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BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s seemingly been JMU’s mantra this season. On Saturday afternoon, the Dukes came back again and defeated Stony Brook University 27-24 at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Brookhaven, New York, for the team’s fifth-straight win. “Sometimes it takes seeing it in the first half, and coming out and getting it in the second half,” head coach Everett Withers said. JMU has outscored its opponents 139-75 in the second half this season. The Dukes dominated the
second half again Saturday, outscoring the Seawolves 14-0 in the final 30 minutes to take a victory back to Harrisonburg. As usual, redshirt junior quarterback Vad Lee led the Dukes to another critical win for their playoff hopes, throwing for 314 yards and a trio of touchdowns. He also rushed for another 56 yards as he broke the program’s single-season total offense record held by Rodney Landers (2005-08). Lee also broke the JMU single-season touchdown passes record held by Michael Birdsong (2012-13). “There was no question we were going to win this game,” the dual-threat quarterback said. see football, page 12
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Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance hosted its annual Veterans Day Recognition parade yesterday. The parade began downtown and traveled down South Main Street. Following the event, a reception at Harrisonburg High School was held for veterans, families and friends to honor those who have served. The Harrisonburg High School symphonic band and honors choir held their sixth annual Veterans Day Concert following the program. Above, members of the American Legion ride on a float during the parade.
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Harrisonburg restaurant opens new exhibit displaying art of refugees
The citizens of Harrisonburg are eagerly awaiting the completion of a new $9.2 million City Hall building on South Main Street, which will be adjacent to the existing Municipal Building. The project is estimated to be complete in June. According to the city, the project, which began last June, will increase the green space and develop more efficient circulation and accessibility of the site. Ande Banks, Harrisonburg’s director of special projects and grant management in the Department of Community Development, explained that the new 47,000-square-foot building will face south and consist of three-and-a-half floors. The Municipal Building, which has historic value and has been used for offices since 1967, will remain standing and be connected to the new City Hall by a large glass and steel atrium. see hall, page 3
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skills class and work directly with them,” Sprague said. “We want to encourage their talent and see themselves as artists.” Husam Abdulazeez of Baghdad, Iraq, shared his photographs, which compare his life back home with his Harrisonburg life. Abdulazeez started taking photographs at 19 with an SLR Minolta XD5 given to him by his father. Abdulazeez began using a digital
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan Genocide, which was one of the worst massacres in history. The tragic event resulted in the death of more than 1 million people at the hands of the Hutu majority, who began killing the Tutsi clan. The Tutsis were blamed for the country’s political, economic and social pressures, according to the United Human Rights Council. The Tutsis were also accused of supporting the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a Tutsi-dominated rebel group. iDebate Rwanda’s United States tour group consists of five debaters and their adviser, who traveled more than 32 hours from Rwanda to the U.S. and made a stop at JMU last week. The group previously made appearances at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. JMU’s event, which was a part of President Jon Alger’s “Madison
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Bridgewater resident and former English as a second language teacher Stephen Lambert went to Friday night’s art show because of his interest in immigration. A Bowl of Good hosted the Refugee Art Exhibit and showcased refugees’ artwork.
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Each year more than 100 refugees from around the world find a new home in Harrisonburg. Some of them have displayed their work for local residents at a globally minded restaurant. Friday night from 5 to 8:30 p.m., A Bowl of Good, located on Port Republic Road, had its first Refugee Art Exhibit. “[A Bowl of Good has] an interest in people who
are new to Harrisonburg,” Katrina Didot, the owner, said. “We want to make [refugees] feel at home.” Three refugees’ pieces were featured at Friday’s show. Sculptures, photographs and paintings were displayed against one of the restaurant’s walls. These artists, from different countries and cultures, told stories of their lives back home and in Harrisonburg with their work. “I get to know [the refugees] because I teach a life
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ISTANBUL — One day after U.S. warplanes struck bases belonging to the Nusra Front in northern Syria, the al-Qaida-affiliated group Friday pressed forward with its campaign against U.S.-backed rebels, storming four rebel-held villages and seizing a town where they ordered rebel fighters to disband and hand over their weapons. The four villages — Safuhun, Fatira, Hazareen and Ma’ar Zeta — are in the mountainous Jabal al Zawyah region of Idlib province. The captured town is Minnig, in Aleppo province. Facing destruction by Nusra, rebel commanders say they are now withdrawing forces from front-line positions where they faced troops loyal to the government of President Bashar Assad. Nusra’s continuing advance appeared to be the result not only of the demoralization of rebel forces, which have been receiving ever-diminishing assistance through a U.S.-backed covert program, but also of growing support among local residents. Unlike the Islamic State, whose fighters are mostly from abroad, the vast majority of Nusra fighters are Syrians. Gen. Hasan Hammadi, leader of Legion Five, described the situation as grim.
BEIJING — When President Barack Obama made his first state visit to China in 2009, his party controlled Congress, his hair was less gray and he boldly declared plans for a U.S. “pivot to Asia,” the driver of the world’s economy. Today, the president will make his second visit to China under far more humbling circumstances. With Republicans in full control of Congress, Obama’s power is diminished at the same time China is rallying around its most dominant leader in three decades, Xi Jinping. In both Beijing and Washington, Obama is widely viewed as both a lame duck and a hobbled world leader, unable to match his rhetoric with actions. “This is going to be a tough trip for the president,” said Ernest Bower of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “I think when Southeast Asia looks at this trip and him coming, they’re wondering, you know, who is Barack Obama now after the midterm elections?” Yet Obama’s weeklong swing through China, Burma and Australia also presents him with an opportunity: He can put some substance behind his rhetoric that Asia should be a higher U.S. priority.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Four weeks after the deadliest violence in decades swept Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast, there’s little doubt who instigated the unrest that led to the deaths of innocent Kurdish civilians. The riots in Diyarbakir — the unofficial Kurdish capital — came after leaders in the region’s dominant political group, the People’s Democratic Party, called on followers to seize the streets and take immediate “action” to protest Turkey’s failure to aid the besieged Syrian Kurdish enclave of Kobani. It’s also known that the victims of the violence had almost nothing to do with Kobani or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant extremists besieging it. They included four young men distributing charity food to the poor, who were murdered and mutilated, reputedly by members of the youth wing of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, a group with close ties to the People’s Democratic Party. What isn’t so clear is whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 2-year-old peace negotiations to end a 30-year-old Kurdish insurgency will survive or become a victim of passions spilling over from Syria.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s attorney general on Friday offered a morbid account of what likely happened to 43 students who went missing in Guerrero state six weeks ago, saying members of a criminal gang have confessed to burning dozens of bodies in a massive fire that lasted more than half a day. Once the fire cooled, the criminals smashed the severely charred bones, collected the ashes and bone fragments in garbage bags and tossed them in the San Juan River near the town of Cocula, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said. Murillo Karam stopped short of saying that the ashes and bones found at the scene of the fire and in the river belonged to the students, whose disappearance has horrified Mexican society. “Until the investigation is over, the students will continue to be listed as disappeared,” Murillo Karam said. But in a somber news conference, Murillo Karam left little doubt that authorities believe the ashes belong to the students who went missing Sept 26.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide the fate of President Obama’s health care law yet again, this time ruling on whether low- and middle-income Americans may receive subsidies in two-thirds of the states to make insurance more affordable. Currently, about 5 million Americans have subsidized insurance they bought through a health care exchange, or online marketplace, run by the federal government. The conservative group that has brought the case now before the high court argues that such an arrangement is illegal. They maintain that the Affordable Care Act, as written, allows the government to subsidize health insurance only in the states that have set up their own insurance exchanges. Thirty-six states have not set up their own exchanges, relying instead on the marketplace run by the federal government. The case, King vs. Burwell, is to be argued early next year and decided by June.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, to replace Eric H. Holder Jr. as attorney general, the White House said Friday, a historic choice that would make her the first African American woman to hold the post. If Lynch is confirmed, she would replace Holder, the first African American to serve as attorney general. “Ms. Lynch is a strong, independent prosecutor who has twice led one of the most important U.S. attorney’s offices in the country,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. He lauded Holder for a tenure “marked by historic gains in the areas of criminal justice reform and civil rights enforcement.” Lynch is the rare U.S. attorney who has not sought the limelight in what is normally a high-profile job with political potential. She rarely gives news conferences or interviews and recently ducked a gathering with Justice Department reporters in Washington.
