

Miranda Probst, from Newcastle, Va., lost her sister to suicide and found Saturday’s event to be both comforting and inspiring.

The event at the farmer’s market featured the four presidents from each institution, who each took a letter from the word “HOPE,” and offered short speeches in accordance with their letter in the word.

President Linwood Rose was unable to attend, but Donna Harper, executive assistant to the president, spoke in his place.

Harper said that although the “e” in “hope,” is silent, it plays a vital role in the word’s vocalization. She stressed that students can

College of Business alumnus Kevin Tucker will be speaking about his experience as founder of SOLitude Lake Management as a visiting entrepreneur tomorrow at 5 p.m. in Zane Showker Hall, room G5..

He will be sharing stories about the experience of making his water and natural resource restoration service venture into a successful business and the importance of environmental sustainability.

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Virginia Tech not held liable for delayed notice

Photos by Katie Gong / Contributing photographer

Top SGA president Pat Watral addresses the participants of the first Walk For Hope on Saturday.

Bottom Students from JMU, Eastern Mennonite University, Bridgewater College and Blue Ridge Community College walk to the farmers’ market after Watral’s speech.

encourage others in the same way.

“Sometimes our encouragement of others — to seek help, to seek hope — can be quiet, even silent,” Harper said. “As silent as a smile, a hug or an arm on the shoulder — these silent ‘e-waves’ of offering hope can say so much and mean so much to someone struggling with mental health concerns.”

Bordering tents offered participants opportunities to learn more about mental health issues and resources, as well as the opportunity to create stepping stones and origami cranes.

Virginia Tech didn’t violate federal law in its delayed notification to students after the first gunshots were fired in the April 2007 mass shooting, and fines were overturned, according to the Associated Press.

The Department of Education fined the university $55,000 for waiting more than two hours to email students, warning them about shots being fired.

The department’s chief administrative judge, Ernest C. Canellos, found that the university didn’t violate a law requiring timely notices of safety threats, so he dismissed the fines.

Virginia

Unemployment rate continues to drop

Virginia’s unemployment rate currently remains below the national average and is still dropping, according to NBC. In February, Virginia’s unemployment rate was 5.7 percent.

This is the lowest rate since January 2009.

Officials say nonfarm employment increased by 9,000 jobs in February.

The national average remained at 8.3 percent in February after declining for five months straight.

see hope, page A4

And the winners are ...

SGA executive board elections result in representatives from both campaign tickets By sean byrne The Breeze

SGA’s new executive board has set new priorities: student connection and financial aid.

The officers want students to be able to understand what’s going on within the community and to feel comfortable approaching them about changes they would like to see made.

Matt Klein, SGA president, hopes that students will feel comfortable sharing their opinions with him.

“Our base goal is to foster a community and engage the students of the university,” said Klein, a junior marketing major. “I want to be a president who students can come up to, talk and give their ideas.”

Although the newly elected officers haven’t officially met as an executive board yet, they have started developing their individual platforms and the direction they want SGA to move in.

Jake Jedlicka, SGA treasurer, wants to ensure that SGA has a clear mission with achievable goals.

“I want to get the organization off to a good start but I want to focus on what our goals for the year are,” said Jedlicka, a sophomore history major.

“We need to define what the SGA mission is.”

Jedlicka added that he would like to see the SGA budget available for everyone to see.

“We talked about transparency in my platform,” Jedlicka said. “Just one simple step I’d like to take is put our

Courtesy of Matt Klein

Courtesy of Alicia pettis

Courtesy of Jake Jedlicka

Ryan Freeland / The Breeze

Matt Klein, SGA president

Alicia Pettis, SGA vice president

Jake Jedlicka, SGA treasurer

Jacob Mosser, SGA representative to the Board of Visitors

entire SGA budget on our website so everyone can click on and see it.”

Alicia Pettis, SGA vice president, said she would like to see more attention given to financial aid since it’s something that affects a majority of students.

“Financial aid is something the university is really working on right now,” said Pettis, a sophomore sociology major. “A lot of students are taking out more loans and the university is finding it hard to give money to these students.”

Jedlicka hopes to introduce the university to Brad Barnett, administrative manager of Financial Assistance Programs. He plans to have Barnett speak to different groups around campus about different financial aid options.

“He really isn’t known to the

student body,” Jedlicka said. “He said he’d be happy to present to the groups on campus. I would like to help Brad present to groups and students or on our website because it’s a really big thing at JMU.” As Board Of Visitors student representative, Jacob Mosser hopes to give the BOV real student faces to look at when they discuss tuition so it becomes a reality, and not just numbers.

Mosser plans to go on a video tour and collect students’ opinions to present to the board.

“I’d like to ensure that they [the Board of Visitors] have a bird’s-eye view of what’s going on,” Mosser said. “I hear that they get a lot of vocal input but having visual input would be a lot more effective for making decisions.”

He would like to have more open communication to allow all student’s ideas to get to the Board of Visitors.

“If you’re a little 10-person club you can find out about Board of Visitors, and the same goes for 100-person club,” Mosser said.

Student input also plays a large role in everyday SGA politics, according to the new officers.

“Public relations is key to how students legitimize SGA,” Klein said. “We want to hear their voice and see what they want us to work on.”

All the new officers expressed strong belief that SGA needs to work to maintain openness with the student body.

“I want to make sure students have an opportunity through the events to get their voices heard,” Pettis said.

“Through any of these things, they

should be able to look more into what JMU can do for them and reach out to us.”

To include more students in SGA, Klein has proposed a new town-hall format.

“I want to establish town hall meetings where people can be a part of the conversation,” Klein said. “Not just the senate but regular students who want to give their opinions on campus, making it applicable to every student.”

Klein also hopes to add a new position to SGA working as a liaison between SGA and all the front-end budget student organizations.

