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Money was on the minds of faculty members present at the Faculty Senate meeting as they discussed how to disburse the 2 percent raise approved by the administration and a possible tuition reduction for the dependents of faculty members. The body weighed up two possible options for the raise, which will take effect in November: either an across-the-board increase or a merit-based increase. Faculty compensation has been a hot topic dominating Faculty Senate meetings in the past, as faculty members had a 5.5 percent raise during the 2013-14 academic year, the first in five years. While Faculty Senate speaker and integrated science and technology professor David McGraw said President Jon Alger was doing the most he could to guarantee another raise, the senate wasn’t expecting to see one following a state budget shortfall. However, during Thursday’s meeting it was
announced that the administration managed to budget a 2 percent raise for faculty members, which McGraw said was unusual for an economically difficult year. “In carrying a conversation with some faculty members who have been here a lot longer than me, they’ve indicated that basically in a year in which the state has done a reversion — in other words taken money back — there has never been a salary increase,” McGraw said. maggie graff / the breeze The announcement was previFaculty Senate speaker and integrated science and technology ously relayed to faculty via email last Wednesday. At the meeting many professor David McGraw addresses the faculty during Thursday’s faculty members expressed their meeting. appreciation of the measure taken by grateful for that,” Alex Leidholdt, a professor of media the administration. arts and design and Faculty Senate member, said. “It’s very impressive the administration managed to accomplish this, I think the faculty are very see senate, page 5
Blinded by the light JMU student creates product to protect eyesight while driving
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Junior interdisciplinary liberal studies major Sam Hogan has a patent pending for his invention, Sight Shield, a translucent film designed to protect drivers’ eyes from harmful LED headlights.
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Sam Hogan had no idea he was starting his life as an entrepreneur when he was sitting in his entrepreneur class at Northern Virginia Community College back in 2010. The goal of the class was to find a problem and then create a solution. Hogan thought about his biggest pet peeve — headlight glare. He started to develop Sight Shield, a two-ply film that goes on a car’s side-view mirrors. The film is designed to protect the eyes from the damaging effects of newer, brighter LED headlights. Hogan, now a junior interdisciplinary
liberal studies major at JMU, researched optometry to learn about headlight glare affects the eyes. Through his research, he learned that the glare is a major contributor to age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. To his surprise, there are currently no government regulations for LED headlights. Sight Shield is a combination of yellow translucent and charcoal film that, when laminated together, transforms harmful blueand-white LED light into yellow light, which is safer for the eyes. Hogan originally planned to put the film on the windshield, but then learned that
it was illegal. “I was driving home on 81, going back to school, and my dad told me to slow down. I was going 65 in a 70. Everyone was passing me on my left and I was getting so annoyed. And then it hit me. Duh, move [the film] to my mirrors,” Hogan said. Hogan realized that if he put the film on the car’s side-view mirrors instead of the windshield, it could still protect the driver’s eyes from the headlight glare of cars passing on the right. Aaron Humphreys, a senior exercise science major, has one of the first prototypes of Sight Shield on his black Volkswagen Jetta. see shield, page 10
Pedestrian causes accident Individual charged with public intoxication after being hit
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A car accident involving an intoxicated individual led the Harrisonburg Police Department to the intersection of South Main Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way late Thursday night. A pedestrian was crossing MLK Way when he was hit by a car that was turning on to South Main Street. The individual was
then charged with public intoxication, according to Sgt. Ron Howard of the Harrisonburg Police Department. It has not yet been confirmed that the pedestrian was a JMU student and additional details about the incident weren’t immediately available. The driver that hit the pedestrian wasn’t charged with
anything, according to Howard, and the intoxicated individual was taken to Sentara RMH Medical Center, where he was treated for some minor injuries. Howard said that he believes the individual was later brought to the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail. -staff report
When caught drinking underage, most JMU students receive strikes or citations as warnings — but there are some who experience more serious consequences. Two weekends ago, two Reserve Officer Training Corps. (ROTC) students received drunk in public citations from the Harrisonburg Police Department. As a result, they received a counseling review from their superiors, wrote a paper about what happened and what they learned from it and had to work through an online simulation model related to drinking, according to Maj. Col. Showalter, department head of military science. Showalter said that when ROTC students make the decision to drink, it’s bigger than just a bad choice. “It’s one of those things that you want to have as an officer - a security clearance - and your judgment when you handle that material is expected to be high,” Showalter said. “And when you can’t handle alcohol, something you have available to you at any time, that puts a strike on your judgment.” He also shared that drinking too much goes against the Army’s values. “The thing is, we’re trying to take a citizen — a young person at that — and trying to transform their beliefs, bring them in line with what the Army values are [and] be a leader of character,” Showalter said. He said that this is an important aspect for the cadets’ futures. “We are trying to bend them, mold them, shape them to be a leader in the Army,” Showalter said. Part of the consequences that these students faced for drinking and receiving drunk in public citations was an online simulation, a common punishment for students who are caught drinking. During the online simulation, JMU students go through hypothetical scenarios which have certain results depending on the choices they click on throughout the simulation. “The video goes on to show you later on that what you decided today may see rotc, page 3
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WASHINGTON — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant posted a video on Friday showing the beheading of a British aid worker in retaliation for Britain’s decision to join the U.S.-backed air campaign against the Islamist extremist group in Iraq. Alan Henning, 47, a former taxi driver and father of two from the town of Eccles, would be the fourth Westerner executed by the al-Qaida spinoff since August. Henning’s executioner appeared to be the same black-clad militant, believed to be a British Muslim, who murdered American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid worker David Haines in previous videos. At the end of the video, he threatened to kill a man identified as Peter Edward Kassig, an aid worker from Indiana whose captivity had not been publicized. A friend, who asked not to be further identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed that the man in the video was Kassig, a former U.S. soldier who established a small humanitarian aid operation in Turkey for Syrian refugees. The video of Henning’s execution
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Some student protestors agree to back down in China Tribune News Service
HONG KONG — Nearly a week after students started occupying public spaces in Hong Kong, protest groups agreed Sunday to give up some of their ground, but it was unclear if all occupiers would comply. The anti-authoritarian nature of the protests has propelled thousands of young Hong Kong residents to take to the street in defiance of the Chinese government. But it also made it harder for student leaders and their supporters
to persuade street activists to retreat and consolidate elsewhere, if only for their own safety. Some student leaders were convinced that police might use deadly force if steps were not taken to reopen some thoroughfares to traffic before the Monday morning rush hour. A core group of occupiers reportedly voted to retreat from Mong Kok, on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, where crowds of angry men started attacking protesters Friday, demanding that streets be reopened. But despite that vote, some protesters refused to leave the site. As of 11 p.m., hundreds of students and their supporters could be seen filling the protest site, with increasing numbers of police. There was similar defiance to a call by student leaders to end a human blockade in front of the offices of Hong Kong’s chief executive late Sunday. The deal was announced after a handshake between a police officer and a protest leader in a green shirt, who turned out to be Joe Yeung, a former auxiliary Hong Kong policeman, according to the South China Morning Post and other local media. A friend told the Morning Post that Yeung had left the auxiliary some time ago to join the protests, But the revelation led other protesters to assume Yeung was a police plant. They rushed toward Lung Wo Road, the entrance to the chief executive’s office, and barricaded it again later.
Mexican drug boss arrests create policial pressure Tribune News Service
MEXICO CITY — It’s a recurring pattern in Mexico. Authorities capture an alleged drug kingpin, and politicians tremble, fearing news leaks about even casual contacts with him or his coterie. It happened again this week. Authorities detained Hector Beltran Leyva, the head of an offshoot of the Sinaloa Cartel that grew into a formidable rival narcotics gang. Beltran Leyva was captured Wednesday as he dined at a restaurant in San Miguel de Allende. Eating seafood at Mario’s Mariscos Frescos with him — and arrested along with him — was a man authorities described as the Beltran Leyva cartel’s financial brains, German Goyeneche Ortega. While Beltran Leyva lived a discreet life in the city of Queretaro, far away from his cartel’s main operating centers, Goyeneche was anything but circumspect, socializing with politicians, impresarios and entertainment figures in his adopted hometown of San Miguel de Allende. Compiled from Tribune News Service.
