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Monday, March 23, 2015
INSIDE TODAY
Community rallies around college closure
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Sweet Briar community raises money in an effort to keep college open
Learn about this week’s events dedicated to raising light pollution awareness NEWS | 3
DON’T BE AFRAID Feminists need to be open about their activism
By MAKENA RAFFERTY LEWIS The Breeze
For most, the news was not so sweet. The Sweet Briar College community is still reeling after the March 3 announcement when James Jones, president of Sweet Briar, revealed that the small liberal arts women’s college would close at the end of the academic year after 114 years. The school cited “insurmountable financial challenges” as the cause behind the college’s board of directors’ decision to close down the school. Alumnae have formed a movement called “Saving Sweet Briar,” with both short and long-term fundraising goals for $12 million and $21 million, respectively, according to Erin Geiersbach, a senior anthropology major and vice president of Sweet Briar’s college choir. So far, the group has raised $3.1 million.
LuAnn Hunt, a ’90 alumna, made it clear that if the college board had notified alumni of a financial problem earlier, action would have been taken to raise funds. “They should have come to us a year ago, or two years ago,” Hunt said. According to Hunt, the “Saving Sweet Briar” movement isn’t just about monetary support. It’s also a place for alumni to collaborate on future ideas for the school if it were to remain open. Deborah Durham, an anthropology professor at Sweet Briar, believes that, apart from the fact that the college will be closing, there’s no real plan in place for the follow-through. It’s unknown whether or not professors will receive severance pay. There is, however, a plan already in place for a “teach out” program. Geiersbach said this plan see BRIAR, page 3
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Students are welcomed back to Sweet Briar College after spring break to a crowd of parents, friends and alumnae who held signs supporting the college that’s expected to close in the summer.
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HANDS ON EXPERIENCE Some students spent their week helping others in need LIFE | 7
Leaving the dance early Developing Dukes Dukes fall in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Ohio
Valley Scholars Program helps middle schoolers prepare for college
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Redshirt junior guard Jazmon Gwathmey attempts to block freshman guard Asia Doss during Saturday’s game.
The Valley Scholars Program, which began last semester, consists of 35 eighth graders.
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Shortly after JMU lost to Ohio State University Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tournament, head coach Kenny Brooks said people could’ve counted his team out this year. The Dukes had lost two of their marquee players with Kirby Burkholder (2010-14) and Nikki Newman (2009-14). But 29 wins later, the Dukes (29-4) found themselves celebrating another Colonial Athletic Association title and another trip back to the NCAA tournament. “We didn’t panic,” Brooks said. “I knew we could be good and I thought that [if] they came back motivated they would be good.” The No. 5 seeded Buckeyes
(24-10) defeated the No. 12 Dukes 90-80 Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carmichael Arena. Still, afterward, Brooks called this season one of the more enjoyable ones he’s had in his 13 seasons at the helm. “It was fun, wasn’t it? I hope you enjoyed covering it as much as we enjoyed doing it,” Brooks told the media. On Saturday, the Dukes’ crux was a lack of rhythm on offense. The typically fluid machine was out of sync and Brooks credited that to Ohio State. “They did a really good job of throwing us out of rhythm,” Brooks said. “We second-guessed ourselves a couple times.” Brooks said Ohio State slowed down junior point guard Angela
Mickens, who typically keeps things flowing in the offense. And foul trouble forced him to experiment with the group of players on the floor. “I looked out there one time, and I was disjointed at one point,” Brooks said. “I had a lineup out there that I hadn’t played all year. I looked out there and I had three bigs, but it was out of necessity because Ashley [Perez] and Jaz [Gwathmey] both had two fouls.” Then the Buckeyes’ backcourt duo of junior guard Ameryst Alston and freshman guard Kelsey Mitchell combined for 51 points — Alston had 28 and Mitchell overcame some foul trouble to score 23. Ohio State also had 6-foot-3
at 7 p.m. Four other call-to-action documentaries about social issues will also be screened throughout the week, Monday through Friday, with free admission and each airing at 7 p.m. The films were handpicked by the student director of the festival, senior media art and design major Marley McDonald, and Shaun Wright, an assistant professor in the School
Some middle school students from the surrounding area are already preparing for college. Eighth graders in the Valley Scholars Program came to JMU on Saturday and particiated in team-building activities. “I love making kids do this,” Terrelle Wallace, a sophomore kinesiology major and ROTC cadet said as he coached students through an exercise called the human knot. In this activity, a group of about 10 students stood in a circle and held hands with other members in the formation. The challenge was to become untangled without letting go of each other’s hands; this encouraged communication with the other members of the circle in order to tackle the problem. “I want the kids to learn how to be able to communicate effectively and also learn how to possibly become better leaders in the future, and we also want them to learn that there is no limitation in terms of what their goals are in the future,” Wallace said. The Valley Scholars Program began last semester and consists of 35 eighth graders. Current partner school districts include Augusta County, Harrisonburg City, Page County, Rockingham County, Shenandoah County, Staunton City and Waynesboro City schools. As part of the program, these students visit JMU’s campus about 13 times a year to engage in activities with numerous academic colleges and offices on campus. The students also have JMU student mentors who meet with them once a week at their schools. If the students continue through the program, they will receive a full scholarship to JMU. The students must maintain a 3.25 GPA from eighth to 12th grade and attend all program events. About five to 10 volunteers from Student Ambassadors help the young students when they participate in activities on campus, according to Adrienne Cardulla, a sophomore anthropology major and Student Ambassador who volunteers with the program. Cardulla is involved in Pride, a committee within the Student Ambassadors that encourages firstgeneration college students to apply and enroll in college. The ambassadors and six cadets from the ROTC program assisted with Saturday’s event, leading the younger students
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Reel Change Film Festival showcases social issues By JULIA NELSON The Breeze
Eighteen-year-old Israeli model and beauty queen, Linor Abargil, was kidnapped, stabbed and raped by a travel agent outside of Milan, Italy, in 1998. Six weeks later, she was forced to put on a smile when she was crowned Miss World on national television. That’s when she vowed to use her crown as a platform to speak
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Miss World Linor Abargil shares a heartfelt moment with a sexual assault victim in “Brave Miss World.” The film will be screened in Court Square Theater Thursday at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a Q&A with Abargil.
out against sexual violence. “Because I believe that the title of Miss World holds a responsibility for social action, I would like to give my crown a personal and meaningful context,” Abargil wrote on the website for the documentary about her story, “Brave Miss World.” The fourth annual Reel Change Documentary Film Festival is screening “Brave Miss World” at Court Square Theater on Thursday
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SANAA, Yemen — Suicide bombers on Friday targeted two mosques in the Yemeni capital held by the Shiite rebel Houthis, killing themselves and 137 others, a pro-Houthi television reported. Al-Masirah TV station said four bombers blew themselves up in apparently synchronized attacks in the mosque of Badr in central Sanaa and the mosque of al-Hashoosh in the southern part of the capital. Prominent Houthi cleric Murtada alMahturi was among the dead. Some 345 were wounded in the attacks, which occurred during the congregational noon prayers, according to the broadcaster. The figures could not be independently verified. Online footage showed bodies, including those of children, scattered at the sites. ISIL claimed responsibility for the assaults in Sanaa and a fifth suicide attack also mounted Friday in the Houthis’ far northern stronghold of Saada. The group said in an online statement, which could not be authenticated, that the five attacks had left at least 80 Houthis dead. The purported statement warned that the attacks would be the “start to finish off” the Houthis in Yemen.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to form a new government after his election victory this week, but already he faces what could be a substantial shift in relations with the United States. For the third straight day, the Obama administration signaled Friday that it remains furious at Netanyahu’s pre-election statement ruling out a Palestinian state while he is prime minister and that it will recalibrate its diplomatic approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Interviews that Netanyahu has given in recent days to try to walk back the no-Palestinian-state statement have not eased President Barack Obama’s anger, and a phone call between the two men on Thursday didn’t clarify Netanyahu’s position, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters in Washington. “That was not the result of the call,” Earnest said. Netanyahu’s office did not announce that the call had taken place, a departure from custom. Earnest’s comments left no reason to doubt a wire service report quoting an unnamed official that Obama had told Netanyahu “we will need to reassess our options following the prime minister’s new positions and comments regarding the two-state solution.”