Pettis has also developed a number of ideas to improve SGA’s social connection with the student body. see SGA, page A4

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How do you feel about President Linwood Rose delivering the commencement address?

“I don’t think a lot of students are aware of all the things that he has done for JMU and all the things he’s done for our government.

I’m excited to hear the man who was the first person to address our class as a whole also be the last one.”

“When I look back on my college experience, I’m not going to remember the commencement speech. I’m going to remember the four years I spent at JMU, which also happen to have been the best four years of my life. Dr. Rose is responsible for the great experience I’ve had.”

Josh VerStandig fifth-year senior English major

Natalie Mancini senior biology major

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Courtesy of Josh Verstandig

“I was a little surprised.

The University of Virginia had Katie Couric and now Tech has Michelle Obama.

But now that I think about it, it’s the perfect fit.

Who better to sum up and put into words of how we feel as we’re graduating?

He probably feels just as nostalgic as we do.”

“To be honest, it seems like it’s a big deal, but I don’t think it is. People speaking at commencement tend to say the same message: words of encouragement to make an impact on the world. I’m sort of indifferent, because it’s really the message that matters.”

Rheanna Martino senior English major

Jeffrey Smith senior economics and philosophy double major

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Courtesy of Jeffrey Smith

Information compiled by Alison Parker

hope | ‘Think about what you need to stay well’ SGA | ‘Finding Your Voice’ proposed to help incoming freshmen from page A3

The weekly farmer’s market, which was happening simultaneously, gave participants the opportunity to enjoy locally produced food and other products and attracted locals to the walk as well.

Guest speaker and author Julie Hersh, a Harrisonburg native who has survived multiple suicide attempts, shared her story, words of encouragement and advice.

Hersh said in 2001 she was heavily depressed and attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in her garage, but the garage was well-ventilated and prevented her death.

“I was certain that I had nothing left for [my children], nothing left for my husband and nothing left for my community,” Hersh said. “In that garage, I saw gray: gray today, gray forever. I had completely given up on the hope for change.”

Through extensive therapy, Hersh was able to recover and became a staunch advocate

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Pettis’ goals include: to revamp “Purple Out” into a larger and more spirited activity, to establish the SGA weekly meetings as a wellness passport activity and to incorporate more culture into the tree-lighting ceremony.

She also plans to create a new program called “Finding Your Voice” to help incoming and current freshmen become part of JMU.

“It’s a way for freshmen to come after orientation and hear explanations for administration, SGA and different organizations,” Pettis said. “So if you need to get something heard, you know where to go.”

The new executive board plans to meet as a group in the next few weeks to fully lay out and establish goals and a means to achieve them.

Contact Sean Byrne at byrnese@dukes.jmu.edu.

Katie Gong / Contributing Photographer

Author Julie Hersh spoke about how she overcame her battle with suicide and depression at the Walk for Hope on Saturday. Because of her experience, she became an advocate for mental health awareness.

for mental health awareness and even put her story, “Struck

By Living,” in print.

Hersh urged participants to have their own “mental health plan” in order to prevent themselves from becoming

depressed.

“Think about what you need to stay well. Write it down and protect it,” Hersh said. “Think about what you need to stay well, when you’re well, instead of when

you’re sick, and you’ll be so much more effective in taking care of yourself and ensuring your health.”

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Comment at breezejmu.org.

Contact IJ Chan at chanij@dukes.jmu.edu.

Virginia Forum 2012 JMU hosted the Virginia Forum, which included more than 30 sessions, nearly 150 speakers and five conference exhibits from Thursday to Sunday.

The Virginia Forum is the leading conference for scholars studying all things Virginia and nearly 200 scholars from across the nation participated, according to J. Chris Arndt, a JMU history professor.

Friday night’s keynote address was given

by S. Max Edelson, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia.

Edelson spoke about the importance of understanding how early Americans crafted the borders of Virginia. He emphasized the importance of digital maps in order to better understand and preserve history.

The conference concluded on Sunday morning with two guided tours: “Shenandoah Gothic: Gothic Revival Architecture in the Valley 1830-1930” and “The Hidden Side of Harrisonburg: A One Hour Guided Walking Tour of Downtown Harrisonburg.”

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Trayvon case a disgrace As civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer stated so well: “We are sick and tired of being sick and tired.” In the recent case of Trayvon Martin, minorities have once more seen the racial and discrimination card come into question.

Trayvon, a -year-old Florida high school student, was walking home from school with Skittles in his hand and a hoodie covering his head when he caught the eye of George Zimmerman, a captain of the neighborhood watch.

Suspicions mounted in Zimmerman’s eyes, and he shot Trayvon point blank.

Did Trayvon pull a gun to Zimmerman’s head? No. Did Trayvon loot or pillage the convenience store he entered? No. Yet Zimmerman

reported the killing was out of “self-defense.”

This is another example of discrimination at its finest. Zimmerman hadn’t seen any flaw in Trayvon’s character; he had seen the color of his skin.

According to a CNN article, “Focus on Trayvon Case Shifts to Washington,” Zimmerman supposedly uttered a racial slur during the altercation.

TV correspondents like FOX’s Gerald Rivera have attempted to attribute Zimmerman’s actions to Trayvon’s clothing. Rivera claimed teenage minorities are normally the culprits in muggings or in gang-like cults.

Right, because every minority in a hoodie spells trouble. And don’t forget the Skittles that Trayvon was carrying.

In one of the most powerful articles I’ve read regarding Trayvon, CNN contributer Roland S. Martin had no reservations on stating how America has, in a way, waged a war on racism in his article, “A Fight for

Trayvon Martin is a War Against Stereotypes.”

I’m not going to go as far as to say the case of Trayvon Martin has incited a call to arms, but it has undone years of progress.

We made strides unearthing a newly post-racial America, but Trayvon’s case has weakened the new progressive walls.