NATIONAL NEWS DC stays Ebola-free, health officials look into Dallas patients Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Medical officials in the nation’s capital have ruled out the possibility that a patient who had traveled to Nigeria was infected with the Ebola virus. The likelihood that a second case of the deadly disease had surfaced at the Howard University Hospital, and beyond Dallas, where the only confirmed instance of Ebola has so far been found, set off alarm bells yesterday among local and national health officials. In a statement Saturday, hospital spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton said: “In keeping with infection control protocols and in an abundance of caution, our medical team remains ever vigilant and takes proactive steps to quickly identify, isolate and screen any individual who presents with signs or symptoms of communicable diseases.” Meanwhile, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that health
officials had assessed 114 possible contacts with the Ebola patient in Dallas, Thomas Eric Duncan, and narrowed those down to nine people who are “definite contacts” at high risk of contracting the virus. These include Duncan’s family members and health care workers who treated him. Forty-six other possible contacts with Duncan are also being monitored. They include patients who may have been in the ambulance after it brought him to the hospital. So far, none of the high-risk individuals and 45 of the 46 possible contacts have shown symptoms of Ebola infection, said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC.
Polls show Hillary Clinton as favorite for variety of political views Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has a comfortable lead among Democrats for the 2016 presidential nomination, while the Republican race remains a free-for-all, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. Clinton was the top choice of 64 percent of
Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. She showed strong appeal among virtually every demographic and political group. “She’s jogging around the track with no serious competition,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in New York, which conducted the Sept. 24-29 poll. A former secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York and first lady, Clinton has been a front-runner before. In 2008 she was doing well at this early stage, but she lost the nomination to Barack Obama, then a Democratic senator from Illinois. She had shown a hint of vulnerability this summer during her tour to promote her memoir, “Hard Choices.” Clinton was hurt by her assertion that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, were “dead broke” after leaving the White House in 2001 because of mortgages and daughter Chelsea’s college tuition. Since then, Clinton has been campaigning for 2014 candidates. Last month she visited Iowa, traditionally the nation’s first presidential caucus state. Clinton got a warm greeting from thousands of people gathered at an Indianola farm, where she said she was thinking about running. Many at that event said they wanted to hear from other candidates, but the poll shows that no other Democrats have so far caught on.
Sexual assault reports rise on GA campuses The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATLANTA — Georgia college campuses reported dozens of sexual assaults this week to federal education officials. New reports have jumped at most of Georgia’s larger universities, including UGA, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State and Georgia Southern. School officials attribute the rise to better outreach, leading to more students coming forward. In Georgia, the university system in August convened a committee and pledged a review due out later this year of how colleges handle sexual assault complaints. The new data released this week covers 2013 and shows Emory University still has the highest number of reported sexual assaults among the Georgia campuses, although their tally declined slightly to 22 — down from 25 the previous year. Also in Atlanta, Morehouse College saw sexual assault reports soar to 10 in 2013, up from none the year before. Compiled from Tribune News Service.
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Railroad crossing undergoes rennovations Beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7 a.m., Norfolk Southern will begin work on a railroad crossing on Maryland Avenue, between South Main Street and South High Street, effectively closing the road to through traffic. Crews will be upgrading the crossing and work is expected to be complete by Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. Through traffic won’t be allowed in these areas during work. Motorists are asked to find an alternate route. During this time, electronic billboards provided by the Public Works Department will alert commuters and the public to the ongoing work in the area and the temporary traffic changes.
Local schools encourage exercise About 3,500 students from Rockingham County Public Schools and Harrisonburg Public Schools will be celebrating International Walk to School Day, which officially begins this Wednesday. The week-long event, which begins today at 8 a.m. at Waterman Elementary, will also include parents, teachers and community leaders. Participants will walk the school track until 8:30 a.m. and other schools in the area will walk on designated days throughout the week. The event is meant to remind everyone of the benefit of walking to school, the need for safe places to walk and bike and the health benefits of regular exercise. richmond
Va. hospitals prepare for Ebola virus Hospitals throughout the Richmond area have begun preparing for any patients with the Ebola virus that could walk through their doors, according to The Roanoke Times. Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital has ordered extra fluid-resistant gowns while health workers at the VCU Medical Center have practiced putting on protective gear. The staff at HCA Virginia Hospital routinely asks patients about their traveling history, including recent travels to foreign countries. “I feel that we’re quite well prepared in the rare circumstance, quite honestly, that a patient should come in with Ebola,” said Dr. Michael Menen, chief medical officer for HCA’s Chippenham and Johnston-Willis hospitals. Virginia hospital officials, first responders and public health leaders are looking over and updating plans to prepare themselves for infectious disease outbreaks in response to the Sept. 30 diagnosis of a man in Texas.
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Aaron Evans, an astronomer and professor in the Department of Astronomy at U.Va., addresses an audience Thursday night in the Wilson Hall auditorium. Evans presented the first of the year’s four public talks hosted by the John C. Wells Planetarium.
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for the year was Evans’ presentation focused on galaxy collisions, starbursts and black holes.
In about five billion years, it’s predicted that our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the “Unless we end up blowing Andromeda galaxy — destroyourselves up or something ing Earth and any existing life in the process. But Aaron like that, I have no concern Evans, an astronomer and a that in five billion years professor in the Department of Astronomy at the Universiwe will have perfected ty of Virginia, is confident that that. I think within that humanity will have traveled far from danger by then. period of time, we’ll be “Unless we end up blowing so adept at space travel ourselves up or something like that, I have no concern that in that it won’t be an issue.” five billion years we will have perfected that,” Evans said. Aaron Evans astronomer and professor “I think within that period of in the Department of time, we’ll be so adept at space Astronomy at U.Va. travel that it won’t be an issue.” Thursday evening, students and members of the community came together in Wilson Hall’s auditorium to hear a pubEvans’ presentation focused lic science talk presented by Evans on how he and other scientists and hosted by the John C. Wells used ground and space-based Planetarium. The first of four talks telescopes to detect infrared light
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A $10-million lawsuit has been directed at a former Virginia Wesleyan College lacrosse player accused of rape. According to WKRT, the $10-million lawsuit filed yesterday in Norfolk states, “The College knew that male students were drugging female students, rendering them incapacitated, and raping them,” as security guards and college officials turned a blind eye. The assault says that the female victim, who is filing the lawsuit under the name Jane Doe, was taken to a lacrosse party in 2012 during her freshman year at Virginia Wesleyan. After leaving the party, the lawsuit alleges that the girl was followed home by an upperclassman on the lacrosse team, who forced her into his room and raped her. The suit goes on to say the attack left Jane Doe “battered, bruised and bloodied.” A security guard later “witnessed her bloody shorts, yet offered no assistance.” The victim’s lawyer says the student accused of rape was never criminally prosecuted and according to college documents included in the lawsuit, the college initially expelled the student, but later reversed its decision, allowing the accused student to transfer to another college. According to her lawyer, the female student has needed psychological help and
Tips are slowly pouring in as teams continue to look for 18-year-old Hannah Graham, who disappeared Sept. 13. On Saturday, 110 people, including 60 police officers, 20 sheriff’s deputies, and state park rangers, went out to look for evidence leading to Graham’s whereabouts, according to The Roanoke Times. Uniformed officers, who were riding ATVs, also combed farmland last week and hunters have been asked to remain vigilant as they hunt in rural areas. Last Monday, state police said that they found a forensic link between Jesse Matthews, who was charged with Graham’s abduction and intent to defile, and Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who went missing Oct. 17, 2009. Harrington’s remains were found in an Albemarle County field several months after her disappearance. Police linked Matthew’s DNA to a sexual assault case that took place in Fairfax in 2005. Matthew, however, has not been charged in relation to the Harrington case. In a statement released by Graham’s parents on Saturday, the mother and father thanked those who helped in searching for their daughter who has been missing for over three weeks now.
