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‘Hidden gem of a school’

University exposure from ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ better than expected

By MICHAEL BETTER contributing writer

State University on the exact same weekend last year. The rating corresponds to about 1.59 million TVs tuned in to the show, an amount the university couldn’t have gotten through ordinary means.

“Our media monitoring software shows us that the exposure that we got from ‘GameDay’ is beyond what we could even imagine or afford even if we wanted to buy it,” Andy Perrine, associate vice president of university communications and marketing, said. “The reach, because of social [media] and because of what Corso did on the show, really was beyond what we could have imagined.”

For nearly three hours JMU trended No. 1 on Facebook.

When “GameDay analyst Lee Corso stepped out of Wilson Hall dressed as James Madison, he trended all the way up to No. 4 on Twitter. The name recognition brought from Corso’s stunt has been above everyone’s expectations and Perrine believes that has made the hashtag “JMU” mean

JMU hosted ESPN’s premier college football show, “College GameDay,” this past weekend and the increased exposure from the event not only exceeded expectations, but also boosted the university’s name recognition throughout the country.

“You can’t put a price on what having ‘GameDay’ on your campus does for the university — both academically and athletically,” Lee Fitting, a producer of “GameDay” and a JMU alumnus (’96), said in an email. “It is a twoday infomercial. On top of that, the way in which JMU nation showed up put it over the top. JMU is a hidden gem of a school and on Saturday it was at the forefront of the nation.”

This past weekend’s episode of “GameDay” scored a 1.4 rating on Nielsen’s rating system, up 8 percent compared to the show filmed from the campus of Louisiana

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Thousands gathered on the Quad for “College GameDay,” which took place on Saturday.

Time for the Tribe

Sophomore Quarterback Hometown: Milford, Pa. Height: 6’2”

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Weight: 213 lbs.

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ALL-TIME (9 games)

No. 9-ranked JMU (7-1, 4-1 Colonial Athletic Association) travels this week to take on the No.16-ranked College William & Mary (5-2, 3-1 CAA) in a matchup between conference heavyweights. JMU is coming off its first loss of the season, 59-49 at the hands of the University of Richmond. Meanwhile, the Tribe is rolling after their third straight win, having taken care of Hampton University to the tune of 40-7 last weekend.

9-13 pass completions/attempts 122 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT 53 yards rushing, 1 TD

1. Dukes’ quarterback situation JMU head coach Everett Withers announced Tuesday that starting quarterback Vad Lee underwent surgery on his left foot and would miss the remainder of the 2015 season. The redshirt senior and two-year captain ends a historic career with the Dukes, but still remains one of the best players to ever play for the school.

Lee’s name is etched in the record books in several categories, including: first in career passing touchdowns with 51, second in total offense with 7,292 yards and third in passing yards and completions with 5,652 yards and 446, respectively.

Lee has also set single season records in passing yards, completions, touchdowns and total offense.

Taking his place on the field will be sophomore Bryan Schor, a 6-foot-2 inch, 213-pound quarterback out of Milford, Pennsylvania.

Schor transferred to JMU after spending a semester at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Before college, he garnered many accolades as a fouryear starting quarterback at Delaware Valley High School. A two-time All-Region and All-Conference player, Schor lead his team to an 11-2 record his senior season on his way to earning Pennsylvania Class AAAA First Team All-State honors.

In his career at JMU, Schor has appeared in nine games, completing 9 of 13 passes with 122 yards, a touchdown and an interception, while adding 53 yards and a score on the ground. Most of these numbers came as Schor stepped in under center on Saturday against Richmond, after Lee exited the game. Schor managed to score two touchdowns — one through the air and one on the ground — amassing 73 yards passing and 18 yards rushing.

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Sophomore quarterback Bryan Schor against Elon on Oct. 17.

Schor will start on Saturday.

Body of proof

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Finding your inner fabulous ‘My Big Fat Fabulous Life’ star Whitney Thore ushers in body positivity at speaking event

Local police required to wear body cameras

By CHRIS KENT The Breeze

Following a national trend, the Harrisonburg and JMU police forces are equipping themselves with the ability to record, save and rewatch every interaction they have with civilians. Within the past year, the two police departments have developed policies that put body cameras onto active officers.

The Harrisonburg Police Department has had a policy implemented since April 2015, requiring all on-duty officers wear body cameras at all times, unless undercover, according to Lt. Rod Pollard, chief commander of the patrol division.

JMU’s campus police force is implementing a permanent policy that they’ve been drafting since March of this year. As of now, the HPD doesn’t own enough cameras to outfit its entire force, it currently has 40 to 50. But the JMU Police Department is planning on providing cameras to all its officers within the next few weeks according to Lee Shifflett, the chief of police for JMU. “We have been writing our policy for eight weeks now,” Shifflet said. “It is not something you can just sit down and bang out in a day.

Even when the model policy came down we had probably 90 percent of what the model policy suggested in our policy. It is the other see CAMERA, page 4

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Whitney Thore entertained the crowd with anecdotes and dancing.

By MIKE DOLZER AND ASHLEIGH BALSAMO The Breeze

TV personality Whitney Thore danced with audience members to Beyonce’s “Grown Woman” during JMU’s Fat Talk Free Month event in the Festival Highlands Room Wednesday night.

This came a year after her “Fat Girl Dancing” video hit 8 million views and she became the star of TLC’s “My Big Fat Fabulous Life.”

Since then, Thore has danced her way into her own body-positivity campaign, though that wasn’t her original intention.

Thore started No Body Shame as a blog in response to a negative comment about her weight on one of her dancing videos.

“It was like an idea in my head, but I was like, ‘Well, I could just downplay it, or I could just take this and run with it,’” Thore said.

“And I decided to do the latter.”

Thore was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) when she was 23. After struggling for years with self-image issues, eating disorders and times when she couldn’t bring herself to leave her bedroom, Thore decided that it was time for a change.

“A turning point was when I had lost 100 pounds,” Thore said.

“And at that point, I thought that was the way to be happy. I thought, ‘Oh, I’m going to have this great weight-loss story and it’s going to make my life meaningful.’”

Her breaking point was after a five-mile run at the gym, when some guys drove by her in the parking lot and called her a “fatass.”

“I knew in that moment, I will never be enough, or good enough, or thin enough, or whatever enough to be acceptable to other people,” Thore said. “Because nobody stops to know how I got to where I am, where I’ve come from or where I want to go. Nobody gives a s---.”

This message about self-acceptance was a major theme of her speaking event. Although there wasn’t a moment when the audience wasn’t smiling or laughing along with her, Thore’s words struck a chord with many.

“I was really happy that she talked about positivity, because that’s really what I strive for,” Dyer Pace, a freshman marketing major, said. “She also talked about body shame being not just if you’re overweight: if you’re too skinny, too big, too whatever.”

This event was made possible in large part to Kim Johnson, a health educator at the University Health Center and the adviser to the REACH Peer Advising program.

“She was so easy to work with and actually charged us less than other speakers, so it was like, ‘This is ideal and amazing,’” Johnson said. “I hope that students walk away understanding the importance of really valuing yourself and your body for exactly what it is and who you are and what you look like.”

Throughout the event, Thore made sure to incorporate the audience. Whether it was letting the crowd ask questions about her personal life, giving away T-shirts to whoever knew what her roommate’s nickname was or staying afterward to take pictures with those present, her personality left an impact.

This impact reaches further than viewers behind a TV or See THORE, page 8

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BEIJING — China issued strong words but took no immediate military action after the U.S. sent a guided-missile destroyer through waters Beijing claims in the South China Sea. China’s Foreign Ministry last Tuesday said that Chinese ships followed and warned the USS Lassen as it maneuvered within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, one area where China has been building an artificial island capable of serving as a military airstrip.

The Obama administration has accused China of threatening freedom of navigation by constructing artificial islands and restricting vessels from coming within 12 nautical miles of them. But China continues to insist it has “indisputable sovereignty” over more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, and it hinted last Tuesday that any further U.S. incursions would trigger a more muscular response.

“If relevant parties insist on creating tensions in the region and making trouble out of nothing, it may force China to draw the conclusion that we need to strengthen and hasten the buildup of our capabilities,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “I would advise the United States not to create such a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

SYRIA — After the failure of its $500 million program to stand up a Syrian volunteer force to battle Islamic State extremists, the Obama administration has begun an effort to enable Arab militias to fight alongside a Kurdish force that has gotten U.S. air support for the past year.

The stated U.S. aim is to oust the Islamic State from its de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria. But if the Shammar tribal militia, the biggest in Hasaka province, is any example, many Arab forces on the ground have a different agenda. For that matter, so does the Kurdish People’s Protection Force, or YPG, which dominates this area and has worked closely with the U.S. since the siege last year of the border town of Kobani.

The road to the palace of Sheikh Humaydi Daham al Hadi, the head of the Shammar tribe, winds through vast wheat fields in this isolated corner of eastern Syria, past checkpoints manned by YPG fighters, and then by his own guards.

Hasaka, an oil, gas and grain producing area, is now part of what the YPG calls Jazera, one of three cantons that comprise Rojava, or west Kurdistan, a 200-mile-long corridor on Syria’s border with Turkey. The Syrian government, which still has troops in at least two cities, has acquiesced to YPG control.