LOS ANGELES — Even as the national experiment legalizing recreational pot spread last week to Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., a new poll suggests the enthusiasm among voters has hit a plateau. A majority, 51 percent, favors legalizing marijuana, according to a Gallup poll. That’s about where support has been since 2011, but a drop from the 58 percent who told Gallup last year they supported legalization. Last year’s poll came just after Colorado and Oregon had voted to allow marijuana to be sold in stores and were in the process of setting up the market. Since the last poll, marijuana stores have opened their doors in those states and some parts of the rollout have been bumpy. Gallup’s analysts wrote in a blog post that public support may have been weakened by several unwelcome headlines in Colorado around the sale of potinfused candies, cookies and other sweets that would appeal to children.
WASHINGTON — A proposed plea deal could spare the life of a former U.S. Penitentiary Atwater prisoner accused of killing his cellmate in 2003. Now, the fate of the prisoner, Samuel R. Stone, is in the hands of Attorney General Eric Holder. This week, attorneys revealed in new court filings that Stone has signed a conditional plea agreement in which he indicated a willingness to admit guilt in exchange for the government agreeing not to seek the death penalty. The Justice Department on Thursday offered no clue concerning Holder’s ultimate decision, which could be guided by the still-secret recommendations of a special committee. The prosecutors who have been preparing to try Stone have also not taken a public position on the defense team’s plea agreement proposal. Stone’s trial is now set to start next October. Compiled from Tribune News Service.
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‘It’s on Us’ project discusses statistics and measures to prevent sexual assault By whitney roberts contributing writer
Victims don’t have to combat sexual assault and violence alone. Approximately 60 students and faculty members gathered in Grafton-Stovall Theatre for the “It’s on Us” sexual assault panel last Thursday. The panel was organized by Kristin Wylie, an assistant professor of political science, and her POSC 371 class in light of their focus on women and politics in comparative perspectives. The day before the panel, the class organized a lecture led by Zerlina Maxwell, a nationally recognized speaker on domestic violence, sexual assault and gender equality. Maxwell’s address focused on ending gender-based aggression and assault. JMU, along with more than 60 other colleges across the country, is under federal investigation for the way it handled sexual assualt cases in the past. But the university is hoping to reach out to its students through events such as Thursday’s roundtable discussion panel, which was meant to cover and address campus conversation and initiatives to prevent sexual assault. Representatives from the Student Government Association, Madison Equality, The Men’s Program, Campus Assault ResponsE (CARE), the Red Flag Campaign, the Office of Equal Opportunity, the Office of Student Accountability & Restorative Practices and the University Health Center were all present and participating. But the panel wasn’t limited to current JMU community members. JMU alumna Raychel Whyte (’14), a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Combating Campus Sexual Violence and President Obama’s White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, was one of the 11 panel members asked to join the community engagement project. “I’m an alum now,” Whyte said. “But I am glad to be here as a support and I think that the voices of current students are what’s important.” Sexual assault and other gender-based harassment issues are being brought to the attention of college students through these events with the hope of amplifying student voices and enlisting the support of campus communities to prevent further occurrences. see assault, page 4
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Miniature horses, soapbox speeches and campus showers were topics discussed during Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting. The unusual subject matter wasn’t what made the meeting uncharacteristic. Heavy rain delayed senate members as they made their way to Taylor Hall. This meant speaker David McGraw and marshal Mark Piper were left to frantically count members as they attempted to get the majority of the 44 voting members necessary to start a meeting. “I was nervous because it was only a couple of minutes before starting time and we only had 18, but they all came — it’s just they came at the end,” McGraw, an integrated science and technology professor, said. While the meeting was underway, McGraw gave his speaker’s report, highlighting that a previous issue of The Breeze had “jumped the
gun” by saying that the Madison Vision Series was done and dusted as the funds have yet to be allocated. A topic of disuccsion was how to disburse the $10,000 promised to the Faculty Senate by President Jon Alger in the spring as a way to implement Alger’s four different categories of engagement. While the Senate has discussed the likelihood of developing a Madison Vision Teaching Excellence Award, other ways of investment were discussed at the meeting, such as mini-grants that would allow several smaller projects to be funded. A suggestion that came out of these mini grants was Madison Stand, which would encourage free speech on JMU’s campus by providing both students and faculty members with spaces to debate in a public forum. In an effort to reduce the concern for costs, Morgan Benton, an associate professor of integrated see senate, page 5
Harrisonburg’s Barnes & Noble was saved last week when hundreds of community members came together in support. According to Barnes & Noble’s Vice President of Corporate Communications Carolyn Brown, Barnes & Noble planned to close the store at the end of the year and vacate the the property in January. In a later statement, Deason said that Barnes & Noble and the property owners , The Kroenke Group, were able to reach an agreement to extend the lease. “We appreciate the cooperation and the willingness of this owner to work with us and look forward to continuing to serve our customers in the Harrisonburg community,” he said. But it wasn’t simply a matter of compromising. Many Harrisonburg community members also worked together from Oct. 14 to Nov. 4 to save a place that many call their second home. This was done through the creation of a “SAVE OUR BARNES AND NOBLE” Facebook event, which more than 500 people joined. According to junior English major Gennie Kirk and junior English and political science double major Chris Medrano, members of the group sent in letters to the leasing and development sector of The Kroenke Group. According to Medrano, Annie Prangle, a manager at Sole Source, a shoe store in Harrisonburg, was the administrator of the Facebook group. Prangle could not be reached for comment, but Medrano described her as their “silent hero,” because she organized the effort to save the store. “Basically, we were supposed to pressure Kenny Stiles [an agent with the the leasing and development sector] with letters, emails and phone calls, so that the Barnes & Noble would stay open,” Medrano said in a Facebook message. “I think it’s really great that it worked. I love books.” -staff report
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Homeowners were in for a surprise when they discovered graffiti from the Civil War-era on a wall in their home. Homeowners William “Biff” and Barbara Genda thought they had a plaster problem, but soon after Biff found that someone had previously stripped the old wallpaper away, but had painted over it without removing the primer from the wall, according to The Winchester Star. When they removed the primer, they found pencilled graffiti, which included names such as William, Billie Jordan and “Mr. Willie.” Accompanying the names were three lines. One line reads, “Rebels, if you can hear, we will whip you (undecipherable) shore.” The next one says, “If you do, it will be the first time you impedent (sic) scoundrels.” The third line reads, “You are cowards nothing but a thief the robbers of millions of women and children, you good for nothing skunk.” Architectural historian Maral Kalbian believes the discovery of the graffiti during the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is notable and profound. “[It shows that] no matter how much we know, there is always more to learn,” Kalbian said. “People with houses that were standing in the Valley during those four years might just want to peel off some wallpaper and take a look.”
Jonathan Gregoire, 21, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, was hit by an oncoming train and killed Saturday evening at Riverside Park in Lynchburg, according to The News & Advance. The victim was pronounced dead on a railroad trestle that spans the James River. According to the Lynchburg Police Department, Victoria Bridges, 21, of Newport News, Virginia, was with Gregoire on the evening he died. She was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital and was treated for nonlife threatening injuries after she fell from the tracks. The trestle has become an epicenter for accidents in recent years. In October 2012 a man was struck and killed on the structure, and in November 2011 a student from Liberty University was also killed. Aside from designated points of crossing, any sort of presence on the tracks is considered trespassing. According to the Code of Virginia, the violation is punishable as a class four misdemeanor. Spokesman Robin Chapman for Norfolk Southern, the corporation responsible for track operations, told The News & Advance that people oftentimes venture onto the tracks as a shortcut to their walk home, or as a scenic overlook point. Nevertheless, the freight trains that utilize the trestle and tracks don’t stick to a rigid schedule and run day and night.
