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Buyer hopes to fill gap left by one of Harrisonburg’s most popular downtown dives By IJ CHAN The Breeze
Downtown won’t be incomplete for much longer when a new restaurant moves in replacing Dave’s Downtown Taverna. Giles Stone, a Harrisonburg resident and owner of the Mini-Stor-It Self Storage on East Mosby Road, bought the downtown building for $700,000 on Monday afternoon at a public auction. “It’s the location — it’s a great place to have a restaurant and it’s laid out great for a restaurant,” Stone said. “I’ve already got two or three people [interested] as of now and it hasn’t even been 48 hours yet.” Dave’s, a local favorite for students, suddenly closed its doors in July. Stone has been living in Harrisonburg for 50 years and
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Dave’s Downtown Taverna closed its doors in July after 10 years of serving Harrisonburg. The building was auctioned off Monday.
said the downtown area hasn’t always been as active as it is today. Now, Stone owns a house in the downtown area, and said
he enjoys and participates in various downtown events. “I’d like for it to continue to be a popular place for students,”
Stone said. “I bought it because I’m interested in the downtown area and I like to see it do well.” Eddie Bumbaugh, executive director of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, said Dave’s has been a staple of Downtown Harrisonburg since it opened its downtown location about 10 years ago. Bumbaugh said he was a regular at Dave’s for years. “Often I work late and I could call and get take-out,” he said. “It was always ready in five minutes. From the very start I was a frequent diner at Dave’s Downtown Taverna.” At the same time Dave’s opened, HDR was initiated as well. Bumbaugh said Dave’s was one of the earliest businesses that helped kickstart the Renaissance, and it’s owners served on the HDR Board of Directors. see DAVE’S, page 4
U.Va. law professor explains Constitution in first of Vision Series
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A.E. Dick Howard spoke about the importance and relevance of civic duty among citizens on Constitution Day. By MARK OVERSTREET The Breeze
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Freshman psychology major Philip Ricketts takes time to visit the farmers market on the Warren patio Wednesday afternoon. The market is an attempt by Dining Services to bring a variety of fresh produce and baked goods from local Shenandoah Valley farmers. The farmers market will be returning to campus on Oct. 9, but students can still get local produce at the main location downtown on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
The inaugural Madison Vision Series kicked off on Tuesday— Constitution day— in celebration of James Madison’s contribution to our country. A.E. Dick Howard, law professor at U. Va., lectured to about 150 students, faculty and community members in the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts concert hall on the importance of civic education and duty among our nation’s youth. “We want you to internalize the civic lessons you’ve learned,” Howard said. President Jon Alger introduced Howard, and urged the JMU community to explore our current civic landscape, and improve it. “We have a long standing tradition at JMU,” Alger said. “We exercise public discourse, which helps shape us into the university that we are today.” Alger said it’s essential that JMU lead the way in cultivating and educating the citizens that are ruled by the U.S. Constitution. The first step is educating JMU about these rules. “We believe that we are taking a step in the right direction with this Vision Series,” Alger said. “What better way to spend Constitution Day than with Dr. Howard who has helped write many constitutions himself.” Howard served on the committee that drafted Virginia’s current state see CONSTITUTION, page 4
Bridgeforth concessions a win-win Stadium eateries offer fundraising opportunity for local organizations
BRIDGEFORTH SERIES: Part one By WAYNE EPPS JR. The Breeze
While the football team is busy taking on another opponent at Bridgeforth Stadium, numerous people are working in and around the stadium to help feed some of the 20,000-plus fans present. “They’re there to watch the game, but we want to make sure that the product that we provide is first class,” said Beth Hartman, JMU Dining Services senior location manager for concessions. “So that hopefully adds to their gameday experience.” During a normal season, concessions will serve an average of 90,000 cold beverages, 21,000 hot dogs, 300 pounds of ketchup and use 7,500 pounds of ice. To serve all of that food, JMU brings in around 150 volunteers from local non-profit groups to work the stands. Many of the groups come from JMU and can range from the Harrisonburg High School JROTC to the JMU Boarderline Ski & Snowboard club. “In the spring we get applications from all the non-profit groups that are interested in raising money. And then we assign groups to each game,” Hartman said. “So we have two hawker groups and then we have four large stands that need 25-35 group members per game. And then we have three smaller areas that only need eight to 15 non-profit members.” When groups agree to volunteer at games, both sides get something out of the deal. JMU gets staffers for concessions and the groups get a portion of the concession sales. Groups that sign on to be hawkers get 12 percent of the sales and groups that work
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Dining Services opens up its concession stands to groups for volunteer opportunities, offering a cut of the proceeds for fundraising efforts.