MEXICO — In just 40 hours, the weather system that became known as Hurricane Patricia grew into the fiercest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, threatening calamity on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, only to fizzle into a weak tropical depression after it came ashore.

Hurricane experts said quirky conditions nurtured the storm’s rapid growth and intensity. Its winds topped out at 200 mph by midday last Friday. Warmer than normal Pacific temperatures, combined with calm atmospheric conditions, helped the storm bulk up. Veteran hurricane chasers voiced dread at the potential of the Category 5 storm as it approached Mexico’s Pacific coast.

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Patricia struck hard near Cuixmala in Jalisco state, but within hours had degraded to a tropical storm over Zacatecas state.

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LOS ANGELES — The California State University system should institute tuition increases for California residents and out-of-state students, begin year-round academic schedules and provide funding based on graduation and other rates, a new panel suggests.

The 12-member university committee concluded that a reliance on state funding, even in a growing economy, is no longer sufficient to expand enrollment, expedite the time it takes to earn a degree and pay for badly needed technology and facility upgrades.

The report is scheduled for discussion by Cal State trustees at their November board meeting. Proposals are still in draft stage, and a final report will be presented in January.

The tuition proposal especially is likely to spark opposition from students and many lawmakers who say that annual rates — currently $5,472 for undergraduates — already are too high and lock out many qualified students.

SAN JOSE — Budding entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on the wave of collaborative consumption breaking across the nation are hitching their wagons to the King Kong of the sharing economy, claiming to be the “Uber of whatever” — food delivery, diaper service, dog-walking, you name it. In other words, we have become the Uber of Uber-obsessed nations.

“We run into this issue of consumers not quite understanding what we do,” says Jeryl Detmer, cofounder of what he likes to think of as “the Uber of trailer rentals,” based in Ojai, about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. “Either they’re totally into the peer-to-peer or sharing economy, or they give you that deer-in-the-headlights look. But when we say, ‘We’re like Uber,’ they suddenly get it.”

Ride-booking pioneer Uber, along with Airbnb, its kissing cousin in the accommodations space, has sent the sharing economy into overdrive. Valued at $50 billion and operating in 61 countries at last count, Uber has become a household — if sometimes controversial — word.

WASHINGTON — With some sharp words for the Obama administration, a federal judge last Tuesday declined to second-guess an earlier decision ordering the release of videos of a Guantanamo detainee being force-fed. While acknowledging that more appeals are on the way in the long-running case, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said in her nine-page decision that nothing has happened to change her mind about the videos.

“What the government is really saying is that its classification system trumps the decisions of the federal courts as to the public’s access to official court records,” Kessler wrote. “In other words, the Executive Branch (in this case, the military) purports to be a law unto itself.”

Kessler added that “the Government’s justifications for barring the American public from seeing the videotapes are not sufficiently rational and plausible to justify barring release of the videotapes.”

WASHINGTON — A two-year budget deal in the nation’s capital foreshadows the uncertain future for retirees as lawmakers face choosing between benefits promised to the elderly and a shortfall in funding.

If approved by Congress, the deal hammered out between the White House and departing House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, would raise federal government spending by $80 billion over the next two years. It would offset some of that spending with tweaks to Social Security, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. While the deal would avert a showdown over the federal debt ceiling by raising it enough to last past the 2016 elections, it punts on long-term fixes for the biggest drivers of government spending, the entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Consequently, tens of millions of current workers face an uncertain retirement. A key part of the deal involved Medicare and the Social Security Disability Insurance program.

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Senior to host therapy horses event Nonprofit organization will travel over 60 miles to bring equines to the JMU campus

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Judith Rennyson (left), an employee at “A Little Magic,” and Cheyenne, one of the horses, visit a man at a nursing home. A Little Magic offers animal-assisted therapy and services to those in need.

These include special education initiatives and special visits to nursing homes and the ill. Three horses from A Little Magic, Cheyenne, Dolly and Wish, will be visiting JMU next Thursday.

By Caroline Brandt The Breeze

A passion for working with horses turned a JMU Counseling Center independent study project into a highly anticipated, therapeutic miniature horse event. The event, which was originally scheduled for this past Wednesday , was rescheduled due to inclement weather. It will now be next Thursday, from 12 to 3 p.m., on JMU’s Hillside Field.

Rebecca Jones, a senior psychology major, is an independent study student at the JMU Counseling Center and decided to use her love for horses to her advantage.

“I’m really passionate about equine therapy, and I’ve

Pressed for parking Construction of D-Hub leads to fewer spaces available for students

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The struggle to find parking has increased with the multiple construction projects throughout campus. Recently, the planned reconstruction of D-Hall prompted the university to take away half of the R1 parking lot.

Once construction is finished, one-third of the lot, located behind the Village, will be used as a temporary dining hall called D-Hub. D-Hub will serve students during the rebuilding of D-Hall. During the construction of D-Hub, half the lot will be used.

D-Hub will be a tent-like structure, with a 1,000-seat dining area surrounded on the sides and back with stations, which will house D-Hall’s current kitchen equipment.

It will have D-Hall’s traditional all-you-caneat buffet style along with takeout options similar to the services at PC Dukes and Top Dog. The construction for D-Hub began a week ago and is the first step in the reconstruction of D-hall.

“The D-Hall project began on Oct. 19th, and as the construction progresses, they will continue to take more spaces until eventually half of the spaces are gone,” Wyatt said.

But, according to Wyatt, once the temporary dining facility is open in June 2016, about 450 spaces will be returned to students, which means only about one-third, or 235 spots, will be inaccessible.

Cindi Wilson, administration and program specialist in the Department of Integrated Science and Technology, believes that JMU’s temporary use of half the R1 lot will add to the mad rush of parking.

“I avoid going out for lunch around noon see Parking, page 4

always wanted to do that later in life and become a counselor and then incorporate equine psychotherapy into my work,” Jones said.

Magali Laitem, a Counseling Center psychologist and Jones’ adviser, suggested miniature horse therapy after Jones discussed her previous volunteer work with equine therapy centers in her hometown of Virginia Beach.

“During supervision, we were discussing her interest in equine therapy as well as discussing the difference between service animals and emotional support animals,” Laitem said. “Service animals, due to regulation changes, can only be dogs or miniature therapy horses.”

According to Laitem, Jones decided to research local

therapy horse organizations to see if they would be interested in providing services to JMU. “I love helping people, I love helping people heal, and talk to them and learn more about them and what they’re going through and that interested me too, so I knew I wanted to be a counselor,” Jones said.

After extensive research in early September, Jones came across “A Little Magic,” a nonprofit organization located in Culpeper, Virginia. The nonprofit organization is willing to travel over 60 miles to JMU to offer students an alternative way to de-stress. The horses, named Dolly, Wish and see Horses, page 4

exposure | ESPN’s top talent endorses university from front

a little more.

“It has more currency and people recognize it,” Perrine said. “We will be using it more and more in social media. One of the things about a show in and of itself [is that] it gives a lot of recognition to the university, but for us to keep harping on it gets a little tiresome and we want to use it wisely and cleverly. It is not that big of a differentiator because a lot of schools get ‘GameDay,’ but it’s big because of our size.”

Sitting in the Shenandoah Valley, with its football team in the Football Championship Subdivision, JMU is off the beaten path compared to most schools “GameDay” visits, from the Football Bowl Subdivision. But two of “GameDay’s” analysts spoke Friday before the show about how they were happy and excited to be at JMU. “From everything I have seen it’s a great spot,” “GameDay” analyst Kirk Herbstreit said. “What a great place to go to school. I have four boys, so I am definitely going to give them a full report when I get home.”

While an endorsement from one of ESPN’s top on-air personalities is great for the university, ultimately the student body showed up and seized the moment, according to Gabriel Lee, a junior writing, rhetoric and technical communication major.

“I think JMU took that once-ina-lifetime opportunity and owned it to the fullest,” Lee said.

Kyle Howard, also a junior WRTC major, echoed Lee’s comments.

“I think [JMU] definitely put ourselves on the map with this one and I hope we continue to get more attention in the future,” Howard said.

Karen Carter, a prospective student of JMU and resident of Chesterfield, Virginia, watched the “GameDay” show on TV, and what she saw had a big effect on her top choice of where to go to school.

“Football and school spirit are a huge factor in my college decision and before ‘College GameDay’ I was on the border of wanting to go there,” Carter said in an email. “But after seeing the school pep and the

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Thousands of people gathered, decked out in JMU gear, on the Quad Saturday for the “College GameDay” broadcast.

Students decorated and carried handmade signs with creative slogans for the broadcast, a staple of the production.

social life of JMU it’s definitely my top school.”

Now, JMU is focusing on not being a one-hit wonder and on harnessing the energy gained from “GameDay’s” appearance.

“The effects of the “GameDay” event with JMU will hopefully be seen over a course of time and not be a one time thing,” Michael Walsh, dean of admissions, said.

Perrine hopes the massive amount of exposure JMU had all at once helped bring name recognition to not only JMU, but also to James Madison, the father of the Constitution, and will have more students considering JMU down the road.

Perrine spoke with his colleagues at North Dakota State University, another FCS school which “GameDay” visited in 2013 and 2014.