emissions from colliding galaxies. Using technology such as the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), they detected certain regions of intense luminosity, likely containing massive star formations and black hole activity. “These galaxies are so far away, that the probability of traveling to them is pretty infeasible,” Evans said. “But what we will learn, simply by studying them, is the kinds of star formation we may see in our own galaxy occurring around the time that Andromeda and our own galaxy, the Milky Way, essentially merge together.” Black holes get their name from their heaviness and density, which prevents light from escaping their grasp. In certain cases, black holes can be extraordinarily bright because of a hot, radioactive accretion disk, which contains the last remaining light and dust as it falls into the hole. see galaxy, page 4
ROTC | Students found drinking underage can face expulsion from the Army ROTC program from front
enforces policies of the cadre JMU and the Army. Peebles said that she’s have an impact on how you treat your seen ROTC students from all academic soldiers later on, and that’s important years get in trouble for drinking. to get them to look at, as a future lead“The ROTC students who get in trouble are often young, so it is usuer,” Showalter said. The most severe ally my first time punishment to receive dealing with them,” Peebles if ROTC cadets are “I believe JMU ROTC caught drinking is said. “However, cadets are held to a expulsion from the it can also be program, or losing an older cadets I very high standard allowance of money have known for and the policies toward their educayears and have tion. Although the been in classupheld reflect this.” c o n s e q u e n c e s a re es with or have different for ROTC gotten to know Shannon Peebles Army ROTC cadet students compared to well over time.” battalion commander non-ROTC students, According some cadets believe to Showalter, so far this year the higher expectations are a good thing. there have been “I believe JMU ROTC cadets are a total of 117 JMU freshmen who’ve held to a very high standard and the received a strike; of that number, three policies upheld reflect this,” Shannon or four of them were ROTC students. Peebles, an Army ROTC student cadet battalion commander said. contact Kelsey Beckett at As cadet battalion commander, she becketka@dukes.jmu.edu.
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While these regions are 24 times stronger in energy than the rest of their remaining galaxy, they’re actually shrouded with large amounts of dust — making them difficult to observe. To combat this setback, Evans and others used imaging and data from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble telescopes to record the galaxies at different wavelengths. By taking in the light at certain wavelengths and using the IRAS, the images can be laid atop one another to piece together a more complete picture of the galaxy with all colors of the spectrum. Applying this process to images of colliding galaxies allows scientists to better understand rapid star formation in extreme conditions. When galaxies collide, gas and material lose energy and fall toward the collision’s center. This process creates concentrated stellar nurseries in which hundreds of solar masses can be produced a year — the equivalent to a plethora of stars totalling 100 times the mass of our sun. To put that in perspective, our Milky Way galaxy has one to two solar masses created per year on average.
“I’ve talked to many students, especially African-American students — who, as you know, there just aren’t that many in the sciences and astronomy — as to why they’ve not pursued careers in there. The things they list are lack of role models, but one thing that they talk about a lot is that they had science teachers in high school that killed their interest in it.” sabrina mccormick / the breeze
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Evans explained that in roughly five billion years, the Milky Way and its approaching neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, will crash together. However, he suggested that our planet will be gone before then — having possibly been consumed by our massively expanding sun during its transformation into a red giant star. “It will actually be a fairly exciting time in terms of our planet,” Evans said. “But by then, if we all continue to love each other and work together to essentially advance our understanding of space travel, it probably won’t be an issue. We’ll be fine.” Following the presentation, Evans gave the audience members an opportunity to ask questions. He explained that having driven, inspirational science and astronomy teachers is vital to students at a high school level. “I’ve talked to many students, especially African-American
Aaron Evans warns the audience of the prediction that in nearly five billion years, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. Before that time, however, it’s predicted that the Earth will be engulfed by our dying sun as it expands hundreds of times in size.
students — who, as you know, there just aren’t that many in the sciences and astronomy — as to why they’ve not pursued careers in there,” Evans said. “The things that they list are lack of role models, but one thing that they talk about a lot is that they had science teachers in high school that killed their interest in it.” While the science culture among minorities isn’t noticeably strong, Evans said, the presence of women pursuing science classes and careers seems to be on the rise. Though Evans has noticed an increase in the amount of women in the field of science since his time as a student, there seems to be discrepancies between position levels. “If you go to departments, it can be the case where half of the people in the program are women, which is really great,” Evans said. “But if you look at higher levels, like people who have faculty positions and staff positions at observatories, you still see that that’s primarily dominated by men.”
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Connor Headden, a freshman physics major, heard about the science talk from his friend and physics tutor who convinced him that the talks apply to everyone — not just science students. Headden enjoys astronomy and found the content from Evans’ presentation interesting and similar to the sort of talks he’s arranged in the past. “I did this in my high school — I helped them organize science talks and it was getting a lot of kids oriented toward science,” Headden said. “I didn’t even know they had this here … we definitely need to be promoting this more.” The planetarium is offering new Saturday shows in October, with family shows from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and feature shows at 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The next space talk is scheduled for Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. in Wilson Hall, titled “The Rise and Fall of Cosmology in the Ancient World.” contact Patrick Mortiere at breezenews@gmail.com.
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Faculty Senate members vote on whether the 2 percent raise they’re expected to receive in December should be merit-based or applied across the board. The unanimous decision favored an across-the-board increase.
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However, while the raise was welcomed by faculty members, McGraw said an “open question” remained for the administration over whether the salary increase should be merit-based or applied across the board. During the meeting, the majority of the Faculty Senate clearly supported an across-the-board increase. Leidholdt said that because the raise was so small, he would be in favor of the across-the-board raise, since it’s been several years since faculty members have received a merit-based raise. Political science professor Howard Lubert agreed with Leidholdt, saying that while he appreciated the administration’s efforts to secure the raise, he doesn’t understand why anyone with a current salary of $60,000 shouldn’t get the small increase, which would amount to $50 per paycheck. “There may be some faculty who are not performing [rigorously] — I suspect most of us have been satisfactory, probably better than that,” Lubert said. “I just find it morally objectionable to say why you should really have to make the argument for why you should get 50 bucks per paycheck, not 35.” Business professor Val Larsen suggested that the Faculty Senate educate the administration on how the body supported the notion of an across-the-board raise, because it’s ultimately the administration’s decision to choose which option will be put in place.
McGraw also brought up an issue that has been on the Virginia legislature’s plate for several years: whether to allow state institutions to have tuition waivers for dependents of state faculty members. McGraw, in addition to being speaker of JMU’s Faculty Senate, is the president of the Faculty Senate of Virginia — a coalition of faculty senate bodies from colleges and universities across Virginia that advocates for issues of higher education to the Virginia General Assembly. He said the Faculty Senate of Virginia has continually tried to get a bill passed through the General Assembly in regard to the tuition waivers. “It’s been very frustrating, we have pushed this in the legislature for a number of years now ... it’s been as long as I’ve been with the organization,” McGraw said. McGraw added that a bill regarding tuition reduction has been passed through the Virginia State Senate before, but always finds it difficult to pass through the House of Delegates. He cited the House Appropriations Committee as the main stumbling block. Currently, the state legislature doesn’t allow tuition waivers for public colleges, and doesn’t allow individual schools to provide tuition waivers from their own budget — something McGraw feels could cause Virginia to fall behind other states in recruiting faculty. “There’s a lot of faculty members who might get an offer here,
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and an offer in another state maybe where they do have those benefit, and if the salary is comparable they might go with the option that has the free or reduced tuition for their kids,” McGraw said. Faculty Senate members gave the bill unanimous support and discussed the best way to get it passed. Leidholdt offered the idea of providing an online newsletter that would be distributed to all Virginia faculty members so they could keep united on the issues regarding higher education. “I think we have a lot of voting power as faculty ... across the state of Virginia, I think we ought to bring that voting power to bear on the legislature and try to influence decisions on the state for the foreseeable future,” Leidholdt said. Lubert, however, agreed that a pressure needed to be put on legislators and offered a different approach. “You’ve got to make them worry that this might cost them votes, and then they might listen to the other arguments,” Lubert said. McGraw has already drafted a bill and plans on trying to reintroduce it to the General Assembly with the help of a sponsor, but is apprehensive in regard to the legislation being passed. “It’s not a particularly good budget year,” McGraw said. “I don’t know if this will be the year it happens, but we’ll try.” contact William Mason at breezenews@gmail.com.