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“Right now, there is [a bunch] of different compartments in two separate buildings, which was separated by a parking lot,” Banks said. “Often times, employees or citizens having to go back and forth would have to walk through a parking lot or potentially cross the road. In [the new building], all the offices will be centralized so there will be many more efficiencies.” The idea of a new building right next to the existing Municipal Building was proposed in fall 2013 when it was established that the Community Development building across the street was unable to hold a second floor. “I have been pushing for a new Municipal Building ever since I started on council about 10 years ago. We’ve never had enough space to put all of our employees in one building,” Harrisonburg Vice Mayor Charles Chenault said. “The space we’ve had has been substandard and unsafe. Additionally, the climate control systems were antiquated. From an energy efficiency standpoint, I can’t imagine a more deficient situation of what we had.” The Municipal Building also has one central air conditioning unit which struggles to provide for the entire building. The rest of the building is subject to inefficient window air conditioning units. The new design includes a corridor that runs between the old building and the new building, which will make it easy to go from one to the other. The new City Hall building will consume what was previously a parking lot, somewhat limiting downtown parking availability. “We’ve gotten lots of complaints. Most of the people around here were quite accustomed to, and still are, being able to drive your car to the exact spot you want to go,” Banks said. “Unfortunately, as Harrisonburg begins to grow and become urbanized, people are having to understand the reality that you’re going to have to park somewhere and potentially have to walk.” Although it was important for the council to keep the new City Hall in the heart of the city, many citizens were unhappy with the fact that originally, the new building was going to cover the side of the existing building. This problem was resolved by moving the project farther down the property so there would be a better view of
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The new 47,000-square-foot City Hall building is expected to provide much-needed office space for city employees.
the older building. All of the currently housed public offices will eventually be transferred into the new building’s office space. As of right now, business is being maintained in both the Municipal Building and the Community Development building, which is serving as a huge cost reduction. Nielsen Builders, who constructed the original Municipal Building in 1911, has been around for more than 100 years. Project Manager Jacob Hull is eager to add on to it. On an average day, Nielsen Builders has 15 to 20 workers. They’re working five days a week in order to complete the project by June, and according to Hull, construction has basically been going as planned. “The old building is 100 years old, they just wanted to update it,” Hull said. “They wanted it to be bigger and better.” contact Jessica Newman at newmanjt@dukes.jmu.edu.
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The six members of the iDebate Rwanda Program share the stories of victims of the 1994 genocide that killed over 1 million Rwandans. The stories expressed the desparation and fear felt by many who were abused and killed because of their ethnicities. from front
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Sarah Hogg (left), a junior anthropology major, speaks alongside JMU alumna Jasmin Ullah (’14) about JMU’s sexual misconduct policy and methods for preventing assault at Thursday night’s panel in Grafton. from page 3
The panel referred to JMU’s sexual misconduct policy, J34-100, several times throughout the discussion, and urged the community to become familiar with each of the policy’s five sections. They also made sure to highlight that, according to the policy, students who report sexual misconduct will not be charged with alcohol or drug violations, even if these substances were involved. Leaders of the discussion were also quick to specify that sexual assault isn’t just a women’s issue, but one that all genders and communities can identify with. To break the paired generalizations that sexual assault and women face, the panel suggested adding women’s studies courses to JMU’s general education program as a solution. Since JMU has a predominantly female student body, the panel agreed that it would be a widely beneficial option as a GenEd, and would continue to encourage open conversation for the controversial topic. Caleb Smith, a junior accounting major and president of The Men’s Program, admits that convincing men to join the movement and become aware is a difficult task. “Men do not want to confront other men about topics in general,” Smith said. “So, getting them to talk about what is typically seen as a women’s issue is hard.” Luke Byrnes, a senior media arts and philosophy double major, was one of the few men in the audience. “I came because my friend shared it on Facebook,” Byrnes said. “Statistics and stuff you can find online, and people can share them, but it’s good to have them in a context.” Members of the panel were able to provide highly relevant statistics, studies and resources in relation to growing sexual assault issues. At the end of the program JMU alumna Jasmin Ullah (’14) urged audience members to join campaigns and movements already in the works instead of trying to raise awareness alone. contact Whitney Roberts at robertwj@dukes.jmu.edu.
Vision Series,” was held in Memorial Hall last Wednesday evening. Debaters shared their own stories and the stories of their friends surviving the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. According to Jean Michel Habineza, Rwanda iDebate’s main adviser, for many, the first thing that comes to mind when hearing “Rwanda” is the 1994 genocide. Habineza compared the genocide to the Holocaust, since one ethnic group oppressed another in both. “People were killed for one reason — being born different,” Habineza said. Founded in 2012, the iDebate Rwanda program strives to use debate to educate the international community and future generations of Rwandans, help discuss the backlash from the genocide and, according to program debater Yvan Magwene, promote a platform for youth. “Whenever I think of the impact the genocide has had on me, I sometimes wonder why I am involved in all of these youth activities, pushing for reconciliation, and peace in our generation,” Bryan Manzi, a debater who spoke at the event, said. “Then I remember that even though we are all products of our past, we’re not prisoners of it.” Twenty-six-year-old Dadi Niwejye spoke first, telling his own shocking story of his near-death encounter as a young boy. The morning following the Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana’s tragic death in a plane crash, Niwejye and his family were awakened by the sound of gunshots. The genocide had begun. They immediately fled their house in search of shelter. “At 5 years old, I saw a dead body for the first time. His head had been chopped off and put at his feet. I was petrified,” Niwejye said. “My grandmother pulled my hand and told me, ‘Don’t let
anyone see your face.’” Like many other Tutsi families, Niwejye’s family took refuge in a nearby church. But they weren’t protected for long. “People were praying, wishing to die by bullets versus being killed by machetes because the gunshots would cause less suffering,” Niwejye said. He then described his jaw-dropping encounter with death. The militia would come by every morning and randomly select a few people to taken behind the church and kill. “One morning they picked men first, women second — to rape and kill — and children third,” Niwejye said. “The third time when they came to grab the children, they pulled me by the ear and hit me with a gun butt out of the church. I was going to be killed like my father without the chance to say goodbye to my family.” Niwejye, unable to speak or move, witnessed the first child get shot. As the fourth child in the line, he then witnessed the second die after being hit on the head with a hammer. Just when he thought he was next, Niwejye was pulled aside by a woman, a mother of one of the Hutu killers, and brought inside to the killer’s family. That night, the woman took in Niwejye’s family to stay at her house. “[It was] a place where one of the greatest killers called his home,” Niwejye said. “He [the Hutu] was a killer, but surprisingly obedient to his mother.” Despite the tragic circumstances Niwejye has overcome, he has been able to move on with his life and discovered his passion for debate. “I know God saved me for a purpose,” Niwejye said. “And I must serve that purpose that I understand when I am going to church, not to hide behind the church doors but to thank God, for
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he saved us.” Bryan Manzi read the story of his friend, who was 7 years old when the genocide started. His friend’s father was a Hutu and his mother was a Tutsi, so his father was seen as a traitor when he refused to participate in the killings. His father paid the killers to leave his family alone, and they fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “When we came back to Rwanda, it was no longer the beautiful country we left behind,” Manzi read. “There were corpses everywhere.” Like Niwejye, Manzi’s friend figured he must have been spared from the genocide for a purpose. The third debater that spoke was the youngest on the tour, 14-year-old Kassy Irebe. Like Manzi, Irebe read the story of a fellow Rwandan. This woman, though not yet pregnant yet, wrote a letter to her future child, telling them about her father. “I’m sure you will listen, understand, and maybe cry a little when you find out how much his forced absence affected me,” Irebe read. While it’s easy for many to think about victims who experience genocide themselves, Habineza stressed that the consequences can span the future generations. “When we talk about genocide, many people tend to view it in the sense of the number of people that died,” Habineza said. “But I would like to ask you, if you were to think about it, the true victims of genocide are those that were born after the genocide, those who were either too young to experience the genocide, or those who were not even born when the genocide happened.” contact Caroline Brandt at brandtcw@dukes.jmu.edu.