“They had an increased number of student inquiries and they said they actually had an increase in faculty applications after their first appearance on ‘GameDay’

just because of name recognitions,” Perrine said. “There is a theory in marketing that if someone has heard of you, but they don’t know why exactly, they usually assume it is good.”

However, Perrine explained that it’s too early to tell if JMU has had an increased number of inquiries. The university also wants to make sure that the reason students are interested in JMU isn’t just because of “GameDay.” “For students, you don’t want the reason you are promoting to be because of a show about sports,” Perrine said. “We will probably put a picture or two in some of the prospective student stuff we put out showing the crowd and showing the spirit here, that we have a great community here.”

According to Kevin Warner, interim director of athletics communications, one key aspect gained out of this weekend is what JMU is really about and not what most of

the country may perceive JMU to be.

“I think a lot of people on the outside have never been to JMU or follow JMU closely, and have an image of a small school and a small student body, and a football program and athletics program that doesn’t have a far reach,” Warner said. “It is not fair to call JMU a small school when we have 21,000 students and an extremely engaged student body population.”

JMU’s appearance on “GameDay” succeeded in showing the nation what is at the heart of JMU; community.

“It has been like this for a long time; intensely social, really fun, playful, but standup and I think [the show] really quintessentially showed what this place is like,” Perrine said. “It was one of the greatest days for the university just in term of a public showing of who we are.”

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of parking lots,” Wyatt said.

According to Wyatt, these spaces are located in lots N5, R2 and Grace Street, and there are about 300 more spaces available than last year.

“We appreciate students and faculty’s patience for these upcoming projects,” Wyatt said. “Ultimately it’ll be worth it for JMU when these projects are completed.’

Cheyenne, will be at JMU next Thursday for students to interact with as a part of the Counseling Center’s sponsored event.

The event took months to plan, and Jones and Laitem worked in collaboration with JMU Public Safety, Facilities, Risk Management, Event Management, Parking Services, library staff and lawyers to get the event approved.

According to Risk Management Coordinator Mack Moore, safety is a priority when considering university events.

“The Risk Management office endeavors to review all campus activities with the utmost safety of students in mind,” Moore said.

After the event was approved, Jones began advertising for it by placing ads on the various plasma screens located in academic buildings, running a tabling event last Wednesday in the Student Success Center, handing out flyers and sending a PowerPoint slide to every sorority president to present at their chapter meetings. The word spread fast and other organizations have reached out for information to advertise during their meetings.

Additionally, Jones posted on the Counseling Center Facebook page. Her first post received 95 percent more views than any other post since the Counseling Center page had been created in 2009.

A Little Magic provides animal assisted therapy to those in need, from special education initiatives to nursing homes and special visits for the ill. Handlers and their horses are trained and registered through a program called “Pet Partners.”

Therapy animals assist those by reducing blood pressure, stress, anxiety and provide a healthy escape from reality.

According to A Little Magic’s website, “horses mirror human emotions,” which provides an interactive and de-stressing environment.

“There are several animals that can be therapeutic including cats, dogs and horses, among others,” Laitem said. “An important factor in the therapeutic nature of these animals is the ability to create a bond between person and animal. Horses are therapeutic because they are sensitive to others’ emotions, intuitive, are able to interact in a give-and-take manner and, for those who are allergic to cats [or] dogs, they may not cause the same allergic reactions.”

Prior to interacting with Dolly, Wish and Cheyenne, students will need to sign a waiver, assuming the risks involved. At the event, the Counseling Center will have staff on hand as well as students from the Independent Study in Psychology class to answer questions and discuss other ways to de-stress.

Resources will also be provided for the Counseling Center’s services and there will be handouts on where students can interact with animals elsewhere, such as at Cat’s Cradle or the Gap View Ranch & Kennel. There will also be giveaways available, according to Laitem.

After the extensive research and planning, Jones hopes many show up to reduce stress from midterms and unwind before the coming Thanksgiving break.

“Literally, if just one person showed up and told me that this was something that they were really happy I put the effort into, it would make everything else worth it,” Jones said.

CONTACT Kayla Rini at rinikm@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Over 1,000 JMU parking spots were added last summer and there are about 300 more spaces available this year than last year. D-Hub, a 1,000-seat temporary dining facility, is currently under construction in the R1 lot and has taken away over half the parking spaces. from page 3

because I know how crazy it is around at that time,” Wilson said. “For those on main campus, without the full amount of spaces, it’s going to be tough navigating to find a spot.”

Faculty members aren’t the only ones impacted. For many students, parking difficulties have increased due to the various projects going on.

Grant Summers, a sophomore communication studies major, is one of the many students who uses the R1 lot.

“Most of my classes are on the Quad and I live in the Village area, so it’s been difficult finding a spot, especially since I have afternoon classes, “ Summers said. “With half of one of the largest residential parking lots on campus gone, I can only imagine how other people feel.”

Marielle Monne, a senior intelligence analysis major, has friends who have been affected by the closing of half of the R1 lot.

“I get why JMU is doing it, but parking pass prices increased and now these spots are taken away,” Monne said.

“Although I myself don’t have a car on campus, I sympathize with my friends who do. It’s frustrating.”

According to Wyatt, tips for students finding parking are to plan ahead, to leave earlier and to take advantage of the Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation bus routes.

Wyatt said that parking services expected the need for parking due to the several construction projects along with an increasing student population.

“In anticipation of this reconstruction of dining hall and of Mason Street parking deck, over 1,000 new parking spaces were added last summer, with the expanding and creating

“I get why JMU is doing it, but parking pass prices increased and now these spots are taken away. Although I myself don’t have a car on campus, I sympathize with my friends who do. It’s frustrating.”

Marielle Monne

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CAMERAS | HPD hopes devices will reinforce good behavior by police

JAMES ALLEN / THE BREEZE

According to a poll from earlier this year, 88 percent of Americans support the use of body cameras by police. Footage from these cameras that’s being used during an investigation is not available to the general public, however, anyone can submit a request to view footage. from front

10 percent we looked at and said, ‘Hey, that’s a great idea; let’s add this, let’s tweak this.’”

Police body camera technology is something that’s spreading across the nation, according to Pollard.

“If you look over the past several decades, you see technology changing the way we do business in law enforcement that in time

went from absolutely no cameras, to in-car cameras,” Pollard said.

“With the increase in technology and the ability to make cameras smaller and hold more memory, it’s just a transition of going from in-car cameras to body cameras.”

The HPD uses the Taser Axon camera, which comes in at a price tag of $400 per camera according to Taser’s website. The JMU police force furnishes its officers with the Digital Ally body camera, a camera that costs $1,040 per unit according to Grainger

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Pollard said that HPD’s cameras are very similar to the way the cameras in police vehicles work. The camera, whether in the car or on the officer, is always recording but doesn’t save any memory to its storage bank. In a police vehicle, as soon as the blue lights on top of the car flash on, the device starts actively saving its memory.

For body cameras, the officer hits a button to make the camera start recording and saving video when they’re having an encounter with a citizen, according to Pollard.

Body camera footage that’s in use during an investigation is not viewable to the public. In order to view any footage, whether from JMU police or HPD, an individual must submit a Freedom of Information Act request to the police department.

Shifflett is not worried about people seeing the cameras as an infringement of privacy. Shifflett sees videotaping by police officers as a form of note taking. So when they’re called into an encounter, it would work in the officer’s and the citizen’s favor to have notes of what happens. According to Shifflett, that’s only if an officer had legal standing to be there. Other problems arise concerning officers having manual control of when their cameras are on and actively saving video.

An Economist/YouGov poll from earlier this year found that 88 percent of Americans support the use of body cameras. James Harkins, a senior philosophy major, thinks the cameras can only do good, as they can provide more evidence for potential court cases.

“I don’t think it infringes upon my privacy,” Harkins said. “If I’m being confronted by the police, there’s either a good reason or there isn’t. If there is a good reason, then it’s best for me to politely present my case on camera. If there isn’t a good reason, then hopefully that gets across in the video. Either way, I think the camera could only help me.”

According to Shifflett, the JMU Police Department hasn’t had any complaints about harassment or poor treatment by police toward citizens in the last year. Still, Shifflett hopes that the body cameras will reinforce good habits by police. Coming from an administrative viewpoint, Shifflett sees these as powerful training tools, and to him it just makes sense to have them.

“Say you see an officer who handles himself or herself in a situation, just textbook perfect,” Shifflett said. “Why not show it at the next roll call meet? Say, ‘Look people, we do this everyday.’”

CONTACT Chris Kent at kent2cm@dukes.jmu.edu.

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#BoycottStarWars trend is ridiculous and unrealistic I love “Star Wars.” I still remember the first time my dad showed me Episode IV, and from then on, “Star Wars” was an essential part of my childhood.

When it was announced that J.J. Abrams would be continuing the films, I was skeptical, mainly because I was worried they would turn into a repeat of a certain prequel trilogy. But I’ve been approaching this film with cautious optimism, and the more I read about it, the more I’ve realized the film franchise was in good hands.

Like millions of others on Oct. 19, I was flipping back and forth between “Monday Night Football” and my usual Monday night TV shows in anticipation for the fulllength trailer of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to air.