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Europe has the right idea when it comes to college By getting rid of tuition, Germany has continued the standard for affordable and effective education Just last week, Germany finished getting rid of tuition fees for its national colleges after the Lower Saxony region abolished tuition. This applies not only to German citizens, but to international students as well. Of course, education costs in Europe (including tuition) are pretty low already. In Europe, higher education comes at a lower price for students and allows for more people to attain a degree. Why is it then, that the United States college system keeps getting more prohibitive? According to Study in Europe, getting a bachelor’s degree at a public university in France will run you about $235 a year, and a master’s will cost $324.26 a year. In Norway, all you have to pay is a $62.57 fee each semester to the student union, which gives you access to deals with dining and public transport. The equivalent system in America is much less accommodating, and much more of a strain on your wallet.
In Europe, higher education comes at a lower price for students and allows for more people to attain a degree. Why is it then, that the United States college system keeps getting more prohibitive?
According to the College Board, the average tuition for an in-state public fouryear university is $8,893. The Institute for College Access and Success states that two thirds of students in the U.S. have some form of student debt and the average amount of debt is $26,600. This is worsened by the fact that wages have
stagnated, meaning less money to spend on college. This in turn means increased likelihood for borrowing money to go to college. It should also be known that tuition at four-year universities has been increasing since the early 1980s. Public university costs have been growing faster than even private schools. Why are the costs going up for us now? It’s simple, really: cuts in state government expenditure toward colleges. As states are cutting budgets, we as students are expected to pick up the slack, even though spending at these colleges hasn’t increased, and in some instances, has decreased. So the spending is still the same, even though prices have gone up. I’m not saying that we should go to a free universal education model immediately. Trying to get that through this do-nothing kindergarten of a Congress would be impossible, let alone having the funds to be able to make it a reality. However, as a nation we need to get ourselves on the right track to make higher education more accessible to more people. It has become a fact of life that in order to attain any sort of long-lasting career you need at least a bachelor’s degree. Therefore, making college more affordable is a necessity for the vast majority of citizens. Students are being suffocated by huge amounts of debt, making their transition from college to the workforce that much more difficult. Can we realistically expect them to improve the economy and further our country if they’re stuck paying off debt years after completing their degrees? Other states have interesting solutions; Georgia has a state scholarship that allows students with a “B” average and above a free four-year check. But that’s under threat from politicians seeking to make cuts. We keep saying that investments in the economy are what’s important, but the jobless rate is continuing to go down. What’s really needed is to invest in the future, and the future is the next generation of college graduates.
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Salary raises should be equal for all faculty With a 2 percent increase on the books, university administration should make the distribution fair Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting introduced a topic that was sure to turn the head of every professor on campus: salary raises. The senate discussed two different ways to disperse the 2 percent raise. One potential solution is based on merit, while the other is to spread the money equally across the board. From a utilitarian standpoint — meaning the most good would be done for the most people — we feel it’s logical to give an equal raise to all faculty. This would be the most fair option, considering JMU has been slow to increase professors’ salaries in recent years. Since inflation affects everyone, it’s only fair that all faculty are compensated equally. It also shines a positive light on the administration; JMU would be taking care of its professors by improving the paychecks of everyone, instead of breaking morale by favoring the merits of some over most. As any leader can tell you, favoritism only leads to divergence. Divergence can lead to rebellion, and from there we have a “Hunger Games” inspired coup d’etat in our midst. Merit-based raises are also subjective in nature, and honestly subjective in definition as well. Who is going to decide which achievement is higher than another? Who can (and would want to) decide between a biology professor having the highest class grade average and a philosophy professor publishing a new
book? Is tenure a factor? Is the number of classes they teach being considered? Who would keep track of where all the money is going? We could ask a million more questions, but we know you don’t have all day.
From a utilitarian standpoint — meaning the most good would be done for the most people — we feel it’s logical to give an equal raise to all faculty.
Overall, raises are something to be celebrated, not won. The administration should listen to the Faculty Senate and award each professor the same percentage raise instead of having them market themselves as worthy and compete for something they all deserve. Let’s be happy that in this economy, and under this state government and its budget revenue shortfall, a 2 percent raise is even a possibility. Make everyone happy, because at the end of the day, all professors make a difference in students’ lives, no matter how small.
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There’s no denying climate change After last month’s People’s Climate March, large corporations still seem to believe that the environment isn’t in danger Sept. 21 unified humanity all over the world to or sunshine we experience. Climate, on the other protest for climate change. Marches blossomed hand, is looking at the patterns of weather in regard from New York to London to Sydney, in an appeal to the planet over an extended period of time. to raise awareness for climate change and the degThe Earth has a completely co-existing anatoradation of our planet due to human influence. A my, as humans do. Climate change alludes to the group of 400,000, including people of importance increasing susceptibility for natural disasters to such as U.N. President Ban-Ki Moon, Al Gore and occur due to pollution from natural gases. An averLeonardo DiCaprio, all marched in New York City age temperature change of one degree is melting for progressive thought and action toward climate polar ice caps and causing rises in sea levels — in change. turn causing natural disasters like mass flooding and The People’s Climate March was a beautiful spec- hurricanes while other areas experience extreme tacle with people from all frames of reference and drought and famine. Yes, climate change naturally all lanes of life: young and old, parents, students occurs, but not at the blistering rate it has been proand children. The student representation was the gressing in the last century. most remarkable. JMU’s E.A.R.T.H. Club organized As the march passed by big media corporations a bus up to NYC, as did a plethora of other schools like CNN and Fox News, I heard the chant, “Fox from around the nation. It was great to see so many News, shame on you!” This harmonious rendition institutions represented in intrigued me. I could just imagine Rupert Murdoch such an eclectic grouping of individuals all there togethSome, like our affluent and his cronies peering down er for one cause. The student out of the glass walls of the friends at Fox News, may embodiment was refreshing Fox building, drinking their claim climate change is because our generation is expensive FIJI water bottles being looked to as advocates and sneering at those on the some magical and intangible against climate change. Seeground, laughing at how litmyth wafting from the end ing thousands of students tle influence we have on the stand up for not only our governance of our world. of the joint of a bearded own futures, but the lives of The question is: will the hippy conversing with trees. march make a difference? our children and beyond, People are reluctant to act was inspiring. in an eco-friendly fashion New York became a mecca for environmentally conbecause they think one perscious people everywhere. son cannot. This march was Thousands of people marched in protest of carbon crucial because climate change cannot be tackled dioxide emissions and nuclear power. They marched unless people take to the streets to make a stateto ban fracking — the shooting of high pressured ment. Climate change is being proliferated by an water, sand and chemicals into cracks in the bed- economic ideology that allows for corporations to rock to release natural oil and gas that pollute the exploit the earth’s depleting resources for financial environment — and an increased propensity for gain. The status quo simply abuses our Earth to earthquakes and the contamination of clean water increase the wealth of the rich. supplies. Obama addressed the nation in the wake of the People came to protest the pollution of our oceans march, stating, “Our citizens keep marching. We as well as to promote organic food and vegetarian- cannot pretend we do not hear them.” It seems the ism. Many came with banners and signs promoting relentless will, belief and chants of the masses are the welfare of the Earth so our descendants won’t reaching even the highest strata of power. have to live on one so dilapidated and defeated that The evidence for climate change is undeniable, it’s too late to do anything about it. and there is no reason not to live in a more sustainSome, like our affluent friends at Fox News, may able and ecologically friendly manner. The Climate claim climate change is some magical and intan- March gave us the opportunity to show these giant gible myth wafting from the end of the joint of a oil and gas oligarchies that we are not cowed and bearded hippy conversing with trees. Alas Fox News, spellbound by their financially driven exploitations I think you’re confusing climate for weather. of planet Earth. Weather is the immediate effects of cloud formations, the rising of warm air and the undercutting Gabriel Harrison is a junior English major. of cool air. Weather is the day-to-day precipitation Contact Gabriel at harrisgj@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley hopes to bring solar energy to the Harrisonburg community