ISTANBUL — The much ballyhooed Iraqi government operation to capture the city of Tikrit from ISIL has stalled three weeks after it began, amid widespread reports that Shiite Muslim militias and the government are badly divided over tactics and roiled by claims that the militias have engaged in war crimes against the local Sunni Muslim population. A two-day pause supposedly intended to give the Iraqi government time to bring up reinforcements has stretched into a week, as reports circulate that Iraqi government troops and the militias took heavier than anticipated casualties in their first efforts to dislodge ISIL fighters. At least 1,000 militiamen died in the early days of fighting, according to some reports, roughly 5 percent of the 20,000 men the militias have committed to the operation. Even during the pause, pro-government casualties remain high. A witness in the main government hospital at the nearby city of Samarra said that at least 100 dead or wounded fighters had been brought in over the last four days and that “bodies are everywhere” at the facility. The witness asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.
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TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday urged Iranians to support their government’s efforts to negotiate a nucleAD DESIGNERS ar deal, even while denouncing the United Caroline Davis States and other Western governments Adrienne Elias involved in the talks. Kaitlyn Rocchiccioli In a much-anticipated speech on the first day of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said all Iranians should support the government of PresiDownload our mobile app at dent Hassan Rouhani, even if they didn’t breezejmu.org. vote for him in the presidential election. Rouhani has made negotiation of a nuclear deal with world powers a centerpiece of his administration. /TheBreezeJMU Khamenei, speaking before a boisterous crowd in the northern holy city of Mashhad, also demanded that a nuclear deal end economic sanctions on Iran at its outset, rather than gradually, as the United States and five other world powers have @TheBreezeJMU said during negotiations. “Sanctions must be lifted immediately,” Khamenei said. The comments came as the United States and five other world powers have @breezejmu been racing to complete the outline of a nuclear pact with Iran by month’s end. The world powers would lift sanctions that have been hobbling Iran’s economy if Tehran agreed to restrictions aimed at youtube.com/breezevideo keeping it from obtaining nuclear weapons capability. Mitchell Myers
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Human trafficking bill Obama’s proposes gets stuck in the Senate regulation of fracking
Court to rule on Texan Confederate flag plates
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Here’s the estimated price for restoring two declining coral species found in South Florida and the Caribbean: About $250 million. How long will it take? 400 years or so (assuming all goes smoothly). No one expected it would be easy to restore elkhorn and staghorn corals, the once-abundant, reef-building species that since the 1970s have vanished from almost all of their old range. A recovery plan just released by the National Marine Fisheries Service says the biggest current threat is climate change, a problem beyond its power to solve. Assuming the oceans continue to warm, the plan recommends about two dozen steps to help these species survive. Among them: Growing them in nurseries for transplantation to the ocean floor, tightening fishing regulations, identifying resilient genetic strains, improving sewage treatment and reducing the amount of fertilizer and other pollutants washing into the ocean.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, has spent most of the past two weeks trying to find a way out the most fractious issue so far this year dividing the chamber’s Republicans and Democrats. A proposed bill to aid human trafficking victims is tied up in abortion politics and the collateral damage has affected the nomination of Loretta Lynch, leading Democrats to charge that it’s because she is an African-American. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., won’t let Lynch get a confirmation vote until the trafficking bill passes, which right now is unlikely. Sen. Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., claimed that the delay is akin to making Lynch “sit in the back of the bus,” a reference to the time of segregation. The Senate bill would create a $30 million fund for victims financed by fines on traffickers. Republicans added a stipulation that none of the money could be used for abortion except in cases of rape or incest.
NEW YORK — As the Obama administration took the first step Friday to regulate the drilling method known as fracking, opposition to the safety measures underscored the challenge of policing a practice that has cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil but raised fears of environmental damage and water contamination. Criticism of the regulations was swift and came from energy companies and lawmakers representing fracking states, including California, who said the rules would undercut the domestic energy market. But Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, a former petroleum engineer who has experience with the practice formally known as hydraulic fracturing, said safety standards had not evolved since she fracked wells more than 20 years ago in Oklahoma. “Many of the regulations on the books today haven’t kept pace with advances in technology,” said Jewell, who announced the new rules during a conference call with reporters.
WASHINGTON — Texans can select their license plates to declare themselves as “Animal Friendly.” Their plates can urge passersby to “Be a Blood Donor” or to “Choose Life.” The state plates, though, cannot show a Confederate flag, as sought by the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Consequently, the Supreme Court on Monday will confront the question of whether Texas is illegitimately discriminating against certain speech. The court’s eventual answer will settle, in turn, on the more basic and surprisingly complicated question of whether it’s the driver or the government that speaks with a license plate. “There have been conflicts over what the rules should be for a long time,” Sons of Confederate Veterans attorney R. James George Jr., said in an interview Friday, adding that the case “is about when the state can say no, and why.” Compiled from Tribune News Service.
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Starry nights with fewer lights JMU hosts events throughout the week to highlight growing light pollution concerns in the area
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The acorn-shaped streetlights seen in front of the Integrated Science and Technology building are outdated fixtures that emit a glare in all directions. They can actually reduce vision at night. By Caroline brandt The Breeze
The hazy glow above campus isn’t a pretty night sky — it’s light pollution. According to Shanil Virani, director of JMU’s John C. Wells Planetarium and astronomy professor, nine out of 10 Americans no longer see the Milky Way due to light pollution. “Starry Nights Harrisonburg,” was cocreated by Virani and Paul Bogard, an English professor and author of “The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light.” This week of star-related events, which includes discussions on light pollution with experts, culminates with Saturday night’s “Earth Hour,” to educate the public about the growing light pollution problem in Harrisonburg. “Some two-thirds of Americans and Europeans no longer experience real night — that is, real darkness — and nearly all of us live in areas considered polluted by light,” Bogard wrote in his book. In the second annual “Starry Nights Harrisonburg,” Virani plans to address common misconceptions about light pollution and educate the public about what they can do to help this growing problem.
“Light pollution is a no-brainer, there’s no reason not to fix it,” Jeff Storey, a junior physics major and an employee of the John C. Wells Planetarium, said.