Cases such as this one should not go unnoticed. We have seen a police chief step down, and even President Barack Obama has asked the nation to truly do some “soul searching.”

With some progress chipped away, the only direction we can go is up, to truly judging people truly on the content of their character.

If Trayvon’s skin color had been discounted, he would’ve walked home that day, Skittles, hoodie and all.

Sandy Jolles is a freshman media arts and design major.

Contact Sandy at jollessn@ dukes.jmu.edu.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Don’t curve your expectations I would like to address something that bothers me about the educational experience I have had here at JMU: the mentality created when professors intentionally make tests too difficult and plan on utilizing a grading curve.

When all you have to do is perform better than everyone around you, the drive for personal excellence is diminished. What if we went through the rest of life this way, just trying to do better than those by whom we are surrounded instead of honestly attempting to do the best we can possibly do? This method does not get us any closer to becoming the best we can be. It lets

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that opinion polls show atheists are more hated than rapists, and only slightly less than child molesters. Here, we weren’t the crooked villains conjured by many in the United States, but people assembling for social equality like others before us had on the same spot.

Many who attend the Freethinkers meetings — and many who don’t — know what it’s like to have found themselves unable to hold to the religions of the majority of those around them, and, more commonly than not, they are afraid of the consequences. The hope of this atheist and all others in attendance (barring the protestors) is that this fear can one day be eliminated for the sake of open-mindedness and acceptance.

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‘Bully’ deserved an R

Content, not censorship reason for contested rating

By TIM WINTER Los Angeles Times

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Rally for reason, acceptance States and abroad to help play their part in what many speakers called the “Great Coming Out.” For many of us, standing in this crowd was its own reward. For once, nobody felt judged or hated as many of us in the Bible Belt often do. For once, none of us were scared that we would be found out or mocked for our disbelief. This is what the Great Coming Out is based on. We believe that in a country where we celebrate the freedom from religion as thoroughly as the freedom of religion, there should be no fear. This is why we assembled on the Mall, listening to musicians, comedians, scientists and philosophers: We are just as much members of society as any other and want to be treated that way. We wanted respect and equality, and here we found other people who wanted it and freely gave it.

A commonly cited statistic brought up by several speakers was

us settle for less. And truthfully, it causes us to spend more time thinking about where others are instead of being more concerned with where we ourselves are.

While I do realize that in some situations it’s OK to just be better than those around you, and while I am sure that professors have their reasons for doing what they do, I want to encourage all my fellow Dukes to not lose their drive for personal excellence. It can happen all too easily in the current educational system(s). The world needs greatness, so don’t sell yourself short!

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Last weekend the JMU Freethinkers went on a bit of a field trip. This trip was different for us in that we found ourselves surrounded, for the first time, by thousands of fellow nonbelievers.

Many may know the Freethinkers as a group they can go hang out with, where they can talk about things that would normally be too serious for their other friends and too “controversial” for strangers. This is a club where somebody, regardless of opinion or belief, can go and talk about the kind of things that might usually result in screams of frustration or strained relationships, but without either of these results. For the freethinkers, this rally felt much like each member’s first meeting.

The Reason Rally was hosted on March  for the first (but probably not the last) time. An estimated , people arrived on the Washington Mall from all over the United

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The news media has been abuzz recently about the Motion Picture Association of America’s decision to adopt an R rating for the film documentary “Bully,” and understandably so. School bullying has reached epidemic proportions, and with the rise in social media, bullying insidiously follows children from the schoolyard into their homes, their dorm rooms and their computers.

A long list of Hollywood celebrities, sports stars, members of Congress and just plain folks denounced the MPAA for assigning the R rating to “Bully,” and they called for a lower PG- rating instead. As valid as their concerns may be, we all must be mindful not to throw the ratings “baby” out with the bullying “bathwater.” The public should be aware of this important film, but the film was accurately rated based on the MPAA guidelines.

Unfortunately, some of the supporters of “Bully” suggested that an R rating somehow condoned bullying behavior. That is intellectually dishonest and factually bankrupt. The MPAA rating system casts no value judgment on the relative merits of the film. To do otherwise takes objective criteria and twists it into a subjective mess that would serve no one well.

Ideally, the MPAA rating would be completely reliable, utterly consistent, clearly transparent and totally impervious to lobbying. I say “ideally” because of the numerous instances in which studios and filmmakers successfully push the MPAA to lower a film’s rating.

Why? In a word: money. Films rated PG generally make more money at the box office than PG- films, and PG- films generally outperform R-rated films.

Some opponents of the R rating for “Bully” have stated that children would be prohibited from seeing it because of an R rating, but that is false. An NC- rating might ensure that no child would be admitted to see a film, but children are able to attend an R-rated film if they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. This puts the decision precisely

where it belongs: with the parent.

Opponents of the R rating insist that this particular film is “too important” to be rated R. But neither entertainers nor members of Congress should decide what content is “too important” to be rated in a manner consistent with the film’s content.

“Schindler’s List” was an Academy Award-winning film that laid bare the horrors of the Holocaust. It’s a film that, in my opinion, everyone should see. It was rated R, and based on the objective criteria of the film’s content, R was the appropriate rating.

‘Bully’ is also a powerful film, and I hope it helps to open eyes and save lives.

“Saving Private Ryan” showed with brutal honesty the human cost of war.

It was rated R. And based on objective criteria and the film’s content, R was the appropriate rating.

“Bully” is also a powerful film, and I hope it helps to open eyes and save lives. But the reality is that the film contains material that is wholly consistent with an R rating, and only an R rating.

No matter how passionately we feel about the content of these films, we should not allow our own subjective views about the worthiness of the message to sway what should be a purely objective measure of adult-themed content in the film.