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LEFT Joy Loving, community leader of Solarize Harrisonburg, speaks to locals at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market this past Saturday. TOP RIGHT With a sunny logo, Solarize Harrisonburg strives to bring more solar power to the residents of Harrisonburg. After switching to solar, people can expect lower electricity bills. BOTTOM RIGHT Harrisonburg resident and volunteer Adrie Voors, right, speaks to Temperville residents Suzanne and Bob Heitler, who are interested in solar energy. By ROBYN SMITH The Breeze
First, there was JMU Wind. Now, Solarize Harrisonburg is hoping for JMU Sun. Launched last July by the Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, Solarize Harrisonburg attempts to make people more aware of their electric use and understand how the use of solar panels can benefit them both morally and economically. Solar panels are an alternative energy solution, as opposed to fossil fuels and natural gasses. They absorb energy from the sun to supply electrical energy to commercial and residential appliances. Solar panels have many positive environmental impacts, such as the reduction of air and water pollution. “Solarize Harrisonburg is a grassroots, community-based project intended to increase solar [energy use], allowing people to work together as a group and buy collectively so that the installer, Sigora Solar, can bulk buy and give us a reduced price,” Joy Loving, community leader of Solarize Harrisonburg, said. “The discount can be as much as 30 percent off of retail, and that is not chump change for a purchase of this size.” While the project is geared toward Harrisonburg and Rockingham County residents, its
cause goes beyond the Valley. $8.40 a month [instead of the $100 a month pre“This movement is not unique to Harrison- switch] for infrastructure costs,” Loving said. burg. It is not even unique to Virginia. It is a Loving and other volunteers go to several nationwide kind of movement where commu- community events to advertise their cause. This nities band together and see if they can buy solar past Saturday, they set up a table at the Harrionin a more affordable manner,” Loving said. burg Farmers Market downtown and passed out Loving installed solar panels in fliers. Their main goal is not to sell her home back in 2012, which led “This movement solar panels, but simply to spread to personal enlightenment, as well is not unique to the word. Loving is convinced as a lightening of her electric bill. that the more people know, the “Not too many of us under- Harrisonburg. It is more likely they are to sign up. stand how much electricity we not even unique “I’m not really trying to conuse. I didn’t, until I got out my vince them to switch; I’m trying bills to decide what kind of a sys- to Virginia.” to make them understand what tem I needed. We don’t focus on their options are. The price of the usage; we don’t focus on how Joy Loving solar has been falling dramatiwe could use less,” Loving said. community leader of cally in the past few years. It’s “The more I learned, the more I Solarize Harrisonburg become a more logical choice,” thought it was time that Virginia Loving said. “We have almost began to think a little differently a hundred people signed up, about energy.” which isn’t bad for a grassroots, The more conscious Loving became of her zero-budget, no-advertising-dollars kind of own energy use, the more she turned against enterprise. People have been pretty receptive.” mainstream sources of energy. Harrisonburg resident and volunteer Adrie “I tell people I became like an ex-smoker who Voors is one of 100 people who’ve signed up for is very anti-cigarettes. I am now rabidly pro-solar. solar panels, and she couldn’t be more excited to Most people do not enjoy getting their electric make a positive difference on the environment. bills and I now enjoy getting mine, because I pay “I’m very concerned about climate change,”
This whiskey doesn’t need ice Student band Strong Water brings new sound to Harrisonburg
Voors said. “[My family] is getting panels through this group and it’s very seamless in this format and this model so we’re really excited about it. It reduces the use of fossil fuels.” Although Loving and Voors are both community volunteers, Solarize Harrisonburg also works with student volunteers. Students can get involved by going on the organization’s official website or by contacting Loving. There are currently three volunteers and their duties are mostly related to public relations. “I got involved with SCOM 350-Organizational Communication. We had several options to pursue for an assignment and I picked Solarize Harrisonburg. I felt like I was not only helping out a good cause, but also like my skills aligned with helping them out,” fifth-year senior marketing major and student volunteer John Ricketti said. To volunteer with Solarize Harrisonburg, contact Joy Loving at jal_1998@yahoo.com or go online at vasun.org/solarize-virginia/solarizeharrisonburg. To learn more, there is a public information meeting on Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Massanutten Regional Library. CONTACT Robyn Smith at breezearts@gmail.com.
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Musical pizza
alt-J’s new album offers a variety of sound By EMMY FREEDMAN contributing writer
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Banjo player Ryan Horrocks (left) and guitarist and lead vocalist Greg Brennan performed at Three Notch’d Brewery on Thursday. By MOLLIE JONES The Breeze
It’s no secret that the JMU and Harrisonburg communities are known for their artistic culture, which includes the hordes of college bands. Made up of a guitarist, cellist, fiddler and banjo player, student band Strong Water has begun to make a name for themselves not only on campus, but also in the downtown scene. Strong Water, whose namesake is a Puritan literary reference to whiskey, was originally formed three years ago by current guitarist and lead singer Greg Brennan and the group’s former violin player Bailey Steele. Brennan first picked up the guitar with the simple intention of wooing a girl, but has since used his talents and started Strong Water. After coming to JMU, Brennan met Victoria Olmer, a
senior music performance and writing, rhetoric and technical communication double major. Soon after, Ryan Horrocks joined the two to create a trio about two years ago and began playing venues in the area, including Blue Nile, Clementine Cafe, Three Notch’d Brewing Company and even on campus at open mic night and tunes at noon at Taylor Down Under. “It’s definitely a good way to get a fan base,” Olmer said. “And when we started to see that we were getting more people, we started doing more upbeat jams and some covers of popular songs.” The band has recently gone through some changes. They parted ways with their original violin player and most recently added a banjo player into the mix, making them a quartet. Ryan Horrocks, a senior geographic science major, has been playing banjo with the band since this past spring. see WATER, page 10
You can’t listen to alt-J’s new album, “This is All Yours,” without being struck by the sheer variety of flavor this band puts into its musical pizza. The variety makes for a mostly satisfying meal, even though sometimes your taste buds need time to adjust between flavors, and you don’t always get that with alt-J’s newest release. The first song on the album,“Intro,” which was released alt-J on Sept. 22, encompasses many different music techniques, resulting “This Is All in an eclectic sound that you think Yours” sets the tone for the rest of the album. It starts out with a simple Released Sept. 22 a cappella tune, evolves into a Bollywood-like rhythm and then closes with a tribal-like drum beat. However, the next song, “Arrival in Nara,” is the exact opposite. It’s practically a lullaby, as are “Choice Kingdom” and “Warm Foothills.” To go from one song being so upbeat and eccentric to the very next being a quiet trail of lyrics with an equally quiet acoustic guitar can give even the most flexible listener whiplash. “Bloodflood pt. 2” is one of the best songs on the album, as it encompasses all of what makes alt-J so unique: an array of percussion mixed with horns and a stream of eerily nonsensical lyrics. The effect is a mystical masterpiece. It’s too bad it’s the last song on the album, because it risks going unnoticed by listeners who don’t make it to the end. Other great songs include “Hunger of the Pine” and “Every Other Freckle.” “Hunger of the Pine” is given a fun pop sound by sampling from the otherwise unlistenable Miley Cyrus song “4x4” and making her lyrics “I’m a female rebel” the focal point. “Every Other Freckle,” despite some rather disconcerting lyrics like “turn you inside out and lick you like a crisp packet,” is upbeat and has one of the most diverse sounds on the album. It incorporates flutes in a nymph-like way while still sounding like a grungy version of The Black Keys. Variety is always preferable to uniformity in an album. But “This is All Yours” takes variety to an extreme by turning it into stream of consciousness. Lead singer Joe Newman said in an interview with National Public Radio that the band tries to tantalize listeners by giving them the right amount of something just before they start craving it. The album certainly does that. With “Intro,” I was just starting to think, “Hmm, when is this a cappella going to turn into something more?” when suddenly it turned into an Indian-like dance beat. So, while alt-J certainly delivers what they claim and the result is an intriguing album, I can’t say that every individual song tastes good on its own. Emmy Freedman is a sophomore media arts and design major. Contact Emmy at freedmee@dukes.jmu.edu.