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science and technology, suggested the university could buy sturdy soapboxes to promote such speech. “We’ve had these evangelists on campus recently who are — regardless of what you think they do — they create conversations, they create a space for critical thinking,” Benton said. “And assuming we buy a sturdy enough soap box, we could have them in multiple places.” While several ideas have been placed on the table by the Faculty Senate’s vision series committee, it’s now up to members to decide. “We would like to get going on this in the spring, fleshing out the details, maybe getting started with it depending on what the idea is,” McGraw said. “We don’t have a specific deadline, but we’re trying to come to some closure on it.” Another topic discussed was how to define what animals should be allowed in the classroom. Kimberly Duvall, the Faculty Senate’s student relations chair and lecturer of psychology, explained that there are currently two types of animals students living on campus are allowed to have — “comfort animals” and “service animals.” However, university policy only defines restrictions with regard to service animals. “There are comfort animals around campus that are allowed in the dorms, that is my understanding, but some students are bringing them to the classroom,” Duvall said. “There has been a ferret, a rat, a rabbit — I’ve heard there was a snake but I haven’t seen it.” Duvall has been in contact with representatives from the Office of Disability Services in an attempt to distinguish which types of animals should or shouldn’t be allowed in university buildings. JMU Policy 1330 currently defines service animals as “any dog, or in certain circumstances, miniature horse, specifically trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of and to accommodate the functional needs of an individual with a disability.” At the Oct. 2 Faculty Senate meeting, Faculty Senate member and associate professor of English Mark Rankin brought up the idea of making a formal recommendation to the university to provide faculty members with showers in the buildings on campus to encourage them to cycle to work and get exercise during their busy work days. “I think the idea is simply a decent one, if not a good one, given that so many of us cycle to
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In an effort to improve cycling conditions on campus and encourage more faculty members to bike to work, the Faculty Senate discussed a proposal to add showers to buildings on campus. Conversations were also held to determine the campus policy for comfort animals, as well as greater options for free speech at JMU.
campus and the university seems to be working to improve the conditions of cycling,” Rankin said. The proposal stated that the university should add faculty-only showers to all new buildings as well as existing buildings when logistically possible. After being introduced, a 20-minute discussion ensued and resulted in making amendments to the original legislation.The first amendment was to add a stipulation that would require the university to add lockers to the shower additions while the second amendment changed the capped costs of the additions of showers from “a few hundred dollars” to “a few thousand dollars.” After the discussion on the bill concluded, the legislation was voted down by Faculty Senate members in a process which McGraw thought took longer than expected. “Everyone wants to have their say and ask their questions and sometimes that just takes time,” McGraw said. contact William Mason at mason3wj@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Physician-assisted suicide should be a legitimate option for terminally-ill patients Imagine this scenario for a quick moment: you are diagnosed with a terminal disease. There is no chance of being cured and you are given six months to live. It won’t be an easy time either — the disease will cause a slow and painful death that will tear down your very being. Do you decide to continue on in the face of the disease? Or would you rather find another way to face the end? Do you choose to end your own life in such a way that the worst of the disease doesn’t tear you down from within? That was the choice that Brittany Maynard made on Nov. 1. Maynard was a 29-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and had a tumor so large that the only treatment with any chance of saving her was full brain radiation, and even that had a low chance of success. Because of these circumstances, Maynard decided that she would use Oregon’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act and get medical help to end her life. Five states have such laws on their books, and other states have bills going through their legislatures. They require that the person be of sound mind when the request is made and that they have a diagnosis of six months or less to live. Only the patient in question can make the request, and the doctor isn’t legally forced to write the prescription if they are morally opposed to the option. With the way the law is written, why shouldn’t this be a readily available option for those with terrible futures ahead of them due to horrible diseases? Similar cases are made for people to be pulled off life support if they fall into a permanent vegetative state, so why wouldn’t we offer a similar sentiment if someone is suffering from something like terminal cancer? Of course, people have their objections on this issue. Some are simply morally opposed to suicide as an option in general regardless of the circumstances, and I can understand that. This view isn’t completely palatable for everyone and they are perfectly within their rights to not use these measures at all. All that means, though, is that they never have to use the law if they are opposed to it. Not everyone can be like Stephen Hawking,
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who has been able to survive up to age 70 with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. His is an unusual case to say the very least. In fact, the esteemed physicist has even publicly approved of the right to die in a recent interview. He brought up an interesting point when he said, “We don’t let animals suffer, so why humans?” In the end, we own our lives and choose what we do with them. To say otherwise goes against the very principles of free will and agency. If confronted with a terminal disease that would ruin us mentally, emotionally and physically, the option to die with dignity should be readily available. Kevan Hulligan is a senior political science major. Contact Kevan at hulligkx@dukes.jmu.edu.
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I would just like to make a few comments on the Breeze opinion article published Thursday titled, “Where have you been?” Being an “active and engaged citizen who leads a productive and meaningful life” isn’t about having someone else come and tell you the issues of the upcoming elections. Rather, it’s about us, the citizens, taking the initiative to understand and evaluate the issues in relation to our own personal ideological preferences. It has never been solely the job of the “voter promoters” to inform the electorate. They’re merely working to spread the word about a particular candidate, often with a partisan bias. It’s our job as citizens to actively research the candidates and their positions on the issues that directly affect our lives. Claiming to not be informed because other people didn’t inform you isn’t a legitimate justification for not voting. Each campaign, as well as groups and organizations not associated with the campaigns, has been promoting this election for the better part of nine months. Further, organizations such as the Student Government Association, Virginia21, Dukes Vote!, Campus Election Engagement Project, College Republicans, College Democrats and Madison Liberty have all been promoting this election on campus through events such as the DukesDebate, held by SGA on Oct. 6. Additionally, these groups have been promoting the election and the candidates via voter registration efforts throughout the election cycle. Statistically, there’s a large portion of voters who will make their decision within the last week of the campaign season. These “voter promoters” are not advocating that individuals “vote for the sake of voting,” but are simply advocating for their candidate on the day that matters most: Election Day. Further, the job of a citizen never ends. It’s not enough just to be knowledgeable during the relatively small time that is the election season. Citizens must continually seek more information in their efforts to fulfill James Madison’s ideal that “knowledge will forever govern ignorance.” Sometimes I wonder if we as a society actually understand the duties and responsibilities placed upon us as citizens. Former United States Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said it best: “The only title in our democracy superior to that of the President is that of citizen.” Josh Humphries is a junior political science major.
An “it-was-one-time” dart to the crossword readers who darted The Breeze for the repeated puzzle on Page 2 last Monday. From a copy editor who’s very sorry that you didn’t get to do your daily crossword, but who has also gotten them to you each week error-free for the past two semesters and was discouraged by the harsh backlash.
An “appreciative” pat to the students of the theatre department for providing a season of thought provoking plays. From a fan who can’t wait to see what you guys do with “Assassins.”
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RACHEL PETTY | Petty for your thoughts
Fighting for your life (or classes) Registration system needs to be changed As I’m sure you all know, class registration has been going on for two weeks now. As a sophomore, it was my fourth time registering for classes and hearing people complain. Is there something wrong with the JMU registration process, or do we simply need to face the fact that we’re a big school and not everyone can get into the classes they want? I will be studying abroad next semester so I didn’t face much difficulty getting the classes I wanted. However, other students weren’t so lucky. I saw countless Facebook posts and tweets about how upon logging on to MyMadison, all the classes in students’ shopping carts were full.