“When those field hockey lights are on, it’s like driving into the sun, it’s blinding, and it doesn’t have to be that way. They [the lights] could be more carefully designed, and we would save money on how much light we would have to produce.” Jeff Storey
junior physics major and JMU planetarium student employee
According to Virani, universities usually keep campuses lit at night in order to
ensure visibility and student safety, but the way JMU’s campus is lit may be doing more harm than good. “More use of light doesn’t equal safety,” Virani said. “Smart use of light equals safety.” Since last year’s events, JMU has made some changes in response to the growing light pollution problem. The Bridgeforth Stadium lights are being turned off more consistently at 11 p.m., and more installations of LED lights are being seen across campus, which are a more efficient light source than the sodium-vapor street lamps used today, according to Virani. However, Storey feels more changes could be made. Carrier Drive is home to numerous athletic fields and stadium lights, and are often left on when athletes aren’t using the fields. “When those field hockey lights are on, it’s like driving into the sun; it’s blinding, and it doesn’t have to be that way,” Storey said. “They [the lights] could be more carefully designed, and we would save money on how much light we would have to produce.” Universities were built before the implementation of LED lights and knowledge see stars, page 4
briar | Unexpected closing shocks students, alumnae from front
works with other schools to quickly accept a large number of Sweet Briar students. It also allows the transfer students to come in with more than the normal maximum number of transfer credits. This facilitates students graduating on time and in their decided major. Saving Sweet Briar has also brought the community together through fundraising efforts. On March 15, Briar Patch Restaurant in Amherst, Virginia, donated 10 percent of all sales along with profits from T-shirt sales to the movement. “It was a great day, all the girls had on their T-shirts,” Elizabeth Stuart, the restaurant owner’s daughter, said. According to Stuart, Briar Patch Restaurant was able to raise around $1,000 to donate to Sweet Briar. The T-shirts on sale from High Peak Sportswear sold out at the restaurant, however, they’re still available for purchase through the company. Students, teachers and alumni alike were devastated to hear that Sweet Briar was closing. To these women, this school once was or is currently a home. The small class sizes and close relationships between students and faculty make this college a treasured place. Many have a positive outlook and hope enough money will be raised to keep the school open. But some are also saying that Sweet Briar faculty and students were unaware of the position their college was in prior to the announcement. Jones held two meetings — one for faculty and one for students immediately after. “The president announced in the first sentence that the school was closing,” Durham said. “The announcement was so unexpected that I don’t think people could absorb the message right away. You could see physical [shock] taking over some people because this was so overwhelming.” Geiersbach said that the students believed the meeting was for a completely different reason. “We figured that this is a really big important announcement, I guess it means we are going to go co-ed,” she said. Hunt said she found out about the closing on Facebook, like many other alumnae. “I was shocked,” Hunt said. “I don’t doubt that 99.9 percent of the people connected to Sweet Briar did not know that was going to happen. No alumnae other than who was on the board. It was kept very hush-hush. I think that the entire situation is kind of fishy. We had been led to believe that we were not in
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JMU alumnus provides large contribution to university G.J. Hart, a JMU alumnus and Shenandoah Valley native, and his spouse, Heather, recently announced their gift of more than $3 million to the university. The gift has been designated to change the name of JMU’s School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreational Management to the Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreational Management. “My hope for the School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management is to become a world-class program, a program where we turn out students who are going to do great things in the world and they are going to do it with purpose,” G. J. Hart said. The Harts hope that their contribution will encourage others to do the same. “Our intention is that this gift might have others thinking about how can they give back to the university and make a long lasting imprint,” the Harts said. “[We] would encourage everyone to think about it ... We need to help our young people be successful. And hopefully everyone will join with us.” According to the director of the School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreational Management Michael O’Fallon, JMU’s association with the Harts is invaluable.
Harrisonburg Police Department develops restorative justice program
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Many Sweet Briar College alumnae weren’t aware of the school’s closing, announced by its president on March 3, until they were notified through current students or social media.
any more danger than any other college.” Geiersbach also found it odd that the minutes for the board meeting that decided the shutdown are not available to the public. “I don’t know if they are withholding the minutes for the meeting or if there are no minutes for that meeting,” Geiersbach said. However, according to Sweet Briar regulations, if minutes aren’t kept for a meeting, it “does not count,” according to Geiersbach. The lack of minutes for the meeting added to the surprise of students when Jones released the official closing letter. He signed it, “President,” even though he had only recently
become interim president. Geiersbach said Jones was voted president during the same meeting where the closing of the school was announced. Geiersbach added that one reason for the college’s closing is a bond due this summer. “We have to pay a large sum of money and we just don’t really have that money,” Geiersbach said. “That’s why they want to close the schools so that they can use that money to pay off the bond.” contact Makena Rafferty Lewis at raffermf@dukes.jmu.edu.
The Harrisonburg Police Department is implementing a new approach to manage the interfacing of some offenders and their victims. The current approach focuses on the criminal instead of the crime victim, according to Lt. Kurt Boshart. This concept of restorative justice has been around for decades, but is new to Harrisonburg. “Typically, the criminal justice system focuses on what crime was committed, who committed it and what punishment that person deserves,” Police Chief Stephen Monticelli said. “There are times when that formula does not adequately constitute ‘justice’ for the victim. Nor does it always represent what may be best for the community in the long run.” According to restorative justice expert and professor at Eastern Mennonite University Howard Zehr, the neglect of victims and their needs is an area of special concern. “Recognizing that punishment is often ineffective, restorative justice aims at helping offenders to recognize the harm they have caused and encouraging them to repair the harm, to the extent it is possible,” Zehr said. “Rather than obsessing about whether offenders get what they deserve, restorative justice focuses on repairing the harm of crime and engaging individuals and community members in the process.” The approach will begin with a patrol officer responding to a citizen complaint. If the officer believes the situation may be resolved through restorative justice instead of criminal arrest, and both the victim and offender are in agreement, then the matter will be referred to a trained facilitator. The restorative justice process would involve a series of meetings between the facilitator, offender and victim. The victim would then decide on an appropriate solution and a formal written agreement would be made. Depending on the issue, the resolution may involve conferences of community members working together to address a problem. The process will be managed by a committee that includes Zehr, representatives of the Commonwealth Attorney, Eastern Mennonite University, JMU, the Fairfield Center, local law practices and the police department.
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through different exercises. One involved transferring a log from one end of the parking lot to the other. Another included moving water jugs in the same fashion. There was also an “amoeba race,” which required groups of six to link arms and run in a circle around the parking lot. The students then paired off into “battle buddies,” where they linked arms with their partner and tried to stand without putting their hands on the ground. A c c o rd i n g t o S h a u n Mooney, the director of the Valley Scholars Program, students selected for the program demonstrate motivation, academic achievement and a desire to learn and experience new things. The students will be first-generation college students and must come from families who face financial obstacles and challenges that make going to college difficult. According to a 2013 study by College Board, 82 percent of non-first-generation students enroll in college immediately after completing high school. Fifty-four percent of students whose parents only completed high school enroll in college immediately and 36 percent of students whose parents had less than a high school degree enroll in college immediately. “The goal is for all of them to eventually go to college and go to JMU,” Mooney said. “Whether they come to JMU or they enroll in an institute of higher education that’s not JMU, that’s a success for
us regardless of where they choose to go.” Many of those involved in the Valley Scholars Program believe that a student’s success in middle school can impact the rest of their education. “We wanted to really help out these people because we wanted to get into middle schools because sometimes if you don’t take certain classes and do certain things in the eighth grade you’re not going to be in a good position in high school to get yourself into higher education,” Cardulla said. Nigel Stewart is an eighth grade Valley Scholar from Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro, Virginia, who wants attend JMU. “It has a variety of classes, it is close to home and it has a nice campus,” Nigel said. Though the Valley Scholars Program only visits the JMU campus, some participants don’t plan on going to JMU. Pierre Mbala is an eighth grade Valley Scholar at Skyline Middle School who doesn’t want to go to JMU because he plans to study architecture. “I heard that JMU doesn’t have an architecture program yet and I want to go to a school that does,” he said. The program encourages students to apply for means of higher education, even if JMU isn’t their perfect match. “We want them to learn that they can do anything they put their mind to,” Wallace said. contact Morgan Lynch at lynchma@ dukes.jmu.edu.
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At Saturday’s Valley Scholars event, middle school students participated in various activities. These included linking arms with a partner and trying to stand without putting their hands on the ground (top) and transferring water jugs from one end of the parking lot to the other.
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about proper light fixtures. Now, outdated fixtures are posing a threat to student safety on campus, instead of ensuring it as originally believed. “With fully shielded fixtures, you take away all of those street lights shining in your eyes, so you can see everything else better, and that lighting more effectively lights up those people so you can see them,” Storey said. Those acorn-shaped lights, which are seen all the way down South Main Street, are a prime example of outdated fixtures. “By putting on properly shielded light covers, we actually improve student safety,” Virani said. “So, it’s the opposite of what your intuition suggests. It comes at the added benefit that, because we’re not consuming as much energy to light up the patches of ground that we would need without proper fixtures, it saves money.” Without the proper fixtures, the light shines up instead of down on the sidewalks. Covered lights allow someone to more easily see a potential threat.