When I went on Twitter to tweet my excitement over the fact that my favorite childhood movies would be continued, I noticed that #BoycottStarWars was trending.

I didn’t know why people would want to boycott it because, to me, it looked fantastic. But apparently some people had issues with it.

The film is being accused of pushing a multicultural agenda because none of the three main characters are white males — Daisy Ridley is a woman, John Boyega is black and Oscar Isaac is Guatemalan-American.

I’ve said many things are ridiculous over the years, but I think this hashtag and the reasoning behind it are definitely the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. “Star Wars” isn’t promoting “white genocide” at all. I wasn’t upset or threatened by casting choices. The only thing I’m upset about is that I have to wait until December to see this film.

What these critics seem to be forgetting is that the previous “Star Wars” films have featured three African-American actors in roles: Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu and James Earl Jones, who voiced Darth Vader.

Yes, there were more white actors involved in the films and they did lack diversity, but at least they weren’t entirely white films. Why shouldn’t nonwhite actors be involved in this film? “Star Wars” can have weird aliens who speak incoherent languages, but can’t have a diverse cast?

Many have been calling for more diversity in Hollywood films. Back in February, when the Oscar nominations came out, many were upset because of how white the list of nominees was. Hollywood is starting to realize it has a problem, and while it’s nowhere near fixing it, it’s starting to make progress.

I highly doubt that director J.J. Abrams purposely cast these three actors so he could promote some secret political agenda. I think he cast Ridley, Boyega and Issac simply because they were the best actors for the job. From watching the highly anticipated trailer, I think they’re off to proving that they are.

I’ve become very open to the new “Star Wars” movie KELSEY HARDING / THE BREEZE and what it’s going to offer. From the trailer, the casting and the storyline looked fantastic. The important thing is that Abrams is continuing George Lucas’ franchise with dignity. If he can do that, then it doesn’t matter who’s cast.

Hayley Moore is a senior history and writing, rhetoric and technical communication double major. Contact Hayley at moorehe@dukes.jmu. edu.

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recommendation of the week TV: “Sense8” (2015 - Present) 1 season (all on Netflix)

In this day and age, it seems like most filmmakers and TV show producers are looking to recreate the greats. From “Spiderman” to “Heroes” and now even “Gilmore Girls,” there are a lot of new twists on old ideas.

If you’re anything like me, you’re becoming more and more interested in original content, no matter how much you love feeling nostalgic every now and then.

“Sense8” is here to save you from all these recycled stories.

The Netflix original series follows eight people across the globe who realize they can connect to each others’ minds and bodies without ever meeting. They don’t know why or how, a conundrum that hooks the viewer from the very beginning.

I’ll admit that when I started the first

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A “come-on-guys-you’rebetter-than-that” dart to all of the students who left the convo lot covered in trash and bodily fluids after the Homecoming tailgates.

From two 2012 alumnae who were ashamed and disgusted to see our beautiful university disrespected like that.

A “how-dare-you-destroysomething-we-love” dart to JMU for deciding to tear down D-Hall.

From a 2012 alum who lived on Tater Tots and buffalo mash.

A “praise-the-Quad-Gods” pat to the Quad for providing me with a new pair of sunglasses.

From an alum who was too cheap to purchase a quality pair.

A “thank-you-for-beingconsiderate-of-others” pat to the guy who went back and picked up the napkin he dropped at E-Hall Sunday night.

From a student worker who rarely sees anyone acknowledge E-Hall employees as people.

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A “want-some-cheese-withthat-whine?” dart to all of the students who love to have something to complain about.

From an alum who thinks you’ll need to start toughening up for life outside the “JMU Bubble” if all you can talk about is compostable straws and Parking Services.

An “on-your-left” dart to the guy on his bike who nearly hit my puppy and me, even though we would’ve gladly gotten out of your way if we knew you were coming.

From a Duke whose puppy is now terrified of bikes.

A “give-me-a-break” dart to the guy in the blue hoodie and khaki pants who walked his trash up the path on University just to discard it in the woods by Convo.

From the two faculty members who called you out.

A “campus-was-prettierwhen-we-ran-naked” dart to the freshmen stealing bricks.

From a smoke-show alum who wonders if you’re too fat for real traditions.

episode, I wasn’t sure I would continue.

It’s a lot more bizarre than the rest of the series, and beware — the first 10 minutes include some pretty graphic content. But by the end of it, although I still wasn’t sure if I liked it, I had to know more.

Now I can say I’m definitely a fan of “Sense8.” The show has a fresh, new plot that’s exciting and horrific (in a good way), following the “sensates” as they try to figure out what’s happening to them.

It perfectly balances sci-fi and real life, with each character getting a beautifully performed story that’s true to the human experience.

If you’re still not convinced, I’ll leave you with a quote from the show that captures the foundation of the story.

“This is what life is: fear, rage, desire … love. To stop feeling emotions, to stop wanting to feel them, is to feel … death.”

A “you-brought-the-secondrevival-with-John-Fogerty” pat to the Madison Project for taking time out of your Homecoming celebration to take part in a perfect marriage proposal.

From a groupie alum who was blown away by your serenade and can’t wait to start planning a purple and gold wedding.

A “why-are-you-trashingyour-own-house?” dart to the Quad brick thieves.

From an alum who doesn’t understand how vandalizing your own beautiful school could possibly have turned into tradition.

A “thanks-for-defendingmy-favorite-holiday” pat to the columnist who wrote about Halloween costumes.

From a student who understands the argument for controversial costumes, but also remembers that Halloween is a fun night where you can be whoever you want.

A “take-your-blinders-offand-open-your-eyes” dart to the person in the last Darts & Pats who said it was dumb not to donate to JMU. From a student who has experienced plenty of wrongdoing at JMU and refuses to give into the happiest-place-on-earth cult and won’t be donating money that’ll most likely go to athletics.

A “you-guys-rock” pat to JMU CIT for hosting a great conference on Monday in Festival.

From a first-time student attendee who will be coming back next year.

A “watch-where-you’regoing” dart to the kid who almost impaled me and another girl with his umbrella.

From a girl who thinks you probably shouldn’t walk backward next time.

A “check-your-privilege” dart to the opinion columnist encouraging people to dress offensively for Halloween.

From someone who knows that holidays aren’t excuses to be insensitive.

A “you’re-not-all-evil” pat to Parking Services for not giving me a ticket.

From a senior who didn’t feel like walking in the rain.

A “have-some-pride-in-yourwork” dart to Bistro 1908 for thinking that sprinkling chicken and drizzling buffalo sauce on plain pizza automatically makes it “buffalo chicken pizza.”

From a disgruntled patron who knows you can do better.

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I’ve never been big on reality TV, or any type of TV for that matter, so it was really eye-opening to me to watch an episode of probably one of the worst shows that’s ever graced the screens — “Bad Girls Club.” Thanks to a friend of mine, I sat through two episodes of the show, completely mesmerized by the amount of ignorance, disrespect, violence, misogyny and all-around craziness.

I couldn’t believe how our media has deteriorated to the point where such shows even exist, giving a platform to possibly the worst types of females and no doubt influencing some young viewers. It’s depressing to know that such shows exist because of how profitable and popular they’ve become.

But there’s another fact that struck me as particularly saddening. One of the most “exciting” scenes was one where the girls got in a huge fight and started breaking furniture, throwing around belongings, pulling hair and cursing up a storm. The set’s security tried to stop the fight, but alas, the fight went down anyway. What struck me wasn’t that scene, but what came after it. One of the producers came out to speak to the girls who initiated the fight. She was a very well-dressed woman, spoke eloquently and was very calm, considering a huge fight had just broken out. Seeing that woman reaffirmed the fact that some elites have no problem profiting from and exploiting those who are less fortunate.

For example, this producer was an educated woman who was fortunate enough to be successful.

She didn’t have to use her body for sexual allure on some crazy reality TV show to make a few extra bucks.

She respected herself enough to not get involved in a lifestyle that would belittle her intelligence and make her act like a caged rabid animal amongst other caged rabid animals.

Instead, she was part of a system that degraded women, waiting for them to fight or act recklessly in order to increase views, thus maximizing the show’s profit.

How different is this from people who train dogs to fight, putting money on whichever dog they think can maul the other? I’m sure we can all remember the outrage that broke out when it was first revealed that Michael Vick was involved in dogfighting. How come no one is outraged by the fact that there are people who are involved in and profiting from degrading women in the same manner?

To prove this point even further, the producer said she had lost an investment, speaking on the girls who were kicked off the show after reacting to the instigators. Obviously, her prime concern wasn’t even that the girls acted immaturely, but that she regrets wasting money and time on girls who got kicked off the show.

It made me wonder why this producer, and hundreds more like her, can’t instead invest in empowering and educating girls like the ones who end up on “Bad Girls Club” and other shows of that sort. Why not teach these young girls to use their brains and to respect themselves as more than just a commodity being put up for sale?

We’ve all made mistakes that have made us wonder if we’ve devalued or degraded ourselves, but to profit off devaluing and degrading others is a whole different story. I can go on a “why does capitalism suck?” rant right now, but I’ll leave that for another article. For now, however, I’d like for us to really think about the shows we watch, what notions they perpetuate and what stereotypes they feed into, all for the sake of money.