As JMU continues to expand, the demand for classes increases. I’m sure the university is doing its best to accommodate everyone, but this is close to impossible with nearly 20,000 undergraduate students registering for classes. I experienced this last semester and understand how frustrating it is. You think you find the perfect schedule, then realize that most or all of your classes will fill up before your registration time. Not only will some people not get the times or professors they want, but they also may not be able to register for that class at all. Sometimes you can get an override, but other times that’s not
possible. If a bunch of people are trying to get overrides, how does a professor determine who gets one and who doesn’t? There are so many requirements for GenEds, major and minor classes and electives that students find it difficult to stay on track. Perhaps a slightly different system would help. If more sections of highdemand major classes were available, students may not have as many problems. Mashi Dehghanpour, a freshman, commented on Facebook saying, “I’m a bio major and the bio and chem lecture and labs I need are all filled up … it’s a cold world.” Some classes will open additional sections if they are in high demand, but that still doesn’t accommodate everyone. Many of the complaints I’ve seen revolve around business classes in particular. “If/when the COB 191 classes start opening someone holler at me,” another student posted. The majority of the complaints I saw came from freshmen, since they have the least amount of credits. However, sophomores say that it doesn’t get much better. A female student commented that she had 22 classes in her shopping cart, all of which were full. As JMU continues to expand, the demand for classes increases. I’m sure the university is doing its best to accommodate everyone, but this is close to impossible with nearly 20,000 undergraduate students registering for classes. A new system that can handle this population needs to be implemented, or at least more classes should be offered. I’ll end with an inspirational Facebook post from freshman media arts and design declared major Annie Franks: “Guys. Don’t bother asking. That class you want. It’s full. They’re all full. Give up.” Rachel Petty is a sophomore media arts and design major. Contact Rachel at pettyrb@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Ryan Abbott | contributing columnist
Stall-gate 2014 The ridiculously short bathroom stalls across campus need to be replaced Using the bathroom is supposed to be a time of absolute privacy. For me, it’s one of the only glimpses of the day when I can step away from the ramifications of reality and have a moment of peace and tranquility. It can be a time of reflection, relaxation and deep thought, unless soiled by external distractions. Unfortunately, this is happening more often than I would like because of the wooden planks — also known as poor excuses for bathroom stall doors — provided in a number of buildings on campus. If you haven’t realized, most West Campus buildings, including Moody Hall, Maury Hall and D-Hall, contain stalls that seem like they haven’t been replaced since some of your parents went here in the ’80s. Their wonderful characteristics include standing about four feet tall, being made out of cheap wood and having large gaps in the doors. For one who values bathroom privacy, this is the ultimate breach of isolation rights. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m not as big of a fan of being able to see into the lap of someone using the bathroom as the individuals that designed it. I don’t understand why it’s
still acceptable to still have these stalls, especially when it has proved impossible to successfully use them for anyone valuing privacy. Even though it would be nice, I’m not asking for anything special like large oak stalls reaching from floor to ceiling with no gaps in order to guarantee seclusion. I’m simply
asking for some decent stalls that at least allow people to use the bathroom without feeling the presence of the rando next to you. It really doesn’t seem like much to ask for considering the amount of money we’re spending on “UREC II” and a refilled Newman Lake with a dam. It just blows my mind
that we can spend $57 million on another UREC ($5 million of which was used solely for excavation to even the ground), $3.3 million to improve a lake and $60 million to expand a stadium that’s never filled, yet we can’t even get some decent bathrooms. I mean come on, bathroom stalls probably cost a theoretical penny compared to those expenses. It’s time we came together as a community and lobbied for some updated bathroom stalls, especially for some of the most used facilities on campus. In the bigger picture, maybe it’s time that we had a say in where our tuition money is being spent, but I shouldn’t digress since it would be entering a whole different realm of issues. I think that sophomore Michael Hurley’s feelings on the outdated stalls will sum things up best: “It’s a crime, it’s disheartening, and it violates our privacy rights as Americans. Those wood stalls don’t deserve to call themselves functional barriers.”
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Ryan Abbott is a sophomore marketing major. Contact Ryan at abbot2re@dukes.jmu.edu.
Chloe Donnelly | contributing columnist
Erase the ‘STIgma’ Sexually transmitted infections do not equate to being dirty or promiscuous Let me start by asking this question: Do you have a sexually transmitted infection? I’m sure most people’s initial reaction would be something along the lines of an emphatic, “Of course not!” Allow me one more question: How do you know? If you’re not sexually active or if you have never had unprotected sex, there’s a pretty good chance that you know for sure. However, if you have ever had unprotected sex (this includes oral) and haven’t since been tested, you cannot know for sure. But don’t feel guilty or ashamed — you’re not the first person to have unprotected sex, and you definitely won’t be the last. However, whether or not you are “clean” seems to be a topic of great fear. But let me address that phrase immediately. For some reason, STIs seem to be synonymous with “dirty” in our society. This creates a polarized spectrum in which those who do not have one are considered “pure” or “clean,” while on the other hand, those with one are looked on with extreme disdain. This is not “Star Wars”; you do not cross over into the dark side just because you contract an STI. In fact, many of us experience chronic health problems, but this does not make us “unclean.” So what, then, is the cause of this terrifying “STIgma” we have
attached to sexually transmitted — and that by the age of 25, one in two members of the sexually active infections? It could be because some symptoms population will have contracted an accompany certain infections and STI. That’s 50 percent! In addition to it being highly likely diseases, or even the fact that we have avoided talking about it for so long that half of us will contract an STI that it has become before our midtaboo. Perhaps it is 20s, people seem because we do not to overlook the This is not “Star fully understand what fact that some STIs Wars”; you do it means to have an may not always not cross over have noticeable STI. There’s a w ide symptoms. into the dark side range of infections Therefore, many just because you out there, and not p e o p l e may b e all of infections are unaware that they contract an STI. uncommon. They are even infected. If In fact, many of can include anything we just assume that from a tick bite or we’re unaffected us experience chicken pox to Ebola by something so chronic health hemorrhagic fever common, we’re or mad cow disease. more likely to problems, but this These examples are have unprotected does not make on extreme ends of sex due to a false the spectrum, but if consciousness that us “unclean.” you ask me, I would we are pure, angelic much rather have an human beings and STI than mad cow. nothing bad could ever happen to us Our peers might presume that in order to contract an because we are young and invincible. STI that one must be promiscuous or This way, STIs may be unknowingly “get around.” Aside from the fact that passed around by the carriers. someone’s sex life is no one else’s While this type of circumstance business, the fact of the matter is might sound ominous, what folks that one-fourth of new STI infections tend to overlook is the fact that many occur in teenagers — 18 and 19 of the most common of these STIs are are still technically teenage years curable, including Human Papilloma (ahem freshmen and sophomores) Virus (HPV), chlamydia, gonorrhea
and syphilis. Chlamydia sounds super scary, but in reality, it’s often times unnoticeable and can be cured quickly and easily with some simple antibiotics. It’s important to protect your health and the health and wellbeing of others around you. That being said, we’re only human, and people mess up. Yes, it’s important to practice responsible, safe sex, but stuff happens. Experiencing an STI for the first time can be a frightening experience, and the drama, fear and socially induced shame that tend to accompany this situation are unnecessary and illogical. No one should be made to feel embarrassed about their sex life, and no one should feel alone when it comes to a position that half of us will encounter within the next few years (statistically speaking). I’m not suggesting that people go tweet about their personal health stories. I am merely suggesting that if we admit the commonality of sex and the potential that STIs have to come with it, then perhaps we can gradually become more comfortable with the idea of getting down and dirty as long as we take responsibility to stand back up and come clean. Chloe Donnelly is a junior justice studies major. Contact Chloe at donnelcn@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Horror film ‘The Babadook’ released on DirecTV By LEAH POULLIOT The Breeze
“If it’s in a word, or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of the Babadook.” The Australian horror film that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival has finally started making its rounds in America, and personally I must say that I’m impressed. An eerie cross between psychological and supernatural horror, “The Babadook” keeps the viewer guessing what exactly is going on and if what they are seeing is really there.
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The movie begins as Amelia, played by Essie Davis, wakes from a dream about her husband’s death in a car crash, evidently on the day their son was born. Amelia awakes to her 6-year-old son, Samuel, who is frightened because he believes there are monsters living in his room. She assures him otherwise, but her days don’t get easier. Her son, Samuel is played by Noah Wiseman and is seen as a nuisance and out of control. Though she tries to cope, Amelia’s frustrations with her life and son are blatantly obvious. One night, after stumbling upon a new book on their bookshelf, Samuel picks “Mister Babadook” as his nighttime story. This is when the movie takes a spiraling trip through hell.
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KollaborAsian: the Sixth Sense, a culture show, was put on last Saturday by JMU’s Asian Student Union and Korean Student Association. KollaborAsian included performances of Bhangra, a northern Indian folk dance, a traditional Chinese Lion Dance titled “Buddha on the Run,” a Korean scarf dance and Samul Nori, which is Korean traditional percussion music.