“The argument often made against light pollution is that it comes at the expense of student safety and this is a fallacy,” Virani said. “Large cities like Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., have lots and lots of lights at night [and] crime rates are high.” According to Virani, the International Dark-Sky Association estimates that, worldwide, we spend more than $110 billion every year lighting up the night and $2 billion in the United States alone. This week aims to change that. According to the documentary “Starry Nights Harrisonburg,” produced by Breeze photographer and junior studio art major Daniel Stein, the light pollution that Harrisonburg contributes to the night sky is visible over 50 miles away in the George Washington National Forest. “It [light pollution] affects a lot of different areas in our life and we don’t even realize it,” Storey said. Last year’s events focused on Harrisonburg and JMU. This year’s focus, however, is to broaden that conversation by expanding events to Mary Baldwin College, the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee University.
“A lot of people don’t realize it [light pollution] because they’ve never seen a dark sky their whole lives,” Storey said. “They don’t look at the sky very often because there’s nothing interesting to look at and when they do they see four to five to 10 stars, maybe 150 if they’re from the country.” Virani urges students to participate in this week’s events, do their part in turning off lights when they’re not in use and contact JMU officials and urge them to address the light pollution problem on campus. “We would love to see JMU become the national model for how to light a city, how to light a campus, safely, efficiently and with student safety at the forefront to be copied around the country and indeed the world,” Virani said. contact Caroline Brandt at brandtcw@dukes.jmu.edu.
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“The City Dark” Cost: Free Date: Tuesday, March 24 Time: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Where: John C. Wells Planetarium A critically acclaimed documentary that highlights light pollution around the world, followed by a panel discussion with the audience.
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According to the International Dark-Sky Association, more than $110 billion is spent each year on lighting worldwide. The United States alone spends $2 billion in lighting. This week aims to educate the public and discuss solutions to Harrisonburg’s growing light pollution problem.
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Tuition on the rise, aid on the decline College administrators need to keep students in mind and be more empathetic when making financial decisions It’s not the dismissal that Even here at JMU, summer tuition is going to angers me so much as the increase by $12 per credit for in-state students and arrogance behind it. $28 per credit for out-of-state students, effectively During a March 18 board punishing students who have to take summer courses meeting for the University by making them pay more money. of California, where several How are we expected to be productive members of students clad only in underwear society when we are saddled with ridiculous amounts protested against a proposed of debt right out of the gate? rise in tuition, a hot mic caught JMU’s tuition is a perfect example, since in-state UC President Janet Napolitano rates have almost doubled over the past 10 years. saying to a colleague, “Let’s just go. We don’t have to In 2004, the full-time semester tuition for an listen to this crap.” in-state student was $2,738. Of course, to save face, she later came out and Now it’s $4,831. apologized for her statements. How can anyone say that there isn’t a massive What she really meant was that she’s problem going on in our college sorry she was caught saying those system that needs swift and things. There is more conclusive action? The sheer aloofness and arrogance People like Napolitano can wave delinquent of Napolitano in this incident isn’t only it away all they like, but students disconcerting, but also indicative of student loan debt aren’t an eternal source of cash for the attitude of hundreds of university them to take. than any other administrators who continue to see Part of the problem is that the students as piggy banks. type of delinquent solutions proposed by politicians It’s a “let them eat cake” style and schools alike are to make debt in the U.S. condemnation for a new generation. paying the loans easier. Student debt in this country is out of While that would certainly help control and spiraling upward. in some capacity, it’s attacking the Behind home mortgage, student debt symptoms of the problem rather is the second largest source of consumer debt in this than the actual cause. country. Loans shouldn’t have to be an inevitable part of Before they’re even able to go out and seek a job in going to college and neither should heaps of debt that the profession they love, some students are shackled students and their families have to pay back. with massive debt that they’re usually unable to pay If the future of the job market requires people to on time, if at all. at least have a bachelor’s degree to land a decent Delinquencies on student loan payments soared job, we have to realize that insurmountable student last year and there is more delinquent student loan debt without proper relief systems is untenable and debt than any other type of delinquent debt in the U.S. possibly disastrous. Recent data from the Federal Reserve suggests that College as an institution must become more those with the smallest amount of debt have higher affordable for students and more options that don’t difficulty paying it back. involve taking out loans upon loans must be made Tuition spikes don’t make the situation any easier. available. Since 2004 alone, we have seen a 38 percent increase If America wants a prosperous future, it must in the cost of tuition for a public four-year university enfranchise its students and free them from in this country. unreasonable amounts of debt. This means that more and more students and their families have to turn to the unforgiving world of Kevan Hulligan is a senior political science student loans to even have a shot at paying for college. major. Contact Kevan at hulligkx@dukes.jmu.edu. KELSEY HARDING / THE BREEZE
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ALEIXKA MACFIE-HERNANDEZ | contributing columnist
Identify yourself People shouldn’t be afraid to label themselves as feminists From Emma Watson to Malala Yousafzai and other celebrities, feminism has lit a new kind of energy in terms of what gender equality really means. I consider myself a feminist, and no, it’s not because I want more or think I deserve more than the male population. It simply means that I want both genders to be united as one. When I graduate and land the job of my dreams, I want an equal pay band. I want to be promoted and be told that I too can be considered as the head of the household, the one who also has the opportunity to provide for her family. As strong, educated women, it’s our duty to advocate for our deserved rights and liberate women around the world from oppression. It’s time to stop people from defining one another by what we are. We’re not the weaker link. We should be proud to be women, to feel as equals. Don’t underestimate our worth. If you consider yourself a feminist, don’t be afraid to speak out. Take a stand, because we’re all entitled to our opinions and those who disagree just aren’t brave enough to seek change. Don’t let them stop you from gaining rightful gender equality. You can do whatever you set your mind to. Men, we need your help. Feminism impacts everyone. If you’re a guy reading this, think about your mother, sisters, wife and daughter. Would you want them to get an education, follow their dreams and find success without being looked down upon because they’re women? Do you want them to stand side by side with men without feeling like they’re below
them? Gender inequality is a very real thing and we as one have to join hands to end it. I want to share the same opportunities I had while growing up with the rest of the world. I want to give women the opportunity to be women and celebrate it. I want them to stand up and fight for what’s right and to not have to ask permission. This is the time to take action, because even the little things count.
As strong, educated women it’s our duty to advocate for our deserved rights and liberate women around the world from oppression.
Saying yes to feminism is only the first step. We need to learn to respect one another and teach each other why equality is important. Stop pointing fingers. Everyone benefits from gender equality — it’s the key to a strong future. I’m proud to support and say that I too am fighting for gender equality, and I will continue to raise my voice. Aleixka Macfie-Hernandez is a sophomore media arts and design major. Contact Aliexka at macfieax@dukes.jmu. edu.
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Cultivating change Activist to make a difference at JMU with keynote speech The world is broken and change is needed. We’ve all felt that to be the case. There’s no shortage of explanations for what ails societies and what should be done. But for those of you who want to explore the explanations behind the world’s issues and learn more about how to fix them, a good place to start would be JMU’s Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self Summit, which is part of President Alger’s Madison Vision Series. Social activist, feminist and sociologist Riane Eisler will be the lead keynote speaker, delivering an address titled “Re-Examining Human Nature and Re-Creating Society: Four Cornerstones for Transformation.”