Nahla Aboutabl is a senior political science and international affairs double major. Contact Nahla at aboutanm@dukes.jmu.edu.

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New secret society comes to campus

By MATT MURPHY The Breeze

Shhh! Don’t let this get out. There’s a new secret society on JMU’s campus that’s beginning to recruit new members, and you could be one of them. Everyone knows that the In8 Society is one of the only games in town when it comes to secret organizations on campus, but that’s all about to change. How you might ask? Well, we don’t know much, but we can share what we do know.

First off, it seems that this new organization is so secret that no one knows its name or who’s in charge of it. Maybe one student is in charge, or maybe a dozen students.

Hell, a bear could be in charge of it. Maybe even a family of bears. It wouldn’t be farfetched to suggest that the leadership is made up of a hybrid of bears and students.

We just don’t know, and no one should bet on finding out either.

You may also be asking how you get into an organization such as this, or what kind

of people they’re looking for. The truth is that no one has any idea about that either.

We can assume that they would probably accept whomever, and that it probably would be good if the person were cool and maybe nice. All we can know for sure is that there’s a secret organization and you might have a chance at getting in.

So what does this group do? Now we’re talking. We know for a fact that they have meetings occasionally in which they discuss their initiatives. At these meetings, they may even plan future meetings. Surely they’d be located around JMU, so what they’re doing would have to be related to the campus, right? I mean, really, your guess is as good as mine. But get excited to meet somewhere and to eventually have plans if you join this secret organization.

To apply, just wait until a full moon and whisper the JMU fight song into a disconnected phone.

CONTACT Matt Murphy at murph4ma@dukes.jmu.edu.

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ALEXANDRA DACZKOWSKI | guest columnist

A dangerous game Five-year teaching program is beneficial of telephone The NRA’s original agenda doesn’t match its current one In kindergarten, one of my favorite games to play The NRA is a misinformation group, throwing money was telephone. We would all gather in a circle and try into negative ads against candidates who support and relay a phrase from one end to the other. It became sensible gun reform and spewing offensive drivel after commonplace that someone would mess it up so that, the seemingly routine mass killings in our country. The by the end, the last person would announce something NRA uses fear — fear of the government taking away completely different from the original phrase; the lesson guns, fear that you won’t be able to protect yourself or being that it only takes one person in a group to change your family, fear that your individual rights will be stolen or obfuscate a message from one thing into something away in the night — to keep its members and Americans vastly different. at large blind to the real effects of the oversaturation of Today, there seems to be a national guns in our society. game of telephone being played. On The NRA’s extensive and effective one end are facts and statistics about state and federal lobby ensures that Once the gun violence and how effectively no national database is established NRA’s toxic or ineffectively current policies are for purchasers of guns in the U.S., thus working to curb it. This message directly helping the illegal gun smuggling mix of falsities travels through the game, and by industries and putting guns in the hands whispered into the end, a perplexing message is of those who exclusively seek to do harm announced — that nothing needs to and the corporations that arm them. our national change, and if it does change, this new Once the NRA’s toxic mix of falsities dialogue, the solution should involve arming more whispered into our national dialogue, the people with guns. conversation was altered permanently. conversation How does this happen? How can It’ll be a long time before their influence was altered striking statistics, like the fact that guns is eroded, because we as voters took in the home are 22 times more likely to what they were saying as the truth, or at permanently. be used to kill or injure in a domestic least as the message that was supposed homicide, suicide or unintentional to be conveyed. shooting than to be used in selfIt would seem, for now at least, that defense, possibly lead people to the our national dialogue is governed by conclusion that more guns are the solution? those who seek to change it for the wrong reasons.

The answer is our nation’s kindergarten classroom, Perhaps one day, children in schools or students in story-modifying, progress-halting, corporation- college will be able to pass a message from one end to beholden troublemaker — the National Rifle the other successfully, all while being unafraid that an Association. It’s become clear that this organization armed intruder will enter their classrooms. doesn’t serve the public in the way it was originally founded to do, which was to serve as a gun education Ian Baxter is a senior political science major. group.

Contact Ian at baxteris@dukes.jmu.edu.

DAVID VAUGHN | letter to the editor

The Breeze headline got it wrong Until this weekend, I’ve always felt that JMU has a distinct lack of school pride. Students leave games early, pass up school events for parties and are notorious for being unsupportive of JMU athletics.

This past Homecoming week, this changed. People talked about the weekend in a different way than usual.

The atmosphere was electrifying, every conversation was about football, plans were for football and almost every student planned their weekend around it.

This is why I was appalled when I read Monday’s headline stating that it was “a weekend to remember,” but “a game to forget.” To say the centerpiece for this weekend should be washed from memory because we didn’t win is ridiculous.

The only reason that ESPN came to campus, that everyone wore purple, that JMU was alive with energy,

was because of our football team. Excitement regarding JMU football has slowly been growing over the course of this year, and it reached a pinnacle at the Homecoming game.

To myself and most other students, this experience has shown how incredible it is to care about my team.

JMU is by no means what anyone would call a football school, but after this past week, I would say we’re on our way.

It’s demeaning for our newspaper to call for the student body to remember the positives of the weekend, but forget what made it all possible. Having school spirit isn’t about winning, it’s about supporting our Dukes no matter the outcome.

David Vaughn is a senior finance major.

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On Oct. 12, there was an article number into perspective, there are over published in The Breeze called “A 1.7 million teachers with a degree above Master of Arts in Teaching shouldn’t be a bachelor’s degree. Obtaining a master’s a requirement,” which discounted and degree in education isn’t an anomaly and arbitrarily bashed the five-year Master of is desired by many teachers in the field.

Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program at JMU. Next, one thing unique to five-year Currently, I’m a student teacher programs is the extra course work for completing my M.A .T. program the master’s degree, which is completed requirements. I found out about the in a calendar year as opposed to two article during a student teaching panel years. If a teacher doesn’t complete a given to current JMU seniors. The article five-year program, the teacher would left four other graduate students, myself, have difficulty achieving a master’s the professor and the class of at least 12 degree when teaching at the same time. seniors feeling baffled and frustrated.

Weighing all the options makes it seem In the article, the author, a former clear and obvious that choosing a fiveJMU graduate of the M.A.T. program, year program where a master’s degree argued that the five-year program was is earned is the better approach than a waste of time and money. Throughout entering the teaching field in any other his article, he criticized the program and way. the requirement of having to go through The author states in his final paragraph a fifth year in order to obtain a teaching that “we need to demand that JMU live license, but he failed to mention and by its own ethos of ‘be the change.’” JMU clarify many things. provides students with an untraditional First, incoming freshman students who program that better prepares them for wish to pursue a degree in education are the teaching field, saves students a year told during Summer Springboard or of schooling and allows them to enter during an information the field at a higher pay session at CHOICES scale. It sounds like the that there’s a required university is holding up to Obtaining a fifth year for the most its own ethos pretty well. master’s degree commonly sought out JMU is unique in education program everything it offers to its in education isn’t areas. So, before even education students. As an anomaly and officially declaring a a student teacher, I feel major, the students are prepared to have my is desired by aware of the required own classroom and be an many teachers fifth year. effective teacher. So, what Next, the author if we have to go to school in the field. stated that “the average for an extra year. Knowing starting salary for a about the additional year teacher in Virginia is for four years and knowing roughly $36,000.” However, according everything the M.A.T. program rewards to the National Education Association, teachers with is enough justification that the average starting teaching salary in JMU is doing the right thing by requiring Virginia was $37,848 even back in the students to obtain a master’s degree to 2012-2013 school year. While this number receive their teaching licenses. is not vastly different, it’s important to Finally, I’ll leave you with this statistic. point out that the average teaching salary Teachers don’t enter the field of teaching for all teachers in the state of Virginia was for the money. It’s never about the money. $53,818 in 2014, according to the Virginia Ask any of the JMU College of Education Department of Education. He also failed professors, faculty or staff. to mention the pay increase a teacher Teachers enter the field of education receives due to earning a master’s degree. to change the lives of students, challenge The Virginia Department of Education students to reach their full potentials and breaks down the pay difference by persuade students to never settle. district. In Fairfax County, a starting The JMU M.A.T. program tries to instill teacher makes $46,756 with a bachelor’s these morals and beliefs in all of their degree and $52,530 with a master’s students. degree. It’s apparent that the pay increase The fifth year is worth the extra money varies from district to district, but the pay and extra degree for our own sake as increase does make a difference when future teachers and the sake of our future years of teaching add up and pay rises. students.

Also, in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics, Alexandra Daczkowski is currently there are over 3.1 million teachers today. completing her Master of Arts in Fifty-six percent of those teachers have a Teaching. Contact Alexandra at master’s degree or higher. Just to put that daczkoaa@dukes.jmu.edu.

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A splash of inspiration JMU senior started Moon River Print Co., makes her own prints

By JULIA NELSON The Breeze

“Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve,” reads one of Moon River Print Co.’s newer pieces, quoting J.K. Rowling. And the woman behind it all, Sydni Brawley, is proving it to be true with her business endeavors.