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WateR | ‘The diversity of music in each song makes the band stand out’
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FROM LEFT Banjo player Ryan Horrocks, fiddler Cy Frazier, guitarist and lead vocalist Greg Brennan and cellist Victoria Olmer make up Strong Water, a student folk and blues band. The band started after Brennan learned guitar in an attempt to woo a girl. from 9
That diversity has led to Strong Water’s unique personality, which can be described as an intriguing cross between the lyricism of Ed Sheeran and the sound of Mumford and Sons, with a little bluegrass and folk mixed in. “I didn’t really have any expectations coming in. I heard the band was a collaboration of a violin, cello and guitar and thought the banjo would fit nicely,” Horrocks said. “I just enjoy playing and making music. It’s really cool to see that people are starting to notice and appreciate the music we make.” That appreciation has come well earned, as the main obstacle they face is the very thing that brought them together. “I definitely see school as the biggest obstacle,” Brennan, a fifth-year senior geology major, said. “If all we had were jobs, we could play a lot more music but unfortunately school is a lot more than a full-time job.” Individual members have had to overcome some personal setbacks as well. “The biggest challenge for me is overcoming classical
training,” Olmer said. “In training, you’re taught to play perfectly, so actually just playing around and relaxing and having fun are difficult.” Strong Water plans to release their first album in late October. For those who haven’t had the chance to hear their material, the band attempts to have wide appeal across genres. “The diversity of music in each song makes the band stand out,” Horrocks said. “It’s not strictly one genre but a mixture of many, with the diversity of acoustic instruments.” The currently untitled album, which is made up of a mix of new and old material, will also feature Strong Water’s former violin player Bailey Steele. Tracks such as “The Lion Comes” and “Streets of Gold” are some of the highlights on the album. The band is planning an album release show for the end of October, but until then fans can listen online at strongwatermusic.bandcamp.com or soundcloud.com/strongwatermusic. For all news and upcoming dates, fans are also encouraged to follow Strong Water at facebook.com/strongwatermusic. Contact Mollie Jones at jones2mj@dukes.jmu.edu.
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“I love it. It works. I definitely notice a difference. I don’t have that great of vision. It helps a lot with night driving,” Humphreys said. Hogan entered Sight Shield into the student pitch competition at JMU’s 2014 Innovation, Collaboration, Creativity, Entrepreneurship (ICCE) event in September. The competition followed a similar format of the popular TV show “Shark Tank.” Contestants pitched their ideas to the audience, who then voted for their favorite. Hogan went on to win first place in the competition, earning the $1,000 grand prize. The executive board of JMU’s Society of Entrepreneurs served as judges for the preliminary round of the student pitch competition. “He had a product. It was a big differentiating factor. He scored very high on product readiness,” Eric Walisko, a senior integrated science and technology major and president of the Society of Entrepreneurs, said. Walisko also said that Hogan scored high on idea protection because his product is currently patent pending. “The fact that he has a patent makes him more marketable. People feel safer putting their money in a product that has a patent,” Walisko said. It’s been a long road for Hogan to develop Sight Shield. When he tried to find a window film manufacturer for it, he said that most companies wouldn’t give him the time of day, often hanging up on him in the first few minutes of the phone call.
Eventually, he contacted Window Film, a window tint and film magazine that’s distributed worldwide, and requested a master list of all the companies that sold film through the magazine. He went down the list alphabetically, contacting every manufacturer until he got to the letter ‘S’. That’s when he met Josh Buis, COO of Scorpion Window Film, a family-owned business located out of Cloverdale, Indiana. He finally found a company that would sell him the film that he needed for Sight Shield, which most other companies wouldn’t do because he
“The fact that he has a patent makes him more marketable. People feel safer putting their money in a product that has a patent.” Eric Walisko
senior integrated science and technology major
wasn’t a large manufacturer. Hogan plans to raise $28,000 to buy 20,000 square feet of film for his first round of production. He says that’s what the $1,000 prize money will go toward. In the meantime, he’s started his own business — Livingston Solutions LLC. He recently opened the business account so he can start raising money to buy the film. Hogan has also entered Sight Shield in the National Collegiate and Vendors
Competition. He’s already starting to work on entering other competitions in the future. Humphreys is helping Hogan present the statistics for future competitions, such as the amount of damage to the retina that LED lights cause over time, and how much the film effectively cuts down the glare from LED headlights. “[Hogan is] definitely not your typical businessman,” Humphreys said. “He likes to have fun. He likes to include other people in his business model.” Humphreys feels that this aspect of Hogan’s personality is what will help him succeed. “I feel like if he was a CEO of a big business one day, people would love to work for him,” Humphreys said. “He’s a very fair person to work with. That paired with how excited he is about his ideas, it’s just unmatched in people these days.” Hogan believes that he is carrying on his family’s legacy of owning their own businesses. He says that his great grandpa, aunt and uncle have each owned their own business. “I feel like I’m rebirthing our heritage,” Hogan said. “The new generation of Hogans doesn’t own any businesses. I’m making that happen.” He keeps his business certificate and the first dollar he’s ever made over his desk to commemorate the progress he’s made so far and to keep him moving forward. “I believe that I’m going to make it happen, no matter how much money, how much sweat; no matter what, I’m going to get it out there,” Hogan said. Contact Danielle Ruble at rubledr@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Zack Williams provided musical enteratinment as the Pop-In Art Show drew to a close on Friday. This event was held as a fundraiser for the annual MACROCK music festival and was held at the Orange Chair Collective art space downtown.
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By Mike Dolzer The Breeze
The quaint town of Springfield, home to America’s favorite yellow family, was rocked by a titillating group of visitors that turned the somewhat innocent show into one of the biggest raunch fests I have ever seen. Last week, two animated titans came together for what promised to be a night of dirty humor — courtesy of putzy patriarchs Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin. When two shows that have run FOX as long as “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” (beginning their 13th “The and 26th seasons respectively) Simpson join forces, one would expect the Guy” jokes to fire on all cylinders and the characters to be at their best. Instead, this episode reeked of Aired Sept. 28 desperation. To begin, the “Family Guy” characters’ stereotypes were even more exaggerated than usual. Peter was at his most misogynistic, writing offensive comics about women being dishwashers and bordering on abuse toward tired punching bag, Meg. Lois was treated as the sexual object again, with Marge calling her out on not wearing a bra in one of the few genuine moments of humor in the episode. Brian and Chris served next to no purpose, with Brian talking about his writing in a way that would make any real writer cringe uncomfortably, while Chris made a few forgettable inane comments and was the butt of a crass masturbation joke. The best thing about Brian and Chris this episode was that they were paired together for the whole hour, making it easier to trek through the mediocre jokes toward the minute number of gems. One of those gems came from Bart and Stewie’s relationship. Stewie idolized Bart, which made for some sweet moments, and the characters played off each other well, evoking a few guttural laughs from me. Stewie’s rape joke when the two were prank calling Moe the bartender was over the line, but it is “Family Guy,” after all. The rest of the episode’s solid parts came from Lisa and Meg. Much like the relationship between Bart and Stewie, the two had dazzling chemistry and were able to grow as individual characters while still being genuinely funny. A bright spot in an otherwise dreary episode was when Meg killed playing the saxophone while Lisa looked on in fury. Admittedly the episode did manage to make some use of the crossover with cameos from “Bob’s Burgers” and “The Cleveland Show,” hinting at the fact that “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” have carried the entire animation domination block for a decade. That and the blink-and-you-missedit cameo from Roger Smith of “American Dad” aside, the episode did very little for the reputations of “Family Guy” or “The Simpsons.” With two shows chock-full of hilarious characters, you would think that quality would have been a slam dunk here, providing a memorable mashup for both shows. But instead, it’s something that I’m sure most viewers would rather forget. The fact that the breaking point in the relationship between Homer and Peter was an argument over whose local beer is better emphasizes that these two characters are little more than bland stereotypes of bumbling buffoons leading dysfunctional families. What could have been an amazing hour of animated comedy was little more than an occasionally offensive and rarely funny mixture of the worse qualities of the aging, and dare I say tired shows. The references to other shows and relationships between the older Simpson children and their Griffin counterparts were enough to make the episode enjoyable enough, but it could have been so much better if the cliched stereotypes were eliminated. Mike Dolzer is a freshman writing, rhetoric and technical communication major. Contact Mike at dolzermj@dukes. jmu.edu.