Enter Eisler’s DominationPartnership model, which is a multidimensional cultural-spectrum model that treats human societies as hierarchicalexploitative (Domination) on the one hand and egalitarian-nurturing (Partnership) on the other. Historically, Christianity has taught that human suffering is the result of the Fall and that salvation is possible through spiritual submission to its conception of the divine. Post-Enlightenment schools tend to be more materialistic. Marxism has taught that human suffering is the result of economic inequality and exploitation and that alleviation is possible through revolution and appropriation of the means of production. Observing the sweep of history, however, many in the postmodern age have concluded that overarching explanations are implausible and overwhelming suffering inevitable. Metanarratives are no longer trusted, but it’s difficult to imagine how the world’s pain can be addressed in their absence. Enter Eisler’s Domination-Partnership model, which is a multidimensional cultural-spectrum model that treats human societies as hierarchical-exploitative (Domination) on the one hand and egalitarian-nurturing (Partnership) on the other. Eisler’s model is macro-evolutionary in that it explains in the broadest terms, spiritual to material, where we are now, how we got here and what we need to do to bring about a better future for people and the planet. The model accounts for both prehistoric and historic data and is testable across and among its dimensions (e.g. animals, children, environment, LGBTQ, media, race, religion, sex, technology, war, wealth, women), so it can be predictive as well as prescriptive. In her classic first book, “The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future” (1988), Eisler introduces her model by
using archeology — especially Marija Gimbutas’ work. It traces the Pan-European transition, driven by “Indo-European/ Kurgan” invasions, from a relatively peaceful Neolithic culture centered on agriculture and female deity (Chalice = Partnership) to a relatively bellicose Bronze Age culture centered on pastoralism and male deity (Blade = Dominator). She then further develops the model by tracing an increasingly Dominator trajectory through ancient Greece and Rome, the Christian church and states and finally modern fascism. “The Chalice and the Blade” has been praised by anthropologist Ashley Montagu as “the most important book since Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species,’” and it has been published in over two dozen languages. Eisler has spent the better part of three decades developing her theory and its transformational potentials. For example, in “Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body—New Paths to Power and Love” (1996), she examines Dominator culture’s historical denigration of sexuality and twisting of gender relations, and she calls on us to embrace Partnership attitudes toward sex. In “Tomorrow’s Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education in the 21st Century” (2001), Eisler provides an outline for revising our current teaching priorities and methods to foster critical thinking and empathy. In “The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics” (2008), she critiques our current economic and financial practices to suggest how caregiving can be justly valued and rewarded. And her “Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and PartnershipBased Health Care” (2014, with Teddie Potter) is a critical examination of our current health care system and a toolkit for developing a more compassionate, effective and sustainable system. Beyond writing, Eisler founded the Center for Partnership Studies in 1988 (the same year that “The Chalice and the Blade” was published). Located in beautiful Pacific Grove, California, the Center is a clearinghouse for partnership research and activist-teaching — notably the Caring Economy Campaign, a project that has generated social-wealth standards to make economic recommendations to policy makers on the general welfare, health and wellbeing and unpaid or underpaid labor. In both theoretical and practical terms, the center serves to counter dominator authoritarianism. It also deals with violence, gender discrimination and environmental destruction by promoting partnership equity, multiculturalism, gender fairness and environmental sustainability. The summit runs from Wednesday, March 25 through Saturday, March 28, and Eisler’s address is on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The summit is open to students on Wednesday and Thursday, and schedule information can be found at jmu.edu/summitseries. Eric La Freniere is an adjunct professor in the school of writing, rhetoric and technical communication. Contact Eric at lafrenea@jmu.edu.
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Guitarist and vocalist Greg Brennan (left), vocalist Jenny Carrier and fiddler Cy Frazier of Strong Water perform in the Rumble Down Under competition Wednesday night in Taylor Down Under. The band won this year’s competition, a feat that is rewarded with a day of studio recording and a spot in the lineup of this spring’s Madipalooza festival, which will take place April 11 on the Festival Lawn.
Four local bands compete in front of a voting audience and judge panel for a chance at winning more opportunities By EMMA KORYNTA contributing writer
The sounds of strings, drums and perfectly harmonized vocals rang through the speakers as people flocked to the front of the stage to dance. Whether it was swinging around a partner or grooving to the beat, there was always someone on the floor in Taylor Down Under. On Wednesday, University Program Board set up its monthly Spotlight Series in Taylor Down Under. But this was no ordinary concert. It was Rumble Down Under, JMU’s only battle of the bands. Four local bands were chosen from a pool of hopeful auditionees to compete for a slot to play at Madipalooza on April 11. The four competing bands were Swell Daze, Juice Bruns, Send the City and Strong Water. A panel of judges took the four performances and the audience’s votes into consideration. After much deliberation, Strong Water was declared
the winner. “We’re just happy to be a part of it,” Greg Brennan, lead singer of Strong Water and a senior geology major, said.
“It’s weird looking out into a panel of judges and knowing that they have a pen and they’re critiquing you.” Juice Bruns
freshman at Blue Ridge Community College and Rumble Down Under contestant
“There were 17 bands that submitted and we were one of the four and that was just really cool.”
In order to audition, a band had to have at least one JMU student. All of the bands were asked to send in a video of the group performing two songs. From there, the panel deliberated on all the applicants and picked the four they deemed the best. Those four would compete for a voting audience and a discerning judge panel. One of the contestants, Juice Bruns, is a freshman at Blue Ridge Community College who raps over top of a live band. He described the performance as wildly different than anything he has done before. “It’s weird looking out into a panel of judges and knowing that they have a pen and they’re critiquing you,” Bruns said. “It makes you overthink how you’re performing.” Although all the bands were excited about making it to the competition, each one tried to stay grounded and treat it like a normal gig. see RUMBLE, page 8
DOING GOOD ONE TRIP AT A TIME Some students learn the benefits of charity work during their spring breaks
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Lauren Kleifges (left), an interdisciplinary liberal studies major, and Brittany Boyer, an accounting major, make posters in San Juan, Texas, during their alternative spring break trip this year. By SAMANTHA D’ADDARIO contributing writer
Michael Smith spent his last day of spring break making T-shirts with a community member he befriended on Skid Row. “Just getting to see her an hour later walk back outside with her T-shirt on and telling me that she loves it and giving me a hug,” sophomore justice studies major Smith said. “That was one of my favorite memories.” Smith spent his week in Los Angeles, accompanied by 10 other JMU students. “We worked directly with the homeless in the Skid Row area,” Smith said. “Skid Row is about 50 blocks of extreme poverty, people living on the streets … we worked with two different agencies: L.A. Mission and Midnight Mission.” According to Smith, his trip was oriented toward doing service and volunteer work. But on a trip where the goal is to strengthen emotional connections between the volunteers and the members of the community, it’s difficult to measure volunteers’ progress in a concrete way. “It’s hard, because in an environmental trip you would be able to see the progress, [say] you were cleaning off a trail you would be able to see it then,” Smith said.
A big component is the price tag attached to the trip, which varies depending on the kind of trip the student chooses. When students were considering the expenses of transportation, housing and food, they each had different opinions on whether or not a trip like their’s would fit into the average college student’s budget. “If you’re doing [any] of the flying trips, you are going to fundraise as a group especially, and we do a letter-writing party where we write letters … to potential donors,” Smith said. Gloria Juarez, a junior nursing major who spent her spring break in McAllen, Texas, believes the trip is affordable. “JMU has a thing called Simple Living, and it’s a component to the ASB program,” Juarez said. “During our service, we will be living simply; basically because we will be working with communities who may not have much, who may be living in poverty, and it wouldn’t be fair for us to be living very luxuriously and in a hotel. My trip stayed in a church.” But despite the price, students usually find the trips very moving. Some, like Smith, even change their majors after the experience. “I was all over the board with my major,” Smith said. “But now I’m a justice studies major.” The biggest reward to the students is seeing the influence their hard work has left. “I really think that ... doing alternative spring breaks is one of the best ways you can use your time because you are creating a positive impact in the lives of others,” Monica Quintana, a sophomore health service administration and pre-physical therapy major and ASB participant, said. On the other hand, some students go on trips that are firsts for JMU. “Every trip is focused on a different social issue,” Juarez said. “My social issue focus was community wellness. But my trip was more specific than that, it was focused on immigration and this is the first time JMU has held a trip with an immigration focus.” Senior nursing major Ted Aronson traveled to Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., during his spring break with three other students. Though the location was familiar, he saw and experienced some unfamiliar conditions. Aronson says that his trip was through the Nursing Student Association and it was made possible through an organization known as United Way. “On some of the days we did educational things through United Way about community service, about what 211 is, which is a help line for people in need,” Aronson said. Aronson recommends this trip to all JMU students. “They should do it at least once. This was my last opportunity to do it and I’m glad I did,” he said. Regardless of location or organization, each trip was approximately a week long and required long hours and hard work from individuals as well as groups. “It’s very eye-opening in the sense that you actually value everything you have as a college student,” Juarez said. “It’s very inspiring, meeting people, listening to their stories, their struggles, and how they’ve overcome all of these problems. It’s just very heartwarming because you feel so welcome in communities that don’t offer much at all, but they’re still willing to give you as much as they can.” CONTACT Samantha D’Addario at daddarsa@dukes.jmu.edu.