Brawley got the idea to make a business out of her hand-lettered and painted prints after doing work for her sister’s wedding. She had friends and family who wanted to buy her work and, in February, decided to start Moon River Print Co., named after the Academy Awardwinning song that’s sung by Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

“A week after getting my business license, I walked into Tweed with this binder I called the ‘Big Book of Pretty Little Things,’ and walked out with my first deal with over a thousand dollars of product ordered,” Brawley, a senior theatre major, said. “That was a good sign.”

Tweed is a gift shop in Brawley’s native Richmond, Virginia, and the first place she sold Moon River Print Co. products. She also sells in The Lady Jane, a Jane Austen-inspired vintage home decor shop in downtown Harrisonburg.

Brawley met the owner of The Lady Jane, JMU alumna Sara Christensen (’09), through a mutual friend once she got Moon River Print Co. off the ground. Christensen loved her work and had Brawley specifically design a line of Jane Austen quotes for the store.

The line did so well that The Lady Jane featured Brawley as an artist of the month through First Fridays Downtown Harrisonburg in May. “Sydni sold more prints and pieces than we’ve ever sold for a First Friday, so we talked about her joining us more permanently,” Christensen said.

Brawley has been selling Moon River Print Co. pieces in the store ever since.

Tweed and The Lady Jane are Brawley’s only brick and mortar places of business, but customers can also message Moon River Print Co.’s Facebook and Instagram pages to buy prints.

Her prints are hand-lettered quotes with watercolor accents from literary and pop culture inspirations, ranging from “Parks and Recreation” to “Pride and Prejudice.” She focuses on a single theme for each collection, which she releases seasonally. This fall’s

collection is literature themed.

“I designed that entire collection listening to ‘Harry Potter’ on audiobook,” Brawley said. “It has a J.K. Rowling and a Dumbledore quote.”

Most of Brawley’s products are reproductions that she originally hand letters and paints on watercolor paper, then scans and prints on high-quality cardstock. She sells 5-by-7 prints for $12 and 8-by-10 prints for $20. She offers custom work as well.

“What I really love to do are custom commissioned pieces because that allows me to work specifically with someone and really learn their story,” Brawley said.

Professors all throughout the School of Theatre and Dance have Brawley’s prints hanging in their offices and classrooms. One of them even commissioned her to do her biggest piece yet, a 30-by-36 quote by Anne Bogart.

“People like the idea of being able to customize something for themselves,” Annie Swain, a senior communication studies and writing, rhetoric and technical communication double major, said. “It’s like they get to have a say in the art as well. I’m not artistic at all, but If I wanted a certain quote, I could have her do it and it would be like I had a part in the artwork.”

Swain is one of Brawley’s housemates and is currently acting as Brawley’s intern for the semester. She’s taking WRTC 480, Writing for Business and Industry, which requires her to log 20 hours with a local business.

“She doesn’t have a website right now, so I’m building her one so she can have a formal place to sell,” Swain said.

Swain also helps Brawley with marketing Moon River Print Co. and writing social media posts so her customers understand what she does.

“It’s kind of engulfed her,” Swain said. “You can walk in her room at any point and she has prints all over her desk. Even though she’s a student, it’s something she’s really dedicated to.”

Swain’s passion for her business is something she hopes to continue after graduation.

“I like to work with people and interact with people,” Brawley said. “And it’s just so amazing to me that this is how I’m getting to do that.”

CONTACT Julia Nelson at nelso3jl@dukes.jmu.edu.

PHOTOS BY MARSHAL RIGGS / THE BREEZE

TOP Sydni Brawley sells 5-by-7 prints for $12 and 8-by-10 prints for $20. BOTTOM LEFT Brawley, a senior theatre major, sells her prints at The Lady Jane, a vintage home decor shop in downtown Harrisonburg. BOTTOM RIGHT Brawley takes most of her inspiration from literature and pop culture.

Making it rain Generation Financial Knowledge Development club comes to JMU

COURTESY OF VALERIE CATERIANO

Chris Koopman, a fellow with the Project for the Study of American Capitalism at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, discusses shared economy at a GenFKD event two weeks ago.

By CAROLINE JANSEN contributing writer

College students often spend countless hours in the library studying math, biology and English. But what about understanding how to balance a checkbook, file taxes and pay off student loans? What are college students to do when they graduate without these basic life skills?

To curb this issue, Jesse Jacobs and Justin Dent founded Generation Financial Knowledge Development (GenFKD). GenFKD is a nonpartisan organization with a less than discreet reference to the word alluding to an unfavorable future. The organization has one goal in mind: educating today’s youth on economic and political policies in a fun and enlightening way.

JMU officially recognized GenFKD as a campus organization on Oct. 14, and its founding members couldn’t be more enthused.

Valerie Cateriano, a junior business management major, is a national fellow for GenFKD, representing the JMU chapter.

“We are essentially trying to help millennials become more financially knowledgeable,” Cateriano said.

Through club meetings and guest speakers, students are learning these necessary life skills.

“We’re learning how to do taxes, loans, everything we should know but isn’t taught in a classroom anywhere,” Cateriano added.

Bridget DeMott, a junior interdisciplinary liberal studies major and co-founder of GenFKD at JMU, stressed the importance of learning about these issues in order to become a knowledgeable citizen.

“We tune out to these issues because we think they

don’t apply to us,” DeMott said. “Especially for me personally, for a while I thought I was in a ‘JMU bubble.’ I thought all I needed to focus on was college and what that means for me. But there are so many global issues that affect our college careers that are important to know about.”

“I think that GenFKD will be able to stimulate understanding and conversation about many issues that are facing our generation and the world.”

Nicole Carothers junior marketing major

Cateriano was forced to confront these issues in a different way than most.

“I pay for school myself so I have to look into loans and taxes — I had to do my taxes for the first time last year,” Cateriano said. “I became more interested and fascinated with it because it’s something you don’t ever learn about but it is so applicable. You are going to use it.”

Despite only being recognized two weeks ago, GenFKD at JMU has already co-hosted a guest speaker event with Madison Investment Fund. On Oct. 19, Chris Koopman, a fellow with the Project for the Study of American Capitalism at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University,

discussed shared economy, a socio-economic system that focuses on sharing human and physical resources.

“At our event we had a really good turnout — 40 to 50 people came,” DeMott said. “A lot of those people stayed after to ask questions to the speaker” The national organization of GenFKD gave the JMU chapter a choice of issues to address on our campus, and it chose to highlight gender and race minorities in the workforce.

Nicole Carothers, a junior marketing major and cofounder of GenFKD, described how the GenFKD plans to spread awareness on these issues around campus.

“We are going to create videos, brochures and fact sheets, in addition to interactive activities and events,” Carothers said.

In order to reach the largest audience, GenFKD plans to organize a week-long event in the middle of JMU’s campus.

“We might do a week-long campaign on the commons showing the different minorities,” Cateriano said. “Each day will showcase a different one.”

GenFKD wants to highlight the fact that the Harrisonburg community is so diverse, and houses so many minorities.

“I think that GenFKD will be able to stimulate understanding and conversation about many issues that are facing our generation and the world,” Carothers said.

“It will help us enter the world after graduation with a grasp on the issues and the confidence to start making a difference.”

CONTACT Caroline Jansen at jansencr@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Night of the living mediocrity New ‘Goosebumps’ film fails to bring its signature darkness into the light for younger audiences

By MICHAEL CARTER The Breeze

Sleeping in a movie theater is a great way to catch up on some much-needed rest. It’s a dark, cozy environment that’s practically made for napping, especially after stuffing yourself with “Goosebumps” mounds of overpriced popcorn, soda and assort ed candy. But as a critic, PG 103 min.

Starring Jack Black, Dylan I have some obligations when in the theater, so Minnette, Odeya Rush I don’t get to enjoy such pleasures. This is a real shame when watching something like “Goosebumps,” one of the most spectacularly boring movies to be released this year.

“Goosebumps” follows Zach (played by Dylan Minnette), a teenager who has just moved to Madison, Delaware, with his mother. Zach quickly gets to know his new neighbors, Hannah (played by Odeya Rush) and her eccentric father and famous author R.L. Stine (played by Jack Black). Through a series of rather ridiculous events, Zach accidentally unleashes all of the monsters from Stine’s original manuscripts of the “Goosebumps” series into the real world. In order to save their town, Zach and the gang must trap the monsters back in the books, a process that proved much more tedious and exasperating than anything Stine has ever written.

The first of this film’s many problems is the fact that it in no way captures the spirit of Stine’s books. The author has cornered the market on “horror for children,” and as many of us are aware, his books, although written for a young audience, are anything but tame. But, conveniently enough, tame is the exact word I’d use to describe the “Goosebumps” film.

The theater I watched the movie in was, appropriately, full of children, and not once did any of them seem the slightest bit frightened. This immediately indicates that the film is a categorical failure.

Stine didn’t start writing horror stories to mildly amuse his audience. Fear has always been the draw for the “Goosebumps” audience, a fact that even the ’90s TV adaptation understood. But, for whatever reason, the film plays out more like a fantasy romp than anything even the KELSEY HARDING / THE BREEZE slightest bit creepy. The only thing I can attribute

this to is the vision of director Rob Letterman. His previous works include “Shark Tale” (2004) and “Monsters vs.

Aliens” (2009), both of which are children’s movies that weren’t particularly received well by critics. So, in retrospect, it makes sense that “Goosebumps” turned out to be so unimpressive.