1. Sophomore finance and economics double major Kushali Marwaha (left), senior hospitality management major Mohit Dhingra, senior media arts and design major Alicia Inkrote and junior computer science major Abhishek Luthra perform Bhangra. 2. Junior computer information systems major BLAIR ROSEN / THE BREEZE
Although this movie is slow to start, it does give an interesting twist to the boogeyman arch. The artwork and simplicity of the storybook is haunting and complements the darkness of the film. Nowadays, theaters are filled with gore similar to that in “Saw” or documentarystyle horror, but “The Babadook” is fresh. What goes bump in the night? What comes out of the closet and lives under beds? This monster does all of that and more; it demands acknowledgement and, once satisfied, its haunting power grows. This movie not only avoids a stereotypical, predictable ending but it also brings a new creature to the horror genre. What I love most about the film is its ending. It stays true to the claims in the movie. While most horror films claim that there is no way to escape, they contradict this when somehow the heroine makes it through in the end. “The Babadook” stays true to its word. I wholeheartedly encourage you to go out and see it as soon as possible. The film is available on DirecTV now and will play in select theaters Nov. 28. CONTACT Leah Poulliot is a junior media arts and design major. Contact Leah at poullilc@dukes.jmu.edu.
Anh Nguyen, senior international business and marketing double major Denice Donovan and senior computer science major Justin Lee choreographed a Chinese Lion Dance. 3. The Korean scarf dance was choreographed by senior media arts and design major Michelle Lee. Combining traditional and modern dance, this was the first scarf dance for a JMU culture show. Lee also performed her choreography at the show. 4. Samul Nori was played with the buk, a barrel drum played by sophomore intelligence analysis major Kat Kochka, senior health sciences major Eumee Song and junior intelligence analysis major Nick Johnson, janggu, an hourglass-shaped drum, jing, a larger gong played by sophomore math major Yaeni Kim, and kwaenggwari, a small gong played by fifth-year accounting major Michelle Choi. The performance at the event was arranged by Choi and Johnson.
Food for thought
JMU’s Center for Multicultural Student Services sponsors play about racial tension By MIKE DOLZER The Breeze
Humor, race relations and star-crossed lovers filled the Memorial Hall auditorium in an attempt to make the 500-person audience rethink their perception of skin color. “Platanos Y Collard Greens,” a play based on the racial tension between African-Americans and Latin Americans in New York City in 2003, was the agent of this cultural analysis. The show, which was performed last Wednesday, was sponsored by JMU’s Center for Multicultural Student Services (CMSS). “Platanos Y Collard Greens,” written by David Lamb in its 10th season, is a humorous romantic tale of two college students, Freeman, an African-American man, and Angelita, a Dominican woman, who fall
in love at first sight. Though shrouded in comedy, the play still has racial undertones, questioning if love between people of the African-American and Latin American communities can survive. The show, which chronicles Freeman and Angelita’s struggle to stay together in a society colored by prejudice, was part of CMSS’s Diversity Excellence Education Program (D.E.E.P.) Impact Cultural Series. “The D.E.E.P. Impact Cultural Series serves to provide diverse keynote speakers and presentations to enlighten the JMU community on issues and trends surrounding multiculturalism and diversity,” Christina Carr, a senior intelligence analysis major and diversity educator with D.E.E.P., said. see GREENS, page 10
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REFUGEES | Artwork of local artists contrast old life with life in Harrisonburg
album review
Pulling on the ‘Heartstrings’ Leighton Meester’s new album stays true to her musical passions instead of tailoring to fans
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Leighton Meester at a screening of “Country Strong” in Dec. 2010. By EMMY FREEDMAN The Breeze
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TOP Christina Wetzler, a senior communication sciences and disorders major, visits the gallery for class. BOTTOM LEFT Stephen (left) and Jackie Lambert of Bridgewater visit the gallery on Friday night. BOTTOM RIGHT The art of the refugees consisted of paintings, photographs and sculpture. from front
arrival in the U.S. The program assists refugees with finding new homes and jobs, applying for citizencamera and has captured his life from Iraq to ship and navigating American life. The program Syria before coming to America this year. His wants to recognize the talents and identities of photographs were shown at the Harrisonburg refugees while teaching them American customs. “We’ve had shows at A Bowl of Good before International Festival and he is now in New York where local photographers would follow refugee City sharing his work in another art show. families around Harrisonburg Osman Nasrawt and his to show how refugees lived,” family came to the U.S. “We’ve had shows at A Bowl Rebecca Sprague, the life skills in 1997 from Qaladze, in of Good before where local teacher and community prothe Kurdistan region of gram coordinator for CWS in Iraq. Nasrawt studied at photographers would follow Harrisonburg, said. “This time the Institute of Fine Art in refugee families around we wanted to give the refugees Sulaymaniyah and creates themselves the spotlight and his work primarily with oil Harrisonburg to show how show what they can do.” and acrylic paints. Nasrawt refugees lived. This time we JMU students, Harrisonburg had his paintings displayed families and refugees all came in art exhibits in the Kurd- wanted to give the refugees A Bowl of Good to enjoy the istan Region before coming themselves the spotlight and to artwork. to the U.S. He has since dis“I’ve never seen an art show played his paintings in the show what they can do.” here before, but I really like Harrisonburg International this,” Cheryl Martin, a HarriFestival, as well as in shows Rebecca Sprague sonburg resident, said. in Richmond and Roanoke. Life skills teacher and A musician from Iraq who Nasrawt’s paintings depict community project coordinator moved to Harrisonburg just last Kurdish citizens and their for Church World Service week played lute, a string instruexperiences with violence. ment with a neck and deep, The term “refugee” refers round back, for visitors while to people who have fled they viewed the artists’ work. their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster. Har- The restaurant’s usual dining services remained risonburg’s Refugee Resettlement Office, located open and diners had the option to view the refuon Elizabeth Street, helps refugees recreate their gees’ work. A table of free appetizers next to the exhibit’s included pita, baba ganoush and other lives in our community. The Refugee Resettlement Office is one branch ethnic foods to accentuate the artwork and music. “We wanted people in Harrisonburg to look at the of The Church World Service’s Refugee Resettlement Program’s centers across America, which refugees’ artwork and say ‘That’s different, but that’s were created in the 1980s after the signage of the beautiful,’” Sprague said. Refugee Resettlement Act. The office helps refugees acclimate to their new CONTACT Natalie Miller at communities within the first few months of their millernk@dukes.jmu.edu.
I didn’t have high hopes for Leighton Meester Leighton Meester’s new album, “Heartstrings,” released on Oct. 27, “Heartstrings” since little in her career up to this point suggested she could pull off a compelling debut album. But I was Released Oct. 27 wrong and I’m glad to say it. The album is quite soulful for the young artist, whose past music credits include only a handful of spots on minor pop songs and a single credit in the Gwyneth Paltrow movie, “Country Strong.” “Heartstrings” shows that Leighton Meester, whose biggest claim to fame is playing Blair Waldorf on the CW hit “Gossip Girl,” deserves credit for this foray into the music world. First off, “Heartstrings” showcases a mix of genres, from pop to folk to blues. The album starts off with title song “Heartstrings,” which has a folksy-pop sound to it. It features a moody acoustic guitar and some light backup drums. The sonic palette is kept simple and clean and doesn’t rely on over-production to mask the limits of her vocal range. “Dreaming,” the seventh song on the nine-track album, has a sound that I imagine you’d hear in an Italian villa. It contains a steady tambourine beat and a blending of Spanish and other guitars with the occasional mandolin. Conversely, “Sweet,” the fourth song, has more of a languid, sultry beat. This one features a prominent violin and a sound similar to that of Chris Isaak, the San Francisco crooner who favors a lot of steel and resonator guitars. These odd comparisons show that Meester is not tailoring an album to her readily available teen fans. Instead, she’s exploring her musical passions — a courageous approach when you consider other young artists, such as Selena Gomez, who were first popular on TV shows. The album also contains some These odd comparisons great candid lyrics. In “Good for show that Meester One Thing,” Meester talks about how an egotistical guy is only good is not tailoring an at being good-looking. She sings, album to her readily “I think it’s hilarious the way you talk about yourself but please don’t available teen fans. tell that story again.” Then she goes on to say, “But you’re so lovely, I can’t behave myself.” So, while she complains about this guy’s stupidity and arrogance, she also admits that she’s unfortunately attracted to him because of his good looks. It’s nice how she’s able to find fault within herself and not just heap the fault on others. In “Entitled,” the concluding song, she says, “I’m an amnesiac, forgot what it’s like to be happy. Some kind of maniac, that’ll follow you around when I know you don’t want me.” It’s refreshing to hear such relatable lyrics in her songs. While her album may not be completely perfect, Meester shows that she is an artist you should look out for in the coming years. Since this was only her debut, there’s plenty of opportunity for more amazing songs. Songs like “Run Away,” “Heartstrings” and “Dreaming” really stick out and the album as a whole shows that Meester is more than just a beloved TV character. This unique-sounding album is definitely one of the most interesting releases this year, and hopefully Meester continues to surprise us with more music soon. Emmy Freedman is a sophomore media arts and design major. Contact Emmy at freedmee@dukes.jmu.edu.