In my own life, I’ve been the victim of bullying. As a child I was physically attacked at school; in college I lost a friend to suicide as a result of the pressures he faced when he “came out.” So add my name to the list of those who feel the message of “Bully” is of vital importance. But let’s embrace the MPAA’s R rating for a film that contains R-rated material. And let’s not equate an accurate rating with the notion that doing so condones reprehensible bullying behavior. To suggest otherwise is dishonest, unfair and, dare I say — bullying?

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (75-68)

Season of surprises

Senior leaves legacy

By CHASE KIDDY The Breeze

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The Dukes made it to the championship round of the WNIT and faced Oklahoma State University. Other opponents they faced in the tournament included Syracuse University, Wake Forest University and University of South Florida.

Despite WNIT loss, Dukes defy expectations with 29-win season

By CHASE KIDDY The Breeze

Regardless of the WNIT championship loss, JMU ended a prolonged season on Saturday.

“We’ll learn from this whole situation,” said head coach Kenny Brooks. “But we just didn’t quite do enough to win.”

The - season was earmarked as a “rebuilding year” because of the departure of key players, like the program’s all-time leading scorer Dawn Evans. JMU rebuilt by winning  games, the most in school history. The Dukes played basketball right up until the beginning of April, nearly a month longer than most teams.

“A lot of people didn’t expect us to do much,” Brooks said. “When you lose the all-time leading scorer in JMU history, and you lose a kid who averages  points and  rebounds, and two other kids who are your heart and soul, we came back and had a remarkable year.”

JMU lost two late December games to in-state foes the University of Virginia and the University of Richmond. After that, the Dukes navigated January and February with just three losses, all in conference play.

The Dukes dropped their second CAA tournament game to Drexel and missed out on the CAA’s automatic tournament bid. But as the selection show unveiled, it became clear that JMU would be left out of the big dance.

The Dukes didn’t waste time pouting, beating

Dayton handily in the WNIT opener to gain impressive postseason momentum that would carry them all the way to the championship game in Stillwater, Ok. After senior Lauren Whitehurst set the single season record for blocks in the opener, the Dukes staged the biggest comeback of Brooks’ coaching career by coming back from a  point defecit against Wake Forest University. Junior guard Nikki Newman’s -pointer with . seconds to go in regulation capped the epic comeback and the game was won in overtime.

“We love each other so much and the support staff has been working hard together trying to dig out wins,” Whitehurst said.

After a beat down of South Florida, the Dukes got a chance for some revenge when U.Va and their pep band stormed into the Convocation Center for a chance to play in the national semifinals. Brooks denied the “redemption” storylines, but it was hard to hide the gleam in some players’ eyes as they anticipated the upcoming game against the Cavaliers. After dispatching their Charlottesville neighbors, JMU won a close game against a very good Syracuse University squad.

More than , people watched the semifinals in the Convocation Center, ranking th all time.

“We came up a little bit short, but to win  games is tremendous, especially considering what we lost last year,” Brooks said. “It’s been one of the more enjoyable seasons I’ve ever had coaching.”

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

Senior guard Lauren Whitehurst may not have bled purple at the start of her career, but she certainly did by the end of it.

“I’m speechless,” Whitehurst said. “I love them [the team] so mch and I thank them for everything they’ve given me and I hope I gave enough back to them.”

Her collegiate career started at Boston College, where her season ended early because of a back injury. She would bounce back and play a second season for the Eagles before transferring south to JMU in . After being redshirted for her first season as a Duke, Whitehurst exploded onto the scene in the - season.

She played  games, tying the all-time record for games played by a junior, notching impressive statistics across the board — Whitehurst was third on the team (and ninth in the Colonial Athletic Association) for total blocks.

Whitehurst continued to pile up stats this past year, as her passion and love for her teammates enabled her to play a certain brand of basketball. She led as a team captain at JMU for the third straight year, capping her season by setting the single season record for blocks by any JMU player in the WNIT opening round game against Dayton. In the - season, she was named to the CAA all-defensive team.

As effective as Whitehurst has been on the court for the Dukes, some of her most impressive accomplishments have been away from the game. Her academic excellence started at Boston College, where she was named to the ACC all-academic team as a sophomore.

Once she moved to Harrisonburg, she earned the JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete award in  and the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award in , along with numerous other honorable mentions and commendations.

Whitehurst already received a B.S. in psychology and is a graduate student in psychological sciences. She plans to obtain a Ph.D. in clinical neuropsychology someday.

“Amazing support staff, amazing people, amazing teammates [at JMU],” Whitehurst said after Saturday’s loss. “I don’t regret one moment. We had a long year, we played hard, and those girls gave me and this program everything they had. I love them so much. I hope I gave enough back to them.”

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

LACROSSE (10-7)

Back-to-back losses don’t interfere with CAA play Strong defense, consistent play lead Dukes to conference win over conference rival George Mason

By TONY SCHAFFNER The Breeze

Even a short-lived George Mason comeback couldn’t halt JMU’s hardpressing game.

The women’s lacrosse team shut down GMU on Saturday, allowing only  shots on goal to open Colonial Athletic Association play.

The Dukes were coming off two consecutive tough losses against No.  University of Virginia and No.  University of Maryland and took the field looking to make a statement.

“We felt that today was an opportunity to start fresh,” said head coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe. “We had some losses that were unexpected in our non-conference schedule and I think we saw [this] as an opportunity to have a rebirth and be the team we knew we could be.”

After the first  minutes of backand-forth play, GMU took an early - lead with two goals from team captain and senior midfielder Emily Ellisen.

Then the Dukes responded with a goal by senior midfielder Ashley Kimener and scored  unanswered BECKY SULLIVAN / THE BREEZE goals. JMU dominated GMU - in draw controls, - in shots and JMU redshirt junior Casey Ancarrow tries taking control of the game. The Dukes displayed crisp passing and tran- outshot the Patriots 33-13, forced 13 turnovers and outdrew them 15-8. The Dukes sitions. The real key to the Dukes’ continue conference play again Friday when Hofstra visits Harrisonburg. victory was their defensive presence as they forced  turnovers and prevented the Patriots from getting any on defense all season and today it on the attacking end,” said Casey clean looks at the net. really came together — just getting Ancarrow, redshirt junior and lead“We’ve been working really hard defensive stops and then capitalizing ing scorer.