at the stands get 10 percent of the sales. The club gymnastics team helped out at the Kickers stand during the first game of the season on Aug. 31 and made close to $500, according to club gymnastics fundraising chair and senior kinesiology major Lauren Price. Helping out for concessions is not only a fundraiser for the organizations, but can also serve as another form of team bonding during what can be a long day. When club gymnastics volunteered, they arrived at the stadium at 2:30 p.m., ahead of what was originally a 6:00 p.m. kickoff before weather delayed it to 6:30, and didn’t leave until about 11:00 that night.
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“We know how to make it fun, we always have a good time doing it,” Price said. “And we’re just always yelling out like, ‘Help club gymnastics,’ and stuff like that. People always come up and ask us about our club, it’s a great way to advertise too.” Throughout the week ahead of a home game, the full-time concessions staff goes through a process to prepare for Saturday. Before the season starts, the department orders the food and supplies like paper products about two weeks in advance because of the large quantity.
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D.C. gunman reportedly heard voices, had checkered past WASHINGTON — A day after a bloody rampage at the Washington Navy Yard left 13 dead in the nation’s capital, troubling new details emerged Tuesday about the psychological state of gunman Aaron Alexis and why his life appeared to have suddenly unraveled. Among the revelations: Alexis legally purchased a Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun Saturday, two days before the shooting, in Lorton, Va. A new police report said Alexis was hearing voices, and Navy officials said the former Navy reservist had at least five military infractions. Alexis apparently passed all the background checks required in Virginia to buy the weapon. That raised new questions because of two prior arrests for gun-related incidents in the states of Washington and Texas and, more importantly, what appears to have been a psychotic break little more than a month before the killings. An Aug. 7 police report from the Newport Police Department in Rhode Island that was released Tuesday afternoon said officers were dispatched to a Marriott hotel for a harassment report from Alexis. When they spoke to him, he
explained that he’d been in an argument before boarding a flight from Virginia and that two men and a woman were sent to follow him and “and keep him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations into his body.” The report said Alexis said he “first heard them talking to him through a wall while at the Residence Inn.” It said he’d switched to a hotel at a naval base before taking a room at the Marriott, where the voices were coming through the floor and ceiling, and that individuals who he feared would harm him were using “some sort of microwave machine” to send vibrations. The officer’s report said the naval station police were notified and local police were advised that there would be a follow-up to determine whether Alexis, a reservist until 2011, was actually a defense contractor. The newly released police report raises questions about what happened to that information. His employer, defense subcontractor The Experts, issued a statement Tuesday that said Alexis worked for the firm for six months. The company subcontracted with computing giant Hewlett-Packard and Alexis underwent two routine background checks plus two more comprehensive reviews to obtain secret-level clearance from the Defense Department. “The latest background check and security clearance confirmation were in late June of 2013 and revealed no issues other than one minor traffic violation,” the company said.