GREENS | ‘It gets you laughing, then punches you in the back with the truth’ from page 9
“Platanos y Collard Greens” is an urban twist on the classic story of “Romeo and Juliet,” where Freeman and Angelita fall in love despite the judgement of society and their families. They face an array of hurdles along the way, including gossip, stereotypes and a heart attack. Audience members are kept wondering if the young lovers will make it. “‘Platanos Y Collard Greens’ was significant for the D.E.E.P. Impact Cultural Series because it provided an internal perspective on the issues prevalent in Latin American and African American culture,” Carr said. “Audience members left the play with a greater awareness of the discrimination that still occurs between minority groups in our society today, but they were also able to celebrate the differences that make us unique.” The five cast members echoed this sentiment when they discussed the play’s impact during an audience Q-and-A session after the show. “The show creates a dialogue,” Toi Williams, the veteran actor who played Pops, Freeman’s father, said. “It
gets you laughing, then punches you in the back with the truth.” In addition to creating a dialogue for the audience, the show also touched some of the actors.
“Do not be a bystander when it comes to racial tension. Don’t complain about how bad things are, then turn your back when you actually see racism happening.” Isabela Capellan
Nilsa in “Platanos Y Collard Greens”
“It hits close to home,” Isabel Capellan, the professional actress who played Nilsa, Angelita’s best friend, said in the Q-and-A session. “I was born in the
Dominican Republic, and I remember my grandma being shunned when she married a black man.” Capellan used this story to segue into her message for the audience. “Do not be a bystander when it comes to racial tension,” Capellan said. “Don’t complain about how bad things are, then turn your back when you actually see racism happening.” The entire cast emphasized one takeaway: deal with the person in relationships, not with things like race or culture. “As people we are all the same; do not discriminate,” Williams said. The next opportunity to see a cultural play through the D.E.E.P. Impact Cultural Series will be in January during JMU’s week-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. CMSS hopes to engage students on the trends and issues in African American culture. More information can be found at www.jmu.edu/multicultural. CONTACT Mike Dolzer at dolzermj@dukes.jmu.edu.
Sports
Dukes ready for final week
JMU volleyball has a CAA tournament spot locked up with two games to go. Read more at breezejmu.org/sports.
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Redshirt senior forward/defender Sam Lofton was one of three team captains this season and was named First Team All-CAA. She helped the Dukes earn the No. 2 seed in the CAA tournament.
Runs in the family Sam Lofton’s soccer background helped her make an impact at JMU from day one By Forrest Deal contributing writer
For some college athletes, the transition to college sports can be a challenge. The jump from club and varsity sports in high school brings a whole new level of commitment and intensity. However, for Sam Lofton, a redshirt senior captain for JMU’s women’s soccer team, the transition into college never slowed her path toward a terrific collegiate career. Lofton has been playing soccer since she was 5 years old — it’s in her blood. Her parents were soccer coaches and she also had two older siblings who played, which got her involved in the sport at such a young age. “I’ve been playing soccer for almost 18 years; I grew to love the sport,” Lofton said. Lofton made an immediate impact during her freshman year, as she started in nearly every game. That season she helped the Dukes win the Colonial Athletic Association championship and was named JMU’s Rookie of the Year. “She is all business when it comes to soccer,” senior defender and co-captain Shannon Rano said. “I’ve learned so much from her.” Rano has been Lofton’s teammate for the last four
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seasons. Rano said Lofton has taught her how to be more technical with her own game. And during that time, Lofton and Rano have benefited from their competitive natures by pushing one another to get better. “She is the kind of player you want to train with,” senior forward Katie Hyland said. “Someone who is really good and that will push you to get better.” Because Lofton plays both forward and defender, she has had the opportunity to challenge both Rano and Hyland in practice. “She is the complete package,” head coach Dave Lombardo said. “She is so technical, she has the best footwork and she is so mentally strong, she never takes a day off.” Lofton doesn’t leave her focused and determined attitude on the field. She is majoring in health sciences with a pre-med concentration and a minor in biology. Lofton is also in the honors program and is a four-time CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award winner. She was also named to the CAA All-Academic team for the second year in a row this season. The athletic and academic accolades haven’t come without adversity, though. Two games into her junior year in 2012, Lofton suffered an injury that ended her season. The injury became the start of a long 16-month journey back to recovery. The experience was tough on Lofton,
who yearned to get back on the field to help her team, but became frustrated with a slow rehab process. “While I was rehabbing to come back there wasn’t a day that went by that I did not think about giving up,” Lofton said. “But my love for soccer and my team kept me motivated.” Lofton received a medical redshirt and an extra year of eligibility. After a long recovery trip, Lofton returned to the field for her senior season and she has not taken her second chance to play the game she loves lightly. “I learned a lot about myself while I recovered,” Lofton said. “I don’t take a single day for granted now. I know I owe it to my teammates to give it my all.” Under Lofton’s leadership as captain for the past two seasons, the team has posted a 27-13-1 record. They finished second in the CAA tournament last year and second in the regular season standings this season. But JMU lost to Hofstra University 4-3 in the CAA tournament semifinals on Friday night, marking the end of Lofton’s career as a Duke. Although her playing days as a Duke are now over, Lofton leaves a tremendous legacy. “My JMU career started off great,” Lofton said. “It’s had a lot of ups and downs but I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished.” Contact Forrest Deal at dealaf@dukes.jmu.edu.
Double Take
Had enough of LeBron James?
It’s time to give the Cavs a break By Stephen Proffitt The Breeze
Word on the street is Fraser has 47 cents in his checking account. My car got towed Saturday night, and after $135, we were reunited. The financial woes are real. Time for this week’s Double Take. It’s natural for us as Americans to want something to dissect. Whether it’s a failing marriage down the street or the next Kardashian boyfriend, something psychochemical drives us to this analytical state. This cognitive oasis has seemingly been acceptable for years now in sports. That’s why Gary, your 63-year-old supermarket bag boy, can tell you why LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are desperately struggling through a mere five games of the NBA season. The thing is that Gary doesn’t know the Cavs’ team dynamic from the dairy section on aisle nine. We’re all clueless. Very early in a lengthy season, many are already questioning whether the Cavs will make the playoffs and if James’ return to Cleveland is actually hindering the team’s success. Relax. James used that exact word this past week. Analyzing sports to the degree we do these days has been an evolutionary process. What started as a simple way to detach from the real world has become a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. The problem, in my book, is where we are being analytical. In terms of the 2014-15 Cleveland Cavs, individualism needs to be abolished. It needs to be
suppressed by the media. I see the problem as everyone putting a microscope on No. 23. It’s been happening ever since June 26, 2003, the day James went to the Cavs in the draft as the first overall pick. The NBA, in my grounded opinion, suffers the most from this individualistic crisis. How can The Washington Post justify a headline, “LeBron James may be why the Cleveland Cavaliers are struggling” just five games in? Really? A five-game sample size is worthy of making such prolific statements? Then, the main argument is an accruing statistic on how effective James is when driving to the basket. Five games nowhere near justifies a comparison to the entire previous season. Give the man some room to breathe. We need to allot more attention to the team as a whole if we’re going to be so analytical this early. With the return of James and the signing of Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving was forced to adopt two big-time superstars onto this year’s roster. New implementations take some time to move and breathe before they break in fully. Nov. 6 is not an appropriate time to publish headlines questioning the validity of a relatively new roster. We could all take one out of James’ book and just relax. When James coats his massive hands in baby powder and explodes a cloud in front of press row just before the tip, he’s representing everything that makes up the Cavs through those powdered particles, not just himself. Contact Stephen Proffitt at proffittjs@gmail.com.