The Dukes had eight different players find the back of the net, but relied heavily on Ancarrow, who led the team with five goals, and Kimener, who finished with a hat trick.

“I thought it was a great team win.

Everybody contributed,” said sophomore midfielder Amy Roguski. “It was nice to have different people on the field and different people scoring.”

Senior attacker Monica Zabel had a big night with a goal and five assists, placing her third all-time at JMU with  career assists, just  shy of the  record set by JMU hall-of-famer Megan Reilly.

Mason ended the game on a - run as Klaes-Bawcombe decided to let the reserves take the field and gain experience. GMU players felt their mid-game struggles caused their demise.

“We had a slight lapse, and I think that’s what really killed us,” said GMU senior midfielder Kara Bowman.

The Dukes appear to be putting the pieces together as they begin to play just conference opponents.

“All the other [CAA] teams are coming after us,” Zabel said. “We’re repeated CAA champions, so every team is coming out and giving us their best game.”

The Dukes return to action this Friday at  p.m. against Hofstra with an “Orange Out” for Fight Leukemia, Lymphoma and Sickle cell anemia.

CONTACT Tony Schaffner at schaffaj@dukes.jmu.edu.

GAMES THIS WEEK SOFTBALL

 Norfolk State @JMU

Wednesday, 4 p.m.

Doubleheader

 George Mason @GMU

Saturday, 12 p.m. & 2:15 p.m.

Sunday, 12 p.m.

TRACK & FIELD

 Colonial Relays @Williamsburg

Thursday-Saturday, all day

 Liberty Invitational @

Lynchburg Friday-Saturday, all day  Stanford Invitational @Palo Alto Friday-Saturday, all day WOMEN’S TENNIS

 Liberty @JMU

Thursday, 2:30 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS

 George Washington @JMU

Friday, 1 p.m.

 University of Richmond

@Richmond Saturday, TBA LACROSSE

 Hofstra @JMU

Friday, 5 p.m.

 Drexel @JMU

Sunday, 1 p.m.

BASEBALL

 University of Virginia

@Charlottesville Wednesday, 6 p.m.  Northeastern @JMU Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, 1 p.m.

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club lacrosse

Men’s team takes on high-caliber schools

By Meaghan MacDonald The Breeze

Almost five years ago, junior midfielder Jake Ashton got his front two teeth knocked out during club lacrosse practice.

Ashton isn’t self-conscious about his looks, though. Ashton’s appearance is one of several factors the men’s lacrosse team uses to intimidate opponents and fuel their aggressive play.

“I think I definitely freak people out when I take my mouth piece out or talking to people,” said Ashton, the club’s secretary. “They’re always like, ‘What the heck happened to you?’ ” Currently, the team is ranked No. 6 overall in the country and fought hard to reach that position. Last season, they finished the spring season 9-3 and made it to the national quarterfinals.

“That was the first time that I’ve been here that the team has ever made it to the national elite eight,” said Gus Cramer, club president and senior goalie.

For a club-level team, men’s lacrosse is highly organized and

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Members of the JMU lacrosse team practice three to four days a week in two-hour slots. Last weekend, the team made it to the championship game of the 2012 Beltway Bash. The Dukes lost 3-2 to Rutgers in overtime.

competes against some of the strongest teams in the country.

JMU participates in the National College Lacrosse League, which consists of 120 Division I and II teams on the East Coast

such as University of Maryland, University of Delaware, Loyola University and University of Virginia.

JMU held its own against stiff competition through

baseball | ‘We work hard’ from front

like terms with JMU. The two went a combined 146-57-1 at home in their terms. Both coaches took the Dukes to CAA tournaments in each year of their tenures. Anderson gave the Dukes another NCAA tournament appearance in 1995.

1998 is when Joe “Spanky” McFarland, current manager, took over in 1998.

In his 15th season, McFarland has continued the Dukes’ success in Harrisonburg with a 266-139-2 record at home.

“I love this place, I love this program,” McFarland said.

“Not only do I love the program, but I love the area and the valley.”

He also credits the program’s to its resiliency to hard work, on and off the field.

“I think it’s consistency,” McFarland said. “We bust our

butts, all those 6 a.m. workouts in the winter. We work hard.”

He now has seen the program transition from Long Field at Mauck Stadium on campus to settling down in its new facility, Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. The new facility, which opened in 2010, has seen a 46-34 record in its short history.

“We lost a little bit of our advantage when we moved over here just because there’s not as many quirks,” McFarland said.

In the program’s 43rd season, the Dukes have seen only six losing seasons and have a 734-262-4 record in their 1,000 home games.

Although he’s been given chances to leave, McFarland comes back to JMU year after year.

“I still like to come to work everyday and I’m still proud to

wear purple,” McFarland said.

The Dukes (6-21-1, 1-11 CAA) are back in action on Wednesday night against the University of Virginia. The Dukes and Cavaliers will meet for the third time this season. They first met in the Caravelle Resort Tournament in South Carolina, where the game ended in a 4-4 tie after it was called in the eighth inning because of weather. The Cavs then got the best of JMU in Harrisonburg when they beat the Dukes, 14-6 at the beginning of March. That loss began the Dukes’ school record, 12-game losing streak.

JMU returns home this weekend, when it will face Northeastern in a threegame conference series to compete for their first home conference win of the season.

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

crucial wins this season. At the club’s home tournament two weekends ago, the Dukes defeated Virginia Tech 11-6, the defending Division II national champion, Lynchburg

11-2, while suffering a close loss to the No. 3 Division I team U.Va. 5-4.