But even beyond the simple fact that the movie doesn’t represent Stine’s work in the way that it should, it still doesn’t make any sense. Every twist and turn the plot takes is instigated by some ludicrous leap in logic or unbelievable convenience, which really undercuts the severity of everything that happens on screen.

I know that at this point in my argument, some people might tell me to just chill out because I’m not this film’s target audience, so who cares if it makes sense? As long as the kids are happy, why does it matter?

And, as always, I’ll respond with the Pixar argument.

Just because you’re making a movie targeted at children doesn’t mean it has to be flat-out garbage. There are an innumerable number of films out there geared toward kids that hold up in and out of their genre. “Inside Out,” the first of Pixar’s two films to be released this year, is a perfect example of this. It works for both younger and older audiences because tal- The first of this ented people gave the project film’s many the attention it needed.

“Goosebumps,” unfortunateproblems is ly, didn’t receive the same the fact that treatment.

So at the end of the day, it in no way this film just winds up being a captures big waste of time for everyone the spirit of involved. Black’s portrayal of Stine ended up being one of Stine’s books. little substance because of the lackluster writing behind it, although, as Black is a man of talent, the character could’ve proven very interesting in the hands of the right director with the right script. But since neither of those were at the film’s disposal, “Goosebumps” wound up being a forgettable film punctuated by an overload of special effects and silly dialogue. Some day Stine may find retribution on screen, but that day is certainly a long way off.

Michael Carter is a senior media arts and design major. Contact Michael at carte2md@dukes.jmu. edu.

THORE | ‘Go out into the world and do something that aligns with it’ from front

computer screen. Her show, which airs on every continent, except Antarctica, which she jokingly pointed out, has given her the opportunity to hear from people all over the world.

“I hear from people dealing with disabilities, chronic illnesses, struggling with their gender, their sexuality, even their race,” Thore said.

With over a thousand messages from fans per day, there are still many that stick in Thore’s mind.

“I remember getting this message once from a guy in Lebanon, and he was like, ‘You know, I’m gay, and it’s illegal to be gay here, and I just saw your dance video and I feel like my life’s going to be OK,’” Thore said. “It blows my mind how somehow, people are connecting to it.”

Thore’s message throughout the event was clear — people need to find happiness in themselves.

“I think you should ‘eff ’ other people’s opinions, think about what your purpose is and then go out into the world and do something that aligns with it,” Thore said.

TANNER LESLIE / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Whitney Thore, star of TLC’s “My Big Fat Fabulous Life,” spoke against body shaming Wednesday evening.

CONTACT Mike Dolzer and Ashleigh Balsamo at breezearts@gmail.com and breezeopinion@gmail.com.

Sports

PLAYOffs?

Postseason play for fall sports is beginning.

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Editors Peter Cagno & Richie Bozek Email breezesports@gmail.com

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Women’s Soccer (11-6-2)

Dukes aim for NCAAs JMU looks to perform well in this weekend’s conference tournament in hopes of extending its season

By Bennett Conlin The Breeze

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Redshirt senior goalkeeper Ellen Forrest has recorded 81 saves in 19 games for the Dukes this season.

With the regular season completed, the JMU women’s soccer team still has unfinished business to attend to as it hopes to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2010.

Crucial to the Dukes’ hopes of returning to the big dance is redshirt senior goalkeeper Ellen Forrest. Forrest earned Co-Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week this week for her efforts against Elon University and the College of William & Mary.

“No one deserves that award more than Ellen does,” junior forward and midfielder Ashley Herndon said. “She’s worked her butt off all season doing everything she can … she’s an amazing teammate to have.”

While Forrest’s efforts earned her the award, she credits her successes to the entire team’s defensive efforts.

“I kind of look at it as a team award,” Forrest said. “I really couldn’t do anything I do without the people in front of me. I’m just lucky to have those defenders and everybody else who helps me out.”

Through the regular season, Forrest accumulated 81 saves in 19 games, including a season-high eight saves in a draw against William & Mary last Sunday. She’s allowing just 0.97 goals per game, which has allowed the Dukes to win closely contested games. Nine of JMU’s 11 wins have been by one goal.

“She has come up big for us,” head coach Dave Lombardo said. “We’ve won 11 games … probably half the games that we’ve won were decided because of some huge timely save that she came up with.”

With this season being Forrest’s last, she hopes to finally have the chance to compete in the NCAA tournament.

“It’s my dream,” Forrest said. “To end a career that way is the best thing that could happen.”

The path to the tournament comes in two ways. A team can either get an at-large bid into the based on its body of work during the season, or it can win its conference tournament and receive an automatic bid into the tournament.

Winning the conference tournament would be ideal, however JMU’s Ratings Power Index (RPI) sits at No. 53 in the nation. Sixty-four total teams make up the NCAA tournament, so the Dukes could be in a good spot. However, the tournament selection committee doesn’t go strictly off of the RPI. The selection committee also values wins over teams with RPIs in the top 50.

The Dukes will have some opportunities to beat quality RPI teams in the conference tournament as first round opponent Northeastern University ranks 60th. Should the Dukes win, their would-be second round opponent, Hofstra University, sits at 20th.

“If you go to the championship game and you lose, but in the meantime you’ve covered ground with a couple more high RPI results, that’s something the NCAA selection committee really takes into high regard,” Lombardo said.

If the Dukes do happen to win their first two games and lose in the conference championship game, they will certainly have a chance to make the NCAA tournament. But they’d rather put their fate in their own hands.

“Obviously we don’t want to leave it up to that,” Herndon said. “Northeastern and Hofstra both have high RPIs so if we can get those wins it should help us, but our main focus is just to win the CAA championship.”

Contact Bennett Conlin at conlinbf@dukes.jmu.edu.

Cross Country

CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP

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Dukes prepare for Colonial Athletic Association Championships, work to outrun William & Mary

By Robyn Smith The Breeze

Not even a little 40-degree drizzle would keep these women from hitting the trails. As the leaves change, the temperatures continue to drop. But that doesn’t hold JMU’s cross country team back.

This Saturday, the Dukes will compete in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, and while the College of William & Mary is favored to win, this year, JMU plans on being tough to beat.

“William & Mary is definitely the favorite,” head coach Dave Rinker said. “The hope is that we can go in there and race with them. And then, depending on who has the best day is the team that takes home the trophy.”

Though no one from JMU has been to Laurel Hill Plantation, the Charleston, South Carolina, course the team will compete at on Saturday, both the team’s top three runners and Rinker have heard it’s flat, perhaps a little sandy.

“It’s very similar to courses that we have been racing at, which is good because we have a lot of experience with this type of course so far this season,” junior Carol Strock said.

Though the terrain and intensity of the course aren’t on the team’s list of challenges, the daunting knowledge that William & Mary has won the championship for the past three years in a row is enough. JMU placed first in both the 2010 and 2011 championships, but even that broke a seven-year winning streak for the Tribe.

Rinker said the team’s biggest challenge is overcoming its own self-doubts.

“William & Mary has won the conference for so many years and won it so easy that people line up sometimes

already believing they can’t,” Rinker said. “And we’ve got to go in there and believe that we can win.”

In the team’s most recent race, the Pre-Nationals meet in Louisville, Kentucky, it placed 35th out of 45 teams and the Dukes’ fastest runner was senior Kathleen Stewart.

She placed 88th with a time of 21:03 in the 6K course.

Stewart was out all summer with a tendon injury — the most severe she’s ever had.

“I started running again when I came back in August, so that was good,” Stewart said. “A lot of weeks I’ve been running only five days, but I’ve been able to do all the workouts with the team and everything … My mileage hasn’t been as high as in previous years because I don’t want to do too much too soon.”

Stewart is one of two seniors on the team, and of the two meets she’s raced in so far, she’s led in both. She set the bar high at her first race of the season, placing 10th overall and taking the team to fifth place at the Paul Short Run on Oct. 2. She also set her senior year personal record of 20:51 for a 6K. Up with Stewart have been Strock and fellow junior Tessa Mundell. The three train together in workouts and try to run as a pack in meets. It shows: at Paul Short, Strock and Mundell were 14 seconds apart at 21:00 and 21:14, respectively, less than 30 seconds behind Stewart.

Though the end result is the finishing time, the team has no set goals that are measured in minutes.

“With cross country, the courses differ so much, and it’s all about competing,” Rinker said. “It doesn’t matter how fast you run if you didn’t go out and compete at the best level that you could ... Can they make themselves work harder and put more effort in today than they’ve ever put in their lives? If they do that, then they’ve succeeded.”

In Rinker’s 17 years as JMU’s head cross country coach, he’s seen a lot. But one thing about this year’s team that stands out is its spirit.

“They get along fantastically well,” Rinker said. “There’s no drama. When the team comes in and they’re happy, and they enjoy what they’re doing, and they’re driven to be as good as they can be, that’s all a coach could ever ask for.”

It’s the spirited camaraderie this season that has kept everyone, even those too injured to compete, engaged in the festivities.

This week, the team has made each day a spirit day.

On Tuesday’s practice, each runner wore all black for a ninja theme. Previous days were neon and ’80s workout themed.

“I think something unique about this year is that the team’s really close,” Stewart said. “Everyone’s been getting dressed up and it’s getting everyone really excited for conference. I think the atmosphere and everything is just there so we’re going to do really well.”