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Serving the masses Student Duke Club initiatives split into seperate organzations
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The new Madison Dynasty club is a student-run organization for diehard JMU fans. Unlike the former Student Duke Club, Madison Dynasty has no official connection to JMU athletics. By Gina jelliff contributing writer
Last year, the Student Duke Club was one of the largest student organizations on campus. But what was formerly the Student Duke Club has now split into two groups: Madison Dynasty and DC25. The main Duke Club handles the fundraising for JMU Athletics. Madison Dynasty was created mainly for JMU students who have a passion for athletics and is not officially tied to the Duke Club. It’s goal is to create an atmosphere for students to enjoy the game day experience. DC25 is a stepping stone for the younger generations to start the process of donating to JMU athletics. The club is open to students, recent alumni and any fans age 25 or younger, as opposed to the Student Duke Club, which was originally open to only students. According to Aaron Epstein, the adviser for Madison Dynasty and the Duke Club’s assistant director of development, a change was needed with the Student Duke Club in order to make the organization even more valuable for everyone involved. “There was a huge number of individuals in the Student Duke Club that it became
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hard to provide the best experience,” Epstein said. “The effectiveness could be increased by creating the two groups, it provides a better experience for both.” The group’s split into Madison Dynasty and DC25 was a process that started last April after people like Epstein and JMU athletics director of marketing Stephen Pugh realized that the Student Duke Club wasn’t as engaged with the student body as it should be. “The Student Duke Club was having a difficult time connecting with the student body,” said senior sport and recreation major Taylor Tuccito, the president of Madison Dynasty. “Aaron Epstein and Stephen Pugh were a huge support. Students now have full control over the organization … [People] are excited about the meetings and to hear our plans. They can even put a face to our names.” Following the transformation, Madison Dynasty is now able to focus on its own goals. The only connection that Madison Dynasty has to athletics is that the Duke Club serves in an advising role for the club. “Our advisers [Epstein and Pugh] help us make decisions and lead us if we have problems,” Tuccito said. “We go to them about see Dynasty, page 12
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Dukes pick up first conference win Ryan Maglio’s late field goal gives Dukes 31-28 win at No. 23-ranked University at Albany
By aaron cheris special to The Breeze
ALBANY, N.Y. — When holding for field goals, backup wide receiver Blaine Stewart’s job is very simple: catch the snap and place the ball down on the turf for the kicker to kick. On Saturday night in Albany, New York, the redshirt freshman’s quick thinking gave the Dukes a chance at a win that they wouldn’t miss. When a holder fumbles a snap, he’s usually ended any chance at a field goal for his team. When Stewart fumbled the snap with seven seconds left in the game, he kept his cool and tossed an incomplete pass, stopping the clock and giving the Dukes another chance. On his second try, Stewart placed the ball perfectly. Then redshirt junior kicker Ryan Maglio made a 34-yard field goal, the first of his career, to win the game with four seconds to play as JMU (3-3, 1-2 CAA) defeated the No. 23-ranked University at Albany (4-1, 1-1 CAA) 31-28 Saturday. “Our holder Blaine Stewart is a real genius in the game of football,” Maglio said after the game. “He spiked the ball immediately to give us another chance. I was glad he was able to do that and I put it through.” The field goal was set up in part by a 13-yard run by redshirt junior quarterback Vad Lee and also a 16-yard completion from Lee to sophomore running back Khalid Abdullah three plays later. Early on, both offenses struggled to get much going with rain pouring down at Bob Ford Field. Albany got on the board first, with redshirt senior running back Omar Osbourne diving two yards for the score to put the Great Danes up 7-0. The Dukes were quick to answer on their ensuing drive, as Lee scampered through the Albany defense for a 57-yard touchdown to tie the game at seven. Lee finished with 111 yards rushing on the night. “That is our offense,” head coach Everett Withers said. “We want to run the football. We can’t do any other stuff unless we run the football.” At the beginning of the second quarter, it looked as if Albany was going to retake the lead. However, the Dukes’ goal line
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Redshirt junior kicker Ryan Maglio, No. 39, celebrates his game-winning field goal with four seconds remaining in Saturday’s game at Albany.
defense stood tall, stopping four Great Dane rushing attempts, the final one from inside the one-yard line to get the ball back for the offense. On the ensuing drive, Lee led the Dukes 99 yards for the go-ahead touchdown, a two-yard rush by senior Jauan Latney. It was JMU’s second 99-yard drive this season, the first coming Sept. 6 in its 38-21 win at Lehigh University. “Our defense did an awesome job,” Lee said. “We needed to
take over the game at that point. For some reason, we like going deep. We like going 99 yards. We do great in those situations. We executed well on that drive.” The drive was one of the few times the Dukes defense was on the sideline, as Albany dominated the time of possession battle: 37:14 to 22:46. The possession game is one the Dukes hope to see football, page 12
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Pursuing perfection
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As fall season kicks into gear, men’s club lacrosse looks to go undefeated on its way to a title By Andre Haboush
contributing writer
The JMU men’s club lacrosse team entered the season pursuing perfection, and after a 4-0 start, the team is already on its way to achieving that goal. After the team finished third in the country last season, the Dukes are determined to be best team in the nation this upcoming spring and claim the national title. The Dukes hosted the Fall Mini-Madison Tournament on Saturday, playing the Blacksburg Lacrosse Club from Virginia Tech and the Terps Lacrosse Club from the University of Maryland. Radford University was also slated to come, but the team withdrew, so JMU split into A and B teams. JMU’s A and B teams each beat both Blacksburg and Maryland. One of the team’s strongest assets is its transition game, as it was able to capitalize on the opposition’s costly mistakes “We utilize strong transition to score the majority of our goals,” senior exercise science major and club president Aaron Humphreys said. The team’s executive board saw many new faces step up to succeed last year’s senior class. The team is getting along well, and according to Humphreys, the Dukes will be “a force to reckon with.” “We have a young team, and we obviously feel that we got to work on some stuff, but we really came together,” junior biology major and club vice president Patrick Farrell said. “We put the B team together with a bunch of kids who’ve only known each other for about a month and half, and they were outstanding. We got good chemistry, and we’re ready.” The 62-person team is split into equal teams of 31 with more experienced players on the A team and younger players on the B team. The team lost 18 seniors from the previous season, including seven starters. However, the team has experience filling holes created by graduated players. “Our A squad is mostly guys who have been on the team for a year,” Humphreys said. “That being said, our freshman class that came in is very explosive. We have some really good, high-class talent on that team.” Still, improving on set plays is something Humphreys said the Dukes need to do as the season progresses. “We’re definitely going to work toward getting more offensive sets going on,” Humphreys said. “We score a lot of goals off our transition play, which is incredible, but I think we have too much talent not to be able to settle the ball down and actually run set plays.’ Last year the Dukes made it to the Final Four of the National College Lacrosse League (NCLL) tournament and finished the season ranked No. 3 in the NCLL Division I Top 20.
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Sophomore communication studies major Matt Cohn fends off a Terps Lacrosse Club defender on Saturday. JMU was ranked No. 3 last season.
This year, JMU is confident it can finish the job and win those last two games. “I think we are going to win a national championship, undefeated,” Farrell said. “That is what we set our goal at: No. 1 in the nation. We set our standards high.” If they’re hosting a tournament, the team will usually split up into the A and B teams; if they’re traveling they’ll typically only field one team. According to Farrell, JMU will play anywhere from 13 to 15 games this fall. JMU has a tournament at the University of Maryland this weekend, where it will play five or six games. Then on Nov. 7, JMU will play five or six more games during a tournament at East Carolina University. Fall games aren’t included in the NCLL rankings, but they can affect the preseason rankings whenever they come out in the spring, according to senior kinesiology major and team secretary Jon Hurst. “[Fall games are] not in the aspect of seeding and everything, it just kind of gives us a good look to where we are going to be in the spring as to what we are going to build on,” Humphreys said. Aside from games, the team has practices Monday through
Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. In practice, the team likes to work on its extra-man offense and defense and does live scrimmaging. However, the Dukes also focus on the basics through ground ball, passing and shooting drills. They also emphasize conditioning and do a lot of running to stay in shape. For this upcoming spring the team is looking to play Towson University, Pennsylvania State University, the United States Naval Academy and the University of Virginia. Penn State has won the championship two years in a row, while Navy defeated JMU in the Final Four last year. When it comes down to playoff time, the difference this year may be team cohesiveness. “The brotherhood aspect of it,” Humphreys said. “We’ve got great chemistry. We all hang out together outside of practice and out of games and everything. We take tubing trips together. We are going to do a camping trip, stuff like that. I don’t think a lot of other schools have that bond that we have, and I think that makes us a better team.” Contact Andre Haboush at habousaw@dukes.jmu.edu.