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movie review
A dream is a wish New Cinderella movie brings new magic to classic tale By Joanna McNeilly contributing writer
the charming Prince, played by Richard Madden, who changes Cinderella’s life. Compared to the original animation of “Cinderella,” the new version gives Disney fans a more modern view of the princess they fell in love with. The two-dimensional animated film provided an original story. I found that the absence of the mice being able to talk was unsatisfying because it made them less well rounded than in the animated film. Disney also failed to include “Cinderella” the mending of Cinderella’s pink dress with the help of the mice and the birds. Although not a huge part PG 113 min. of the plot, it demonstrated the true friends that Starring Lily James, Helena Cinderella made as an orphan in her own house. Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett There’s no excuse to miss out on Disney’s oldfashioned magic on the big screen. First of all, the prince? Played by Richard Madden, the prince’s excellent smile and deep blue eyes make you fall in love whenever he appears in a scene. There is also a surprising addition to this “Cinderella” that was not included in the 1950s version: Cinderella takes off on a white horse into the woods, clearing her mind after being treated poorly by her stepmother and sisters. This is when she first meets the Prince without knowing it because he introduces himself by the name of Kit. After small talk and a lot of eye contact, Cinderella takes off and tells Kit that she hopes to see him again. This small addition to the fairy tale created a dynamic plot twist because she meets the Prince without knowing who he is until she goes to the royal ball. This family movie simply recreates the story about a young girl who goes from being a loved child to an orphan, but transforms into a princess. We’re given another chance to see the magic that we loved so much as children, which is a great enough reason to see it.
With a 90 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a new, exciting twist, Disney recreated the classic “Cinderella” and brought the magic back to life in theaters. The movie was inspired by a childhood favorite: “Cinderella,” an iconic movie for our generation. On opening day, I couldn’t wait to see the fairy tale come back to life on the big screen. Lily James does an outstanding job bringing the beloved princess to life. With an additional backstory of her as a young child, this movie broadened my view on how Cinderella became the lovable princess she was. Most importantly, throughout the film, Cinderella embraces her dying mother’s advice, “have courage and be kind.” This gave the movie a fully developed theme and moral, reminding young viewers to always have courage and, well, be kind. Cinderella lives by this advice and it helps her move forward everyday, regardless of how cruel her stepmother, played by Cate Blanchett, and stepsisters are to her. Blanchett does an excellent portrayal of the evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine. With her obsession of wealth and power, we see the complexities of Lady Tremaine as she continues to be bitter and cruel after the sudden death of Cinderella’s father. Then, of course, we meet
Contact Joanna McNeilly at mcneilje@dukes.jmu.edu.
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rumble | Competition rewards band with free recording studio time
change | Documentary film festival aims to raise awareness of current social issues Reel Change Film Festival Schedule Monday March 23 7 P.M. Court Square Theater
Tuesday March 24 7 P.M. Court Square Theater
“Purgatorio” (2014)
“Out in the Night” (2014)
*Followed by a Q-and-A w/ Director Rodrigo Reyes
*Followed by a Q-and-A w/ Blair Doroschwalther
Wednesday March 25 7 P.M. Court Square Theater
Thursday March 26 7 P.M. Court Square Theater
“Cowspiracy” (2014) *Followed by a panel discussion
“Brave miss world” (2013) *Followed by a Q-and-A w/ Linor Abargil
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Friday March 27 7 P.M. Court Square Theater
Greg Brennan performs with Strong Water at Rumble Down Under Wednesday night. The competition provided a free concert for students. from page 8
“Usually you’re just playing for yourself to have a good time, I guess I just ignored the competitive side of it and played as if it was just for fun,” Bruns said. Swell Daze was the only band that served as veterans in the competition. “It’s one of our favorite gigs in Harrisonburg. UPB is great about this. They give us and all of these other bands an opportunity to play for other people for free,” Mitch Weissman, a junior management major and bassist of Swell Daze, said. The battle is an opportunity for JMU students to get to know the local and student-based bands for free. “It’s a great opportunity to get the community to come out,” junior management major Titus Barton, the drummer of Swell Daze, said. “It’s something that doesn’t always happen on a Wednesday night. It’s really cool to just be able to invite all your friends to somewhere local.” While the program was publicized through UPB, the convenient location also attracted casual bystanders to come and hang out. “I feel like a lot of people from campus who were studying, hanging out or walking through had an opportunity to see a cool concert,” Loc Tran, a senior music industry major who was filling in for the main drummer of Send the City, said. Ryan Horrocks, senior geographic science major and banjo player of Strong Water, also expressed interest in the atmosphere that a free battle of the bands creates. “Getting all of our friends together and telling everyone about it and then seeing them in the crowd actually enjoying it is really fun,” Horrocks said. Strong Water walked away from the concert with a new gig booked and a free day in a recording studio, but the other bands didn’t feel as if they left empty-handed. “Every gig is an opportunity to kill it, have fun and meet new people,” Barton said. Strong Water had wanted to audition for Rumble Down Under in the past, but had never made it before the deadline. They were excited before performing, and even more ecstatic when they won. After waiting through much of the judges’ deliberation, Strong Water graciously accepted the award, profusely thanking all the other competing bands for all of their hard work. The entire band expressed that they hope this is only the beginning for them. “The best part is just being able to play,” Evan Hunsberger, a sophomore marketing major and percussionist of Strong Water, said. “If I could do something that would be it. Just being able to play music as often as I can.” Contact Emma Korynta at korynten@dukes.jmu.edu.
“Death Metal Angola” (2013)
Friday March 27 9:30 P.M. Three Notch’d Brewing Co. Fundraiser/concert for Okutiuka, the Angolan orphanage and nonprofit
*Followed by a Q-and-A w/ Director Jeremy Xido and a fundraiser for Okutiuka at Three Notch’d Brewing Co. Kelsey harding / the breeze
“The whole idea is to share the films and get people thinking critically [about the issues], making them feel of Media Arts and Design and faculty director of the more aware,” Wright said. The film being screened on Friday is “Death Metal festival. Angola.” It’s about an orphanage in Angola that found “Documentaries are just an awesome art form,” death metal music to be a source of hope, so it started McDonald said. “Telling real stories and real issues the first death metal music festival in the area. After the through film is really important.” screening, a concert will Documentaries about be held at Three Notch’d veganism, poverty and the at 9:30 p.m. For every struggles of crossing the United “[Being able to see these films is] not beer sold, a dollar will be States/Mexico border will also something that’s widely available, donated to Okutiuka, the be screened at Reel Change orphanage and nonprofit and it’s happening right in our this week. Skype Q-and-A organization that the film sessions will be hosted after backyard. This is a really unique is centered on. several of the screenings with “Harrisonburg is a very opportunity and it will without a the directors of the films, one small community and of them being Abargil, who will doubt be worth the time spent.” small communities tend be answering questions all the to care about these issues way from Israel on Thursday. Sabrena Deal a lot more,” Alejandra Buit“[Being able to see these director of marketing and social rago, a senior media arts films is] not something that’s media for Reel Change and media and design major, and one widely available, and it’s haparts and design professor of the directors of public pening right in our backyard,” relations for the festival, Sabrena Deal, the director of said. “Part of JMU’s mission marketing and social media statement is to include the for the festival, and media community.” arts and design instructor, said. “This is a really unique By holding the festival downtown, the directors of Reel opportunity and it will without a doubt be worth the time Change hope to impact all of Harrisonburg. spent.” from front
JMU’s Community Service-Learning is co-sponsoring the screening of “Brave Miss World” and the following Q-and-A session. Three Notch’d Brewing Co. and the Arts Council of the Valley also helped sponsor the festival, bringing together the university and the greater Harrisonburg community.