Everyone has an interest in the ‘King’ By Ryan Fraser contributing writer
If we’re keeping score, which I am, I believe I won last week’s debate due to the fact that I had three people come up to me saying I was right. So take that, Stephen. This week’s question was difficult to wrap my head around. There were a lot of approaches that can explain why LeBron James gets so much attention. You can go the way of saying that it’s a 24-hour news cycle and everyone is under the microscope, but that’s a cop-out answer. You could say he is the best basketball player in the world and thus he deserves said attention. However, that just doesn’t dive deep enough into the issue. The more and more I pondered it, the more I realized that James is the most fascinating athlete of our generation. He is the only one who can take the spotlight away from the NFL during season. He has been scrutinized since day one when he was drafted out of high school in 2003. He was anointed the savior of the city of Cleveland, the “Chosen One” who would bring them the championship they so desired. And he came pretty dang close in 2007, making it to the Finals only to get swept by the San
Antonio Spurs. However, even then the media wasn’t nearly as focused on him as they are today. The “Decision” changed everything. He went from Superman to Lex Luthor overnight when he went to the Miami Heat. He became one of the most polarizing athletes ever. You either wanted him to go 82-0 or lose by 23 points. Every single game the Heat lost was a referendum on him. I have never seen a player be given the brunt of the blame like he has, despite the fact they never had a decent point guard or center. Fast forward to this summer and his return back to Cleveland. He went from the pariah to the Messiah, the savior of a city. All was forgiven. He would lead them to the promised land, which leads into the very short point of why I think there’s so much attention being paid to him. America loves a hero or a villain. James has been both. No other athlete can really claim that. Think about it. Who else has left his team during his prime to go win titles for another team only to go back to his original team, while still in his prime? I couldn’t think of one, and I’ll challenge you to think of one as well. The media loves it because he is so loved and hated and knows that anybody watching ESPN has a vested interest in the success of “King James.” Contact Ryan Fraser at fraserrc@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Dress rehearsal
After winning the CAA and going to the NCAA tournament last year, women’s basketball gears up for the new season.
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LEFT Junior guard Precious Hall drives to the net during JMU’s victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University on Sunday night. RIGHT Head coach Kenny Brooks shouts out adjustments to his players out on the court against Lenoir-Rhyne. Brooks is entering his 13th season as the head coach of women’s basketball. In his career with JMU, Brooks has an overall record of 281-112, including three conference championship victories. By Robert williams
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After some long hours in the gym, the JMU women’s basketball team got a chance to publicly showcase its talents for the first time since the NCAA tournament in March. The Dukes beat the Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears 84-39 in a preseason game at the Convocation Center. Despite the absence of recently graduated stars Nikki Newman and Kirby Burkholder, the Dukes came out smoking, shooting a little under 60 percent from the field, as the entire starting five was on the board in less than six minutes of play. Newman and Burkholder may be gone, but they’re not forgotten. “I texted [both of] them today in a little group text and told them how much I was going to miss them,” head coach Kenny Brooks said. “I thanked them for how much they’ve done for this program and it’s time to move on. Their legacy is what it is and I think that their legacy is going to continue to live on because of what they passed on to the kids behind them.” Yesterday, the first half was led by Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year Precious Hall, who connected on three three-pointers early in the first half, eventually finishing the game
with 19 points and three rebounds to lead the Dukes. As a junior, Hall said that she learned from the JMU players before her, including 2013 alumna Tarik Hislop, as well as Newman and Burkholder. “[I was] just being aggressive, looking for open shots and taking whatever the defense gives me,” Hall said. “Since freshman year I always had Tarik Hislop … just watching her leadership role. And of course last year I had Nikki and Kirby to look at. They knew how to take the pressure so I just looked after them.” The Dukes turned up their defensive efforts early and limited the Bears to just 15 points in the first half. As the Bears tried to rally back, the closest they could get to the Dukes was a margin of 14 points. According to Brooks, he experimented with a plethora of lineups throughout the game just to get an early glimpse of how the different players matched up on the floor as far as playing style and cohesion goes. “Today’s an exhibition game,” Brooks said. “The score isn’t an indicative of where we are. Today, I messed up the rhythm a lot just because I was playing with some lineups that we don’t normally play. But today is more about watching kids, turning the lights on, putting the uniform on and watching them perform, which is
different than performing in practice.” Redshirt senior center Lauren Okafor, who led the team in rebounds, finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds, leading JMU on the boards. Senior forward Toia Giggetts finished the game with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Giggetts said if felt great to get back on the floor. “I just want to keep energy, keep my team hype and shake off some of the rust,” Giggetts said. As the Dukes prepare for the challenges ahead, Brooks continually preaches unity to his team. It’s all about winning a second consecutive conference championship and returning to the NCAA Tournament. Nevertheless, he’s still a firm believer of taking it one day at a time. “Our motto this year is ‘One,’” Brooks said. “As LeBron says, ‘it’s a process’ and we’re going to have to continue to work every day. So our goals right now are very short-term and right now it’s just to get better every day.” JMU tips off the start of its regular season Friday at 1 p.m. at the Convocation Center against No. 23-ranked University of California, Los Angeles. Contact Robert Williams at willi2rj@dukes.jmu.edu.
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football | Upcoming game at Richmond has big playoff implications from front
The Dukes erupted for 513 total offensive yards, which is more than double the average that the Seawolves let up per game this season. “They’re the No. 1 defense for a reason, and coming in I knew I had to use everything I had,” Lee said. Big plays helped fuel the Dukes’ offensive attack, as they had 17 plays of double-digit yardage. Lee was responsible for 12 of those, one of which included a 30-yard carry on third-and-29, during which he seemed to juke about five or six Stony Brook players before getting a critical block near the JMU sideline and converting the first down. Another big play for JMU’s quick-strike offense was the dagger right in the heart of the Stony Brook defense in a sequence that started with a big play by the JMU defense. Stony Brook had first-and-goal at the two-yard line, but senior running back Marcus Coker was stopped twice. Then sophomore running back Stacey Bedell was stopped short of the line as well. Finally, Stony Brook head coach Chuck Priore reached into his bag of tricks with a fake field goal try, but didn’t fool anybody. The Dukes’ special teams unit, seemingly ready for the play, stuffed that play as well. “We saw different personnel on the field, so we were expecting something different,” Withers said. Three plays later, the Dukes hit it big. Lee hit a wideopen sophomore wide receiver Brandon Ravenel down the middle of the field for a 76-yard touchdown pass
that gave JMU its first lead of the game at 27-24 early in the fourth quarter. That was as big a lead as the Dukes would need as they moved to 4-2 in the CAA and into strong contention for an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs, which begin in three weeks. “We know we’re playing for something big and have the opportunity to do something that hasn’t been done in a long time at this school,” Lee said. Lee gave credit to the offensive line, which was challenged all week in practice, knowing they would be going up against the No. 1 defense in the country. But the unit held its own, allowing only four sacks. “The o-line stepped up to the challenge today,” Lee said. Lee’s performance padded his lead on his lead in passing yards per game in the CAA, upping his average to 263.3 yards per game through the air. That is 44.6 yards per game better than the second-place thrower. He also accounts for 335.2 all-purpose yards per game, which is also first in the conference as well. Next up for the Dukes is a critical matchup at the University of Richmond this Saturday. Both teams are vying for an at-large bid into the playoffs and both sit at 4-2 in the CAA and 7-3 overall. Richmond lost 33-20 at the University of Maine Saturday. Cameron Boon is the assistant sports editor for the Stony Brook student newspaper The Statesman. Contact Cameron at cameron.boon@sbstatesman.com.
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Redshirt junior quarterback Vad Lee evades Stony Brook’s junior defensive lineman Victor Ochi while looking downfield to find an open receiver. Lee finished the day 20-33 for 314 yards and three touchdowns passing while picking up 79 yards on the ground off of 16 carries.
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