Though the team dedicates itself to winning, members are also dedicated to making the experience enjoyable and less stressful than varsity-level play.

“I played at Gettysburg before I came here and they’re probably like a top-five Division III team,” said Chris Gautieri, a senior defenseman. “Playing there, it’s really a job and that’s the difference: the overall time commitment … it infringes on other parts of your life.”

Gautieri used to practice three to four hours a day for six days a week, plus games and extensive traveling. The atmosphere of the club is less hectic, but doesn’t compromise the competitive and aggressive mentality.

“It’s the best of both worlds,” Gautieri said. “For me, personally, lacrosse is meant to be a lot of fun and that’s exactly what club lacrosse allows you to do. You have fun while doing what you love.”

Last weekend, the club participated in the 2012 College Park Beltway Bash, a two-day tournament at the University of Maryland that sets the tone for the remainder of the season.

This season JMU finished strong in the tournament, beating Lynchburg, Towson, UNC and Loyola on the way to the championship game.

The Dukes lost to Rutgers 3-2 in overtime.

“We definitely came together as a team,” Ashton said. “The fact we weren’t even predicted to make the playoff bracket seemed to pump everyone up, and we definitely made a strong statement that we are no joke.”

Making the championship game puts the Dukes in a good position to be ranked within the top five in the national rankings.

As the regular season comes close to the end, the team plans to finish on a high note.

“The playoffs are around the corner,” Ashton said. “We don’t plan on going home early.”

Contact Meaghan MacDonald at breezesports@gmail.com.

Star sightings in Final Four

By Blair Kerkhoff McClatchy Newspapers

Once upon a time, the resumes of college basketball’s best players included a Final Four.

Perhaps not in the season they were voted as the top talent in the country, but sometime in their careers.

That’s what makes this Final Four special.

The teams of three firstteam All-Americans battled Saturday. Kentucky, led by national player of the year Anthony Davis, is moving on to Monday’s national title game.

If the Wildcats cut down the nets, Davis will become the first national player of the year to win an NCAA title since Duke’s Shane Battier in 2001.

Years of underclass

exoduses and one-and-dones have drained the sport’s talent pool and the number of opportunities to have top players on the grandest stage is fewer.

So Saturday was a time to admire the stars. After Davis led Kentucky to a 69-61 victory over Louisville with 19 points and 14 rebounds, Kansas and Ohio State took the floor, led by their All-Americans, Thomas Robinson and Jared Sullinger.

Since 2008, there have been only two consensus All-Americans in the Final Four, North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough in 2009 and Connecticut’s Kemba Walker last year.

Starting in 1961, nine Associated Press players of the year reached the Final Four, including Oscar

Robertson, Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Elvin Hayes.

The 1970s were equally productive with the likes of Bill Walton, David Thompson, Scott May and Marques Johnson.

Recent Final Fours produced excellent teams but not always the game’s stars.

Utah’s Andrew Bogut, Texas’ Kevin Durant, Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin and Brigham Young’s Jimmer Fredette were stopped short of a Final Four.

Not this year. Davis, Robinson and Sullinger are underclassmen and expected to play their final college games at the Superdome. But if this was it, their careers will have ended at the pinnacle, which makes 2012 something of a throwback year.

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Breakdance Club’s 13th annual competition is more than spins and flips — it’s a dancing community Air chair  spin on the

grounded hand

 a powermove

commonly used to exert the momentum needed to do floats

Jackhammer  often fast movement  free hand is usually the back or in

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By ALICIA HESSE The Breeze

Spinning on their heads like a torpedo, windmilling their legs around and moving their feet so quickly they hardly touch the floor, breakers kept the momentum flowing all night for one of the East Coast’s biggest hip-hop charity events.

Circles, JMU Breakdance Club’s th annual competition, was an opportunity for breakers to show off their skills after hours of practicing.

Though it’s a competition with prizes up to $,, it’s about more than just fighting for a title or trophy — it’s about the culture.

“It goes beyond entertainment, and that’s where the culture comes in,” said Kaysey Thomas, a senior

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studio art major. “It’s not just a show. It’s who they are. It’s high-energy and it’s tangible, and that’s why I feel [connected] even though I’m not part of a breakdance community.”

David Alvarado, who’s considered one of the most respected b-boy promoters in the world, said the commercialized world has incorrectly labeled them as “breakdancers.”

“The proper name for this dance is either ‘breaking’ or ‘b-boying,’ ” Alvarado said.

Music blasted out from  giant speakers stacked into towers beside the turntables. The bass rattled the Godwin gym as  crews rallied together and battled it out.

“When you battle it’s one chance,” said Tien Nguyen, a junior ISAT major. “You throw down, give it your

SafeRides shimmies for car funds Two-hour Zumbathon attracts more than 100 dancers of all skill levels at weekend event

all and nothing else matters.”

A lot of people see breaking as cool moves you can show off, but for Nguyen, it’s more about the expression and the experience of the b-boy culture.

Nguyen is in the Hwang Dynasty crew, formed in memory of Jane Hwang, a JMU freshman who died last semester and was known for her love of dance.

“When you step into the circle, you have to attack your opponent,” Nguyen said. “Once that’s over, you’re back to the community where you congratulate people for their hard work. Showing how much work and struggle I had to go through and being able to express it and in the end, show it off.

“Breaking is one of the five fundamentals of hipsee CIRCLES, page A11

A day for the dogs Harrisonburg SPCA shows off dogs at the annual Home & Garden show

By BRIDGET CONDON contributing writer

A variety of pugs, pitbulls and beagles from the Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA met potential owners outside of the Convocation Center this weekend.

The show was part of the Shenandoah Valley Builders Association’s nd annual Home & Garden show.