“There needs to be a dialogue between these two different groups,” Deal said. “That’s part of why I think this festival is really valuable.” Contact Julia Nelson at nelso2je@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Putting their heads together JMU hosts discussion about the issue of concussions in college sports By Bennett Conlin The Breeze
Understanding every aspect of treating a head injury can certainly be confusing, but with the help of experts, JMU is making headway on treating student athletes with concussions. As part of the JMU Faculty Flashpoint series, a panel of these experts gathered in the Festival Highlands Room last Thursday to discuss the issues regarding head injuries in college athletics. The discussion, titled “Head Injuries and College Sports,” was moderated by Doug Harrison, assistant director of the Center for Faculty Innovation. The panel included medical experts from JMU’s. During the discussion, the panelists mentioned an increase in the prevalence of concussions in college sports. The panelists believe the increase is caused by a rise in diagnosing previously undiagnosed concussions rather than an increase in the number of head injuries that occur in college sporting events. The heightened media attention given to concussions helps with the growing number of diagnosed concussions as the public’s education level on concussions rises. “The media is gonna set the groundwork for what the public knows and understands,” Connie Peterson, an associate professor of health sciences, said. A study of Fairfax County high schools from 1999 to 2009, cited by Dr. Kent Diduch, JMU’s medical director for the athletic training program, states that four times as many concussions were diagnosed at the end of that time period than at the beginning due to increased knowledge about concussions. Peterson elaborated on that study and the increased prevalence of concussions as a whole by saying the cause of that increase is due to “increased awareness as to what a concussion is.” JMU’s concussion policy defines a concussion as “a complex pathophysiologic process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biochemical forces secondary to direct or indirect forces to the head. This injury can result from a violent shaking or jarring action to the brain or body, usually as a result of impact with an object or ground.” Peterson said that concussions can occur from an event as simple as falling hard on your rear end. As long as the brain is jarred enough, a concussion can occur. Peterson said that in 1999, players were “allowed to return if their symptoms were gone within 15 minutes.” Today, JMU trainers won’t allow a player to return from a concussion until he or she is symptom-free for at least five days. Peterson hopes there will be a change in the mentality that playing through a concussion is considered “tough.” But this poses a challenge for JMU trainers as they need players to be honest about head injuries. Peterson hopes players and athletes will help each other to understand when they need to seek medical attention now that there is a more sensitive definition of what constitutes a concussion. According to Diduch, JMU averages about 60 reported concussions among the 500 total JMU athletes during each athletic season, which includes practices as well as games. JMU athletes who have received concussions were unavailable for comment due to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations. Contact sports such as football have a higher rate of concussions, although the panel and Diduch said they do not have exact numbers for the number of concussions in those sports, they mentioned the willingness of the coaches to help ensure the safety of concussed players. “I’ve been here seven years and I have never had a problem with a coach. The coaches are great,” Diduch said. “The coaches are the kids’ advocates. They’re always professionals.” Diduch believes JMU’s treatment and handling of
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JMU hosted a panel of experts in Festival last Thursday afternoon to discuss concussions in collegiate athletics.
concussions surpasses the way many other colleges handle concussions. “I know some schools in our conference do not have as strong a policy as ours,” Diduch said. “That worries me as to what they’re letting their kids return to.” JMU’s policy requires a gradual exercise testing process after a player sustains a concussion, which delays the athlete’s possible return to action. “Once their symptoms are cleared they then start a five-step progressive exercise,” Thomas Kuster, assistant athletic director for sports medicine, said. “It could take some people, and it typically does, several days to advance steps.”
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We know more today than we did six years ago about concussions. But I would venture to guess there’s still a heck of a lot more we still don’t know. Thomas Kuster assistant athletic director for sports medicine
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An athlete can only advance one step per day, and if they fail a part of the progressive exercise program, they’re sent back a step and will have to repass that step. This enables the training staff to prevent rushing an athlete back from a concussion. Along with the gradual exercise process, the JMU training staff does detailed baseline tests of all athletes. This enables them to compare those baseline scores to the scores of the athlete after a concussion and during the healing process. The areas tested with the baseline tests include balance and cognitive functioning. To be even more thorough, JMU’s training staff will be implementing a baseline test for eye functioning next year. This will allow the trainers to compare the way an athlete’s eyes should be responding to basic tests, like following a trainer’s finger as it moves in front of their face, to the way their eyes function after a concussion. The JMU training staff wants to make sure all athletes are completely healthy before returning to play after suffering a concussion. By testing various aspects of an athlete’s functioning, the training staff can ensure that
each athlete is completely returned to proper form. “We test several things to make sure [the athlete is healed,]” Diduch said. “I’ve got to feel comfortable about letting you back into the game.” Diduch believes the JMU trainers help make the school’s concussion safety as thorough as any in the country. “I feel like we do a good job of detecting as many concussions as possible and we have a very robust concussion policy,” Diduch said. “We don’t let kids back until they’re ready. Their life is more important than one game.” Since concussions are an unavoidable detriment of contact sports, the way the JMU training staff treats athletes with concussions plays a pivotal role in keeping the athletes healthy and safe. Avoiding concussions altogether is an unrealistic goal for the JMU training staff, but properly managing the health of the athletes after they receive a concussion remains plausible. Kuster mentioned the need for the athletes to rest their minds in order to properly heal. “One thing with concussions, it’s not so much physical rest, it’s cognitive rest,” Kuster said. Most mild concussions are able to be treated relatively easily by taking the process slowly, but each brain varies in the way it handles concussions. In particularly severe cases, the help of Bernice Marcopulous becomes a neccesity. Marcopulous is a well-respected clinical neuropsychologist and associate professor of graduate psychology at JMU. Marcopulous helps look to make sure that if a person has a mild concussion, his or her symptoms resolve quickly. Otherwise she may need to help extensively with their recovery. She said the symptoms of a mild concussion should be resolved in about three months. When they last longer than that, she works with the athletes to make sure they can get back to proper functionality in order to return to the classroom and eventually competition. Experts like Diduch and Marcopulous separate JMU’s treatment of concussions from other colleges. As awareness continues to grow expect more and more to be done in order to help collegiate athletes with concussions. “We know more today than we did six years ago about concussions,” Kuster said. “But I would venture to guess there’s still a heck of a lot more that we still don’t know.” Contact Bennett Conlin at conlinbf@dukes.jmu.edu.