The team might not be favored to win this weekend, but that doesn’t stop the runners from encouraging each other to challenge the other teams.

“I think if we just go in there and do what we’re capable of doing, we’re really going to surprise people,” Stewart said. “And we can break up the other team’s top fives and get in there and intermix with William & Mary and see what we can do, and give William & Mary and the other teams a run for their money.”

The 2015 CAA Championships will start at 10 a.m.

Saturday as JMU races against the nine other schools in the CAA. Contact Robyn Smith at breezearts@gmail.com.

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FOOTBALL | Sophomore quarterback Bryan Schor steps in for injured Lee 3. Running game crucial

from front

2. JMU defense must recover quickly Following a game in which the Dukes allowed over 300 yards on the ground as well as more than 400 through the air, the JMU defense is going to need to get back on track quickly if it’s going to stand up against William & Mary this weekend. The Tribe ranks third in total offense in the CAA behind JMU and Richmond, sporting a balanced rushing and passing attack.

“We’ve got a big challenge this week, so we’ve got to get better,” Withers said Monday at the weekly Fan and Press Luncheon at O’Neill’s Grill.

While Richmond posed the bigger threat, William & Mary won’t be a walk in the park. Handling the reins for the Tribe will be junior quarterback Steve Cluley, one of three quarterbacks in the conference to average more than 200 passing yards per game. Leading the way on the ground for the Tribe will be senior running back Kendell Anderson, who tops the CAA in rushing yards with 896 on the year.

When a team loses its quarterback for the season, its offensive success often hinges upon the running game’s ability to pick up the slack. Running backs Cardon Johnson, a redshirt sophomore, and Khalid Abdullah, a junior, have combined for 1,489 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns — both more than any other duo in the entire Football Championship Subdivision. With JMU ranking fourth in the country in rushing yards per game (318.5), the Dukes will look to continue their success on the ground.

While the Tribe ranks pretty well against the run (130 yards per game, fourth in the CAA), they have only faced one opponent with a top-50 rushing attack.

4. Bouncing back The Dukes travel to Williamsburg winners of seven straight on the road, dating back to the 2014 season, and averaging 44.4 points per game over that stretch. They hope to keep that streak alive as they get set to be the visitor in their next two contests, not returning to play at home until Nov. 21 when they face Villanova.

The next several weeks are paramount to JMU, Richmond and William & Mary should they hope to keep their playoff goals alive.

William & Mary now ranks third in the conference, right behind JMU with a 3-1 record in the CAA. Its conference loss came at the hands of Delaware University in a one-point game — 24-23. Its other loss was in a non-conference contest against the University of Virginia — 35-29.

Although Lee will not play the remainder of the season, Withers and the team don’t plan to skip a beat with a new man under center.

“There won’t be any gears switched,” Withers said. “We’re only as good as our two [quarterbacks]. Everybody in our unit has the responsibility to prepare just like a starter.”

For both the Dukes and the Tribe, playoff hopes are riding high on the outcome of this upcoming game. JMU will look to continue to fortify its strength in the running game and shut down the air assault that the Tribe may have planned.

JMU coaches and players were not made available to media this week.

CONTACT Matt Weyrich at weyricma@dukes.jmu.edu.

COMMENTARY

Ejections are unnecessary

By BLAKE GIUSTI The Breeze

There’s no denying that football is very dangerous, particularly for players that are getting hit in the head. In an attempt to make the game safer, the NCAA implemented the “targeting rule.”

The targeting rule is a reviewable penalty for hitting a defenseless player in the head or neck area that results in a 15-yard personal foul, and an automatic ejection. If the penalty happens in the second half of a football game, the player is also suspended for the first half of the next game.

I have no problem with the personal foul and 15 yards that go along with hitting a defenseless player in the head. However, I find a problem in the automatic ejection and potential suspension that comes along with the penalty.

Many of these hits by defenders are incidental. The penalty should stay reviewable, but if the call of a penalty on the field is confirmed, then the automatic ejection should be amended out of the rule. A hit from a first-time offender that’s likely not malicious simply shouldn’t be an ejection.

I understand that it’s impossible to know exactly what the player’s intent

was during the hit, but I would propose that a first-time offender doesn’t get a suspension, but only the penalty. If a player was to receive another targeting penalty in the same season, that’s where I would like to see an ejection and or suspension handed down by the NCAA. There are countless examples of hits that weren’t helmet to helmet hits that resulted in ejections. The first one that comes to mind is Florida State University’s Trey Marshall’s hit on the University of Miami quarterback, Brad Kaaya on Oct. 10. Although Marshall did lead with his head, he hit Kaaya in the chest with his helmet. I can’t fathom how a hit to the chest can be ruled targeting. Especially on a quarterback, whose strike zone to hit is literally only the torso because one can’t hit a quarterback in the legs either.

Rightfully so, safety is a big concern in football of all levels. But the targeting rule needs to be amended. An ejection to a player in a team’s secondary can have a huge impact on the game, and you hate to see a controversial ejection have an impact on the game if it can be avoided. Keep the penalty, but give a first-time offender a second chance. Two targeting penalties in the same season should result in ejection and possible suspension.

CONTACT Blake Giusti at giustipb@dukes.jmu.edu.

Safety is of paramount importance

By JAKE BROD The Breeze

As the college football season approaches the home stretch, there’s one thing that has been a topic of debate all year: the targeting rule. At the start of the 2013 season, the NCAA implemented a new rule that says players who target and contact a defenseless opponent above the shoulders will be assessed a 15-yard penalty and receive an automatic ejection.

Many fans think the penalty is too harsh, but really this rule is one of the best things the NCAA has done in recent memory.

The sole reason for creating this rule was to help limit the amount of head and neck injuries in collegiate football. This course of action is extremely important for protecting the future of the players currently playing in college and also for the sport as a whole.

By enforcing the rule and assessing automatic ejections, this will help discipline and teach players what a dangerous hit really is. For example, if a toddler smacks someone, his parents will most likely send him to timeout to teach him that hitting someone else isn’t an acceptable behavior. While I’m not intending to belittle the situation, this type of discipline is similar to what is being used by giving an automatic ejection for a hit on a defenseless player. These players need to be taught what’s right and what’s wrong, and punishing them for being reckless is the

most efficient way to get the message across.

Another major argument among those who oppose the new targeting rule is that it takes away those big hits that everyone in the stands loves to see on Saturdays. You can almost hear it now, “Why don’t they just make it flag football if they’re not even allowed to hit somebody anymore?” While the targeting rule attempts to eliminate high hits, that doesn’t mean fans won’t see those bone-rattling tackles that everyone loves.

Arguably one of the biggest hits in NCAA football history happened in the 2012 Outback Bowl. University of South Carolina outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney lit up University of Michigan running back Vincent Smith to force a fumble and send Smith’s helmet flying into the stratosphere.

Clowney’s main point of contact was to Smith’s chest and he wrapped his arms around Smith to secure the tackle. It was a textbook play and a perfect example of how the targeting rule doesn’t negatively affect the product of play on the field.

At the end of the day, there are always going to be people who try to find a flaw in a new rule. However, there are many more positives than negatives when it comes to the targeting rule. The ultimate goal is to have the players change their behaviors without drastically changing the game that everyone loves.

CONTACT Jake Brod at brodjt@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Takeaways from media day Colonial Athletic Association Media Day for men’s and women’s basketball was held on Tuesday in Baltimore Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Men’s basketball was picked to finish second in the Colonial Athletic Association this season, behind only Hofstra University. The preseason poll was revealed Tuesday at CAA Media Day in Baltimore.

Last season, the Dukes finished 19-14, 12-6 CAA, and shared the regular season title with Northeastern University, the College of William & Mary and University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It was the first regular-season title for JMU since the 1999-2000 season.

Senior guard Ron Curry was named to the Preseason All-CAA First Team and junior forward Yohanny Dalembert was named to the preseason AllCAA Second Team.

In 2014, Curry averaged 13.9 points per game and 4.3 assists per game and was named Second Team AllCAA. Dalembert averaged 11.4 points per game and six rebounds per game and earned JMU’s first CAA-All Defensive Team honors in 20 years. Both played and started all 33 games for the Dukes last year.

The women’s basketball team was selected to finish as champions of the Colonial Athletic Association for a third year in a row, according to a vote by the league’s head coaches at CAA Media Day on Tuesday in Baltimore. The Dukes are coming off a record-breaking season after posting a 29-4 overall record, 17-1 in the CAA in 2014-15.

Redshirt senior guard Jazmon Gwathmey was selected as the 2015-16 CAA Preseason Player of the Year. This comes after Gwathmey posted a double-double in the 2014-15 CAA Championship victory over Hofstra University, which earned her the CAA Most Outstanding Player honors. Along with Gwathmey, senior guards Angela Mickens and Ashley Perez were also selected to the Preseason All-CAA First Team.

Earlier this month it was announced that the reigning CAA Player of the Year, redshirt senior guard Precious Hall, will miss the entire 2015-16 season due to a torn ACL. Hall averaged 20.8 points per game last season, while Gwathmey, Mickens and Perez added 9.4, 7.6 and 9.4 points per game, respectively.

-staff report

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