“This has definitely been a success,” said Misty Watson, the shelter’s adoption facilitator. “Even if they aren’t adopted, they still get to spend a day visiting, enjoying the weather, seeing people, getting fresh air and running around.”

Eddie Olson, a sophomore computer science major who volunteered

found the experience touching.

“It really applies to sympathies,” Olson said. “People and the dogs have been enjoying this experience and falling in love with each other. I really believe the dogs are going into good homes.”

JMU’s tennis, fencing and archery clubs were among the organizations helping out with the show.

“The JMU students have filled big holes for us,” said Debbie Caywood, a director at the Augusta regional center.

The dogs, which had either b e e n s t r a y s o r g i v e n aw a y by t h e i r ow n e r s, w e re $ .

CONTACT Bridget Condon at condonbj@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Pony, a beagle from the Rockingham/ Harrisonburg SPCA, was one of the dogs in rotation at Saturday’s event.

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SafeRides members lead dancers at a fundraiser on Saturday in the UREC MAC room. Sales for the event raised more than $700, which will go toward cars.

By SANDY JOLLES The Breeze

A horde of JMU students eagerly gathered with one purpose in mind: to Zumba.

Hosted by JMU’s SafeRides, students learned to shake, shimmy and groove in a two-hour Zumba marathon on Saturday.

Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance and aerobic workout.

The Zumbathon, held in the UREC MAC gym, attracted more than  students, welcoming all skill levels.

To advertise, SafeRides marketed a shirt that read “move ya body” and staged a flash mob on the commons Friday.

“It was a ton of energy,” said Emily Morgan, a sophomore communication studies and Spanish double major. “We had a ton of students signing up after the flash mob.”

Carolyn Girondo, a sophomore communication and Spanish double major had the idea of a Zumba marathon.

“I had always loved to Zumba,”

Girondo said. “We were thinking, ‘why run when you can Zumba?’ ” After Katie Garbarini, a sophomore biology major, began Zumba classes with her sister on a weekly basis, working her way toward more advanced classes.

“My sister and I fell in love with Zumba,” Garbarini said. “It’s a way of destressing and making me smile.”

After a brief warm-up, SafeRides members led students in a series of salsa, merengue and kumbaya dance moves.

“I know my endurance has increased from Zumba,” Garbarini said.

SafeRides raised more than $ from the Zumbathon and tank-top sales. Admission to the event cost $.

“Since we’re self-funded, we have to raise money to run cars,” Girondo said. “That way, we can transport even more students.”

CONTACT Sandy Jolles at jollessn@dukes.jmu.edu.

‘Mirror Mirror’ shatters compared to Disney classic

By KELSEY NUNN contributing writer

“Mirror Mirror” attempts to imitate Tim Burton’s style, but is too afraid to make the movie as ominous as his work and isn’t fully committed to the bright fairy tale we’re all used to. In effect, it’s made up of choppy scene work and an atmosphere that seemed to shift nonsensically.

The fluctuation in mood would have been more effective if director Tarsem Singh had worked on the overall flow of the production.

The comedic style also seems noncommittal: The characters are too afraid to be cartoonish and the script isn’t nearly clever enough to make you smirk.

The costuming and set design have whimsical elements, but with a slightly tacky undertone. There seems to be a lot of effort put into both components, but they lack the final stitches to make the final product look elegant.

The gaudy costuming and set

would be perfectly appropriate for a movie geared toward children — which this was — but the darker, more sophisticated element makes the costumes and parts of the castle set look cheap.

Mirror Mirror 

‘PG’ 106 min.

Starring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer

Some of the director’s ideas are interesting. The movie tied Julia Roberts, the evil queen, in as the story’s puppet master.

The introduction starts with her narrating while puppets act out the scenes. Throughout the movie, the queen’s strings get cut and she loses her grip on her kingdom and her youth.

Roberts has the ability to take the role to a new level, but her overall performance is dull. She has her funny moments, but doesn’t take

full advantage of recreating the treasured antagonist.

Lily Collins, who played Snow White, is altogether the innocent projection of the original Disney princess. When she steps out of that role to show a more adventurous side, she acts just like a Disney star: There’s no real shock value to anything she does.

The seven dwarfs are nonetheless entertaining. For me, they steal the show. They update the little guys’ names and give them tacky punch lines, which works well for their roles in the movie.

There are some promising components of the production.

Carelessness for details and finishing touches make the movie miss the mark. The fear of making the fairy tale too dark or Disneyesque pushes the final product to the land between the two — and falls between the cracks.

CONTACT Kelsey Nunn at nunnkm@dukes.jmu.edu.

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hop,” Nguyen said. “Once you understand where breakdance comes from, you can have that certain swag, and feel certain about it.”

Reza Mina, a choreographer for Mozaic Dance Team and a senior computer science major, explains that breaking the first style of dance when it comes to hip-hop.

“It’s the rawest form of it,” Mina said.

Th e mu si c i s a n o t h e r important aspect of the b-boy culture.

“Funk has a thing in it called ‘brakes,’ when the beat drops.

That’s when we go off or start breaking,” he said.

Tyler van Parys, president of Breakdance Club and a junior sociology major, said he thinks of breaking as an expressive art

form, but there are also a lot of people that are drawn to it for the awe-factor.

“Once you understand where breakdance comes from, you can have that certain swag.”

Tien Nguyen junior ISAT major

“Some people think of it as a sport, flying through the air, doing double back flips,” van Parys said. “An air flare is one of the hardest ones to do. You’re upside down flipping from one hand to the other.”

After Circles, van Parys said they’re already working on new

stuff, creating new moves and going “back to the lab.” Most of the team trains for two to three hours a day, yearlong.

This year’s Circles was about eight hours of crews duking it out, Bonnie and Clyde face-offs, emcee battles and a graffiti expo.

The event raised $6,000 for Harrisonburg’s Boys and Girls Club, Invisible Children and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Crews of four came from schools all over the East Coast and Midwest.