Dukes bounce back
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After dropping two straight games, field hockey rebounds with a 8-0 win over Towson By Forrest Deal
contributing writer
After dropping its last two games, the JMU field hockey team was hungry for a win. That win came in a dominating fashion over visiting Towson University on Sunday afternoon as the Dukes shut out the Tigers 8-0. Entering Sunday’s contest, the Dukes were coming off a double-overtime loss to the University of Delaware, the defending Coastal Athletic Association champions, on Friday night. They came back from two goals down with less than 10 minutes to play in that game, sending it to overtime tied at five. Then after one overtime period, the Blue Hens scored the golden goal in the second overtime, handing JMU a loss in its conference opener. But, if anything, the Dukes used their close game against Delaware as a confidence builder. Taking the defending champions to double overtime showed the team’s ability and potential this season. “Every game has a lesson from it, win or lose,” head coach Christy Morgan said. “As a team we are trying to make our own identity.” The identity Morgan wants her players to strive for is a team that works hard, communicates well, finishes and stays confident in their own style of play. Even after the Delaware loss, that kind of confidence could be found among the players. “It wasn’t that we were trying to bounce back from the game against Delaware,” junior midfielder Loes Stijntjes said after Sunday’s win. “We knew we played well. It was just a matter of continuing to play our own game.” After Sunday’s shutout against Towson (2-8, 0-2 CAA), it would appear the Dukes are finding their style of play and becoming comfortable with it. JMU
recorded 22 shots on goal, with five different players scoring. Two players, redshirt junior midfielder Taylor West and junior midfielder Saskia Chelmowski, had multiple goals. West led the Dukes with three goals and Chelmowski scored twice. Juniors Erin Gallivan, Adrienne le Vatte and Loes Stijntjes each added a goal. Defensively, JMU allowed Towson just one shot on goal. “We have a hungry team,” Morgan said. “We are not waiting to play and adjust to other team’s play. We want teams to adjust to our play.” The Dukes came out aggressively, scoring two goals within the first two minutes of the game. Then they never seemed to lay off the intensity, netting six more goals through the rest of the game. “We wanted to control the ball, we communicated well and connected well with our passes,” West said. The efficient play that West spoke of was evident Sunday as the Dukes held possession of the ball for the majority of the game. So far, one thing appears to be clear about the Dukes’ field hockey team: whether they’re up by eight goals or down by two, the team continues to be confident in their identity and style of play. Stijntjes understands the value that can come from the team’s cohesion. “We have a lot of confidence in each other,” Stijntjes said. “When we have that a lot of good can happen on the field.” On Tuesday the Dukes (7-3, 1-1 CAA) travel to Davidson, North Carolina to take on the Davidson College Wildcats as they look to build off of Sunday’s victory. Contact Forrest Deal at dealaf@dukes.jmu.edu.
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improve on in the future. “We knew that we needed to take advantage of our opportunities because they wanted to keep our offense on the sideline and keep the defense out there,” Lee said. “We have got a lot of good film to watch, but it’s always great to watch film with a win.” Albany controlling the clock was something the Dukes anticipated. “We knew going into the game that’s how [Albany] plays the game: run the ball and keep it away from our offense,” Withers said. “We were just lucky enough to get enough points when we had the ball.” Before halftime, the Dukes were able to extend their lead to two touchdowns when Lee hit senior wide receiver DeAndre’ Smith, who dodged two Great Danes en route to a 37-yard touchdown that gave the Dukes a 21-7 lead with 1:21 left in the half. The Great Danes answered shortly thereafter though, as redshirt senior quarterback Will Fiacchi found freshman wide receiver Josh Gontarek in the end zone seconds before the first half ended. In the second half, the Great Danes tied the game on their first possession. Fiacchi once again hit Gontarek for a touchdown to knot the game up at 21. On their ensuing drive, the Dukes regained the lead as Lee found redshirt junior tight end Deane Cheatham, who powered his way into the end zone to give the
Dukes the lead back. It looked like that lead would stand, as the Dukes kept Fiacchi and the Albany offense under constant pressure, sacking Fiacchi four times in the second half. “We are improving on defense, we’re not there yet,” Withers said. “We’re getting the hits on the quarterback. That’s what we need. We’re headed in the right direction.” Late in the fourth quarter, the Great Danes once again tied the game. A 71-yard drive was capped off by Osbourne’s second touchdown run of the night. It looked as if the game was going to overtime at that point, and the Dukes defense couldn’t make the stop when they needed it. “We didn’t finish some plays,” Withers said of the Dukes’ defense. “We were in spots to make plays today and didn’t make them.” However, at the very end, Stewart and Maglio made the plays to win the game. “Ryan’s [Maglio] been one of the guys who has been working tremendously hard to help our football team,” Withers said. “Today I felt real proud for him.” The Dukes are back home Saturday as they host the 2013 Football Championship Subdivision national runner-up Towson University at 12:30 p.m. for Family Weekend. Aaron Cheris is the sports editor at the Albany Student Press. Contact Aaron at aaroncheris1@gmail.com.
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Junior midfielder Adrienne le Vatte scored one of JMU’s eight goals in Sunday’s win over Towson.
dynasty | DC25 parent-friendly from page 11
events that are successful and use them as resources.” According to junior integrated science and technology major Cameron Stalker, the director of game day and special events for Madison Dynasty, the club is more interactive than the Student Duke Club was. The goal is to make it a close-knit group of diehard student fans. Tuccito also added that this is Madison Dynasty’s building year. “Most of us are members because we love sports,” Tuccito said. “We do not always have the friends who want to attend games. Madison Dynasty lets us know we have a place to sit and friends that will be there. This year we are looking forward to being able to connect with students that we have not been able to before.” The sign-up process for Madison Dynasty is similar to the past process of joining Student Duke Club. There are $15 member dues for the group, which are now going toward Madison Dynasty’s organizational funds. “This year member dues are going toward the T-shirts members receive and all operating expenses,” Tuccito said. “It also goes to events that we put on such as tailgates at away games. The other money will be going toward supplies and back to the organization for future events.” The member dues for DC25 are $25. The due serves as an initial donation to athletics. So far this year, Madison Dynasty has about 20 members and DC25 has gathered approximately 1,000. JMU is also trying to obtain 3,500 total Duke Club members, not including members from DC25.
The monetary fundraising goal for the entire Duke Club this year is $2.2 million. Last fiscal year, the Duke Club as a whole raised over $1.9 million, which also included about $22,000 that was raised by the Student Duke Club. The Student Duke Club also had about 1,400 members last year. The number is known to vary each year because of members who graduate, especially this year, since there was no DC25 last year. The new DC25 is also a family friendly organization, because students who are members are also part of the main Duke Club that their parents might be members of. JMU students and alumni can sign up for DC25 online, by mail or by calling the Duke Club. “In DC25, there is a relationship with the parents,” Epstein said. “Some parents even sign up their children because they want to set an example and for their children to be involved.” In the meantime, the changes to the Duke Club structure have aimed at one goal: the continued improvement of the football game-day atmosphere. “The conversation about how we make the game-day experience for students better all around from a fundraising side, production side, tickets and everything is a constant agenda for us,” Epstein said. “We listen to the students and their feedback. We cannot do everything, but we do try our best to make the experience in Bridgeforth Stadium one of the best in the country.” Contact Gina Jelliff at jellifgk@dukes.jmu.edu.
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