WBB | ‘We’re excited about where we can go with this program.’ from front
freshman forward Alexa Hart in the post, who put up 20 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and had seven blocks. Brooks said the Buckeyes were a different team than JMU had played all season, in that they ran more of a pro-style offense. He compared Mitchell to three-time NBA All-Star guard James Harden in that she can run the middle of the floor and is tough to double team. Then she can get the ball to Alston, who Brooks said is talented at getting in the lane. “They’re very athletic,” junior guard Precious Hall said of Ohio State. “They had players that could score on both sides of the court. They’re shooting threes and they’re in the post, fast break … very talented team.” Hall led the Dukes with 28 points on Saturday, with 18 of those coming in the first half. Hall helped the Dukes jump out to an early lead and go tit for tat with the Buckeyes in the first half. Ohio State head coach Kevin McGuff said the Buckeyes had planned to guard Hall early, but didn’t and Hall capitalized. “We kind of went over that again at halftime, like, ‘Hey, we got to get up and we got to guard her. We got to contest her shots. We got to make it tough on her,’” McGuff said. McGuff said the Buckeyes switched to a zone defense in the second half to throw the Dukes off rhythm. “I think that was effective for a while, but then [Ashley] Perez really made us pay,” McGuff said. Perez, with space to shoot, started raining down three-pointers. She finished the game a career-high 6-9 behind the arc, scoring all 20 of
her points in the second half. But the Buckeyes consistently had answers on the other end. A back-and-forth first half, with 10 lead changes and eight ties, ceded to a largely Ohio State-dominated second half. The Buckeyes took the lead at the free throw line with 43 seconds left in the first half and never gave it back up the rest of the way. The free-throw line hurt the Dukes all day. Ohio State finished 26-34 there. Brooks said the Dukes were trying to drive to the basket too. But they weren’t able to capitalize and finished the game with just 10 free throw shots, hitting nine. Now, moving forward, JMU will lose redshirt senior center Lauren Okafor and senior forward Toia Giggetts next season. Brooks said that he knew the Dukes would be good this season, after a run to the NCAA second round last year, if they came back motivated this year. They were able to do that, and Brooks said it started with Okafor. “She stepped up and, on her own, she went out and she lost 30 pounds,” Brooks said. “Thirty pounds enabled her to play up and down. And if she didn’t do something like that and make that kind of commitment, I don’t know if we would be 29-4.” Okafor transferred to JMU from Providence College following the 2011-12 season. Due to NCAA transfer rules, she sat out and redshirted the 2012-13 season before playing 11.9 minutes per game last season with five starts. But this season, she started all 32 games and played 24.8 minutes per game, scored 12.5 points per game and leading the team with 9.8 rebounds per game.
“It’s just been unforgettable,” Okafor said of her time with JMU. “I’m very grateful for all the opportunities … afforded me and I’m just looking forward to the future. And not only for myself, but definitely for this program and those girls, because they’re going to make a run again. I believe that.” Giggetts was a starter for the Dukes for the last three seasons, and finished her career with 100 starts. She was a CAA All-Rookie her freshman season, won the team’s Courage Award her sophomore season and was second team All-CAA last season. With Okafor and Giggetts leaving, Brooks said he’s going to need some post play and some players to step up. But he also said he’s very excited about what he has coming back and excited about his recruiting class, which he said is probably one of the better classes he’s had in a long time. It was a season full of accomplishments for JMU. The Dukes’ 29 wins matched a program record, Hall and Giggetts both passed the 1,000 career point mark, JMU passed the 1,000 win mark as a program and Brooks became the alltime winningest head coach in school history to name a few. Brooks said Saturday that he wanted a couple days to debrief and not think about basketball. Perhaps it’s a chance to take it all in. “Everyone stepped up into a leadership role to make this a magical ride,” Brooks said. “So we’re not going to hang our heads. We’re very excited about where we are. And we’re excited about where we can go with this program.” Contact Wayne Epps Jr. at breezesports@gmail.com.
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Junior guard Precious Hall hugs senior forward Toia Giggetts after Saturday’s game.
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Club field hockey hosts tournament JMU club field hockey hosted Virginia Tech and Radford University in its final home tournament of the year. The clubs convened at the JMU Field Hockey Complex on Saturday afternoon. In their first game of the day, the Dukes suffered a 3-1 loss to Virginia Tech. Unable to bounce back, the Dukes also fell to Radford in a 2-1 loss in their second game of the afternoon.
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Can more excitement be added to the madness? Shorten the shot clock and rid the committee By Stephen Proffitt The Breeze
So they say it’s the best time of the year, however Fraser and I are appointed voices to show how it could be better. The 2015 NCAA tournament began Thursday around noon as Americans played hooky from work or clandestinely had that extra tab open on their work computer streaming all the action. It’s one of the most thrilling weekends the sport has to offer. While this is all hunky dory, we do have some ways to make this better and improve college basketball as a whole. In the midst of this, three other tournaments are transpiring beneath the radar. The National Invitational Tournament, CollegeInsider.com Tournament and College Basketball Invitational all sent out invites to schools who couldn’t punch a ticket to the NCAAs. The NIT has been around for almost seven decades while the other two are fairly new. Now, this isn’t some shallow public service announcement to boycott the NCAA tournament in order to watch mid-major teams duke it out in their Big Dance. However, you can’t deny how awesome of a concept it is. Let’s give teams who are chronically overlooked something to play for. Genius. What really does it for us is that these tournaments are where we’re seeing solid progression in the game. All three tournaments are sporting
a new 30-second shot clock, opposed to the 35-second one we have been accustomed to. It’s an experiment and by the sample size of a few games I’ve seen, it’s working. Fraser and I both agree that shortening the shot clock throughout college basketball would speed up the game while simultaneously create more action. Having covered Colonial Athletic Association basketball as a student beat writer for four years now, I’ve had the extreme pleasure of seeing talent that many don’t see until the tournament — the Georgia States and the Northeasterns. Annually following selection Sunday, there are scores of columns depicting who got left out, etc. William & Mary would be my prime example. Losing in the CAA tournament final to Northeastern pulled the plug on the Tribe’s chances at the real big dance. As a seven seed in the NIT, the Tribe lost in the first round to the University of Tulsa. I watch more of the NIT because those are my teams. I know that at the end of the day it’s a business. But do we really need all these top-tiered, big-market teams, that arguably get bids year after year based on the financial status of their institution? The NCAA tournament is popularized by the underdog, by the upset, the bracket shaker. It’s time we start ensuring this belief beyond the first and second rounds. Ditch the committee, we need a better method for setting the field. Contact Stephen Proffitt at proffittjs@gmail.com.
Move the three-point line back, erase charging fouls
By Ryan Fraser The Breeze
Without a doubt, the best time for sports in the calendar year is the opening round of the NCAA tournament. The first weekend of the Big Dance has everything you love about sports in a 96-hour time span. Close calls and blowouts, Cinderella refusing to believe it’s midnight and crying band members attempting to play the piccolo. However, being the critics that we are (not without reason) there is room for more. How can the game be made better? Before I start, I’ll say the one-and-done rule will not be discussed. It’s an NBA deal — something the NCAA can’t control. Also, I won’t be talking about paying athletes. This is strictly an in-game discussion. With those caveats, the first thing I would do as the ultimate czar of NCAA basketball would be changing the shot clock to 30 seconds. Now I don’t think this will change the game as drastically as some claim. If teams run bad offense, then they’ll run bad offense regardless of the shot clock. It’s not as if coaches will say, “Ah, now that there’s only 30 seconds on the shot clock I can run my ingenious playbook.” I think scoring could be slightly up because of increased possessions, but I don’t believe it would be off the
charts. The next thing I would change is moving the three-point line back a foot. The line is currently at 20 feet, 9 inches. I think too many threes are being chucked up because people think they’re Reggie Miller. Moving it back another foot would let the shooters keep shooting and it would force others to really think if the shot is worth taking. This would also help increase the mid-range game, because certain players would realize they can’t hit the threes and add other elements to their game. The final and most drastic thing, would be to abolish the charge rule. If you follow Grantland basketball writer Mark Titus, you’ll know he is a huge proponent of this. I’m personally tired of seeing games being decided because an official can’t decide what a block or a charge is. To be fair, I don’t think anybody else does either if you listen to the talking heads on ESPN. So let’s get rid of it. I’m not saying we get rid of offensive fouls, but force defenders to make a play on the ball as opposed to acting like a statue and falling over. If the ball handler is out of control, call it a foul, but we shouldn’t reward somebody for acting like they got shot. That being said, I still love the game and March Madness. With every cringe-worthy call or head scratching possession, the imperfect beauty is still there. The buzzer beaters, 30 footers and head coaches falling out of their seats make March unlike anything else. Contact Ryan Fraser at fraserrc@dukes. jmu.edu.
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