“All different kinds of people, lifestyles and cultures get joined together,” van Parys said. “I can’t think of a better way than people from all different walks of life to share one moment together.”

Q&A

Savage sex on television Columnist Dan Savage visits colleges in his new MTV show

Contact Alicia Hesse at hesseam@dukes.jmu.edu.

Courtesy of MTV

In “Savage U,” sex advice columnist Dan Savage visits 12 colleges across the country, dishing out advice on relationships and sex to colleges as diverse as Ohio State and Texas Tech University.

By Jeff Wade The Breeze

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Clark Melton (left), a sophomore business major, and Nik Arur, a sophomore economics international affairs major, pitch a tent for an all-night camp out hosted by UPB on Thursday night.

Die-hard Passion Pit fans camped out Thursday night outside of Warren Hall to score the first sales of UPB’s spring concert headliner. UPB members provided food, games and prizes for campers. Students also voted for the event opener. The finalists are Annie Lawrence, The LullaNAs, The Smiling Lies, DJ_MU and DJ Noah Curtis.

The concert will be held at the Convocation Center on April 19. Public and online sales begin on April 5.

Floor tickets are $30 for all attendees. Student-reserved seats are $25 and $27 for the seated public. Students may purchase up to three tickets with their JACards at the Warren Box Office only. Unsold tickets will be available at the door: $30 for the public and $27 for students.

Author, sex columnist and LGBT advocate Dan Savage can now add college wingman to his extensive résumé.

As the longtime “Savage Love” columnist moves to TV with his new show, “Savage U,” he’s primed to take the next step in his career, all while maintaining his signature frank style of advice. The show, which premieres tomorrow at 11 p.m. on MTV, follows Savage and co-host Lauren Hutchinson as they travel to 12 colleges across the country, fielding questions both mild and risqué.

The Breeze spoke to Savage and Hutchinson in a conference call.

Why did you pick the schools you did?

Dan Savage We wanted to get a broad selection of universities, different kinds of universities — big schools, small schools, state schools, private schools, party schools, ones that are more academically inclined — to give those who watch the show a picture of all kinds of university environments.

What kind of expectations did you have going into ‘Savage U?’ DS When we pitched the

show to MTV, we kind of pitched a different show.

And we gave the executives tapes of me doing Q-andAs at colleges so they could see what I was like off the cuff. They came back and said, ‘We want to do what you’re doing, we want to go to colleges and film these Q-and-As and film them and film you at these schools talking to students.’

I was really happy when they came back with that proposal, because someone with the ability to put me on TV wanted to put me on TV doing what I’ve always done.

Lauren, what’s your role in the show?

LH My role is to get [Dan]

to do something other than just sing show tunes all the time. Really, I’m there to keep Dan in check and reel him in. As you know, Dan likes to talk a lot, so he can get stuck, and I’m there to make sure we get to our interviews on time and stay focused and to bring a female voice to the show.

DS And to sometimes

challenge me. Which happens in the column

organically and on the podcast where people call in. In this, we can’t revisit an issue in real time unless Lauren is there to say, ‘What? No.’ and disagree with me.

After spending a lot of time working on the ‘It Gets Better’ campaign, what challenges did you face refocusing on sex advice, especially in television?

DS My voice is queer, so queer has always been a part of “Savage Love,” even in the answers that aren’t queer perspectives or addressed to queer letter writers.

So queer is totally a part of “Savage U.” Even when I’m talking to straight kids, I tell them, ‘Here’s a little something from Gayland that you might want to adopt.’ An approach, an attitude, an idea about sex or relationship that is prevalent amongst homos that I think that should be adopted by straight people.

So we talked to gay kids, we talked to queer kids, we talked to trans kids that are on the show, so queer is a part of it. Queer is a part of all universities. The gay isn’t being shoved back in the closet to make me fit for television. That’s not possible.

Were there any questions that showed up a lot?

DS People are always trying to edit themselves to attract a person. That comes up constantly. They’re afraid of being who they are with their boyfriend or girlfriend because they are scared of losing their boyfriend or girlfriend.

My point is always that you can’t keep that façade up. You have to be someone you really are and if that makes you someone your partner doesn’t want to be with then that’s not someone that you should want to be with. It always comes up in a different guise or form. My advice is to always be who you are as soon as possible, if not right out of the gate.

Is there a generational shift in attitudes about sex?

DS My impression is that

people are a little more informed than they used to be. College is often a crash course because we have

such lousy sex ed in high school. People it seems to me in college will seek out some information.

And there is a selection bias in our audience. The people that come are seeking information. People who don’t come either don’t need, don’t want it, don’t think they need it or are still trapped in that place where their ignorance about sex makes them more virtuous, that it makes it more meaningful and natural.

What do you think is the biggest problem with abstinence-only education?

DS What trips people up about sex is trying to get laid. Sex ed should be about how you talk someone into have sex with you — and what that means and what consent means. Figuring out who you want to go to bed with and what it means to be a responsible, giving and game-sex partner.

You made an analogy about how if driver’s ed was like sex ed, it would be terrible.

DS Right. If we taught driver’s ed the way we taught sex ed, no one would survive their first trip in a car. It would be all about how the internal combustion engine works and nothing about how to drive.

It makes me very angry, abstinence-only education — which is enjoying a resurgence right now — because it makes people’s sex lives more dangerous.

Then those who promote abstinence education point to the damage done by abstinence only education as proof that nobody should be having sex. So what we need is more abstinence education. And it doesn’t serve young people well.

Any plans for a follow-up season?

DS Hopefully the show will be well-received and we’ll get to do it again. Our dream, of course, is to get to do “Savage U: A Year Abroad” and visit colleges in Europe.

LH And “Savage U: Spring Break Edition.”

DS It’ll just be us rolling

up condoms and throwing them out to anyone that needs them.

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