U.N. probing other possible chemical attacks in Syria
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ISTANBUL — U.N. inspectors, who Monday confirmed the use of chemical weapons against a rebel-held area in the Damascus suburbs, were in Syria by coincidence, intending to investigate other gas attacks where the national government claims the rebels are responsible. The inspection team said in the report that it has every intention of traveling at a later point to Khan al Asal, which is near Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city, and two other locations, where one side or both are alleged to have used the long-proscribed chemical weapons. In fact there are credible allegations that chemical weapons were used at more than a dozen locations in Syria since December 2012. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating human rights abuses and war crimes in Syria, is now looking into 14 possible attacks involving chemical weapons, its head, Paolo Sergio Pinheiro of Brazil, told reporters Monday in Geneva. “These are not just bald allegations” but “credible claims” by human rights groups, the commission’s own research, videos or interviews with refugees, an aide, who was not authorized to speak to the media and talked on condition of anonymity, told McClatchy.
WASHINGTON — Chesapeake crabbers and scientists say 2013 has been one of the worst years in decades for blue crab harvesting, and scientists are attributing the collapse, at least in part, to a murderous biological process: crab cannibalism. Brenda Davis, manager for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Blue Crab Program, said last year’s count of 765 million crabs in the Chesapeake Bay was a 20-year high. And with so many creatures clumped together, Davis said, the crabs took care of each other. “So when you get in that situation, there’s something called density-dependent mortality,” Davis said. “Basically, they’re incredibly cannibalistic, and they eat each other. ... Last year, there were lots and lots of little crabs. So they’re likely to be eating each other at a fairly high rate.” According to a survey from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, crab numbers were down even before the crabbing season started this year. The survey, which was conducted this winter, indicated there were only 300 million blue crabs in the bay, a decline of more than 60 percent from last year. Compiled from McClatchy Tribune wire services
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Engineering program recieves ABET accreditation The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology has given the engineering program its stamp of approval, according to Public Affairs Coordinator Eric Gorton. ABET is the leading accrediting agency for technical and engineering programs. The curriculum requires students to take business and design classes their first year. MIT and Princeton’s schools of engineering are also ABET accredited. VIRGINIA
“Like” on Facebook protected by First Amendment The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled yesterday that “Liking” on Facebook is protected by the First Amendment, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Now the equivalent of inalienable freedom of speech, the action is now compared to displaying a politicallyopinionated sign in your front yard.
Police bust Waynesboro meth lab Virginia State Police and Waynesboro Police Department SWAT team raided a suspected methamphetamine lab in Waynesboro and detained five people on Tuesday, according to The News Virginian. Three were later released. Jesse Balin and April Riddle were charged and accused with manufacturing methamphetamines. The state police found the presence of a hazardous material inside the house by using an air monitor. Currently the material seized from the scene is being tested in a state lab in Roanoke. This is the third meth lab raid this year in Waynesboro.
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Strite’s Donuts has been operating out of doughnut trucks since they opened eight years ago. They’re planning to move into Dave’s Express in November.
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Strite’s Donuts partners up with JMU a capella group to expand market By KELLY RODEN contributing writer
Strite’s Donuts will soon have an added sweetness to their tasty pastries — the sweet tunes of the Overtones. The Overtones, a co-ed a cappella group, and Strite’s Donuts are in the process of negotiating guidelines to set up mutual promotion, according to Carl Strite, owner and founder of Strite’s Donuts. Strite said that he wants to annually support the group. Strite’s Donuts began eight years ago as a doughnut truck that set up during festivals and fairs and turned into a full-time operation about a year and a half ago. The truck moves around the Shenandoah Valley selling doughnuts out of the three trucks they own. Many JMU students look forward to the trucks, which come to downtown Harrisonburg every Tuesday and Thursday. “Oh my goodness, they were really, really really good,” said Korey Lamb, a graduate student in the school counseling program. “They make all of them fresh right there in front of
you, they’re all really nice, and they’re really cheap, like a $1.05 for a doughnut.” Soon, students will no longer have to wait until Tuesday or Thursday for their doughnut fix. Strite’s Donuts plans to open a new store on 701 Port Republic Road in November, in the old Dave’s Taverna Express building. While Strite’s Donuts will still operate the mobile units, Strite is excited about the new opportunities the store will provide for his business. “The purpose of the store is to do wholesale,” Strite said. “We’ll have a pretty extensive delivery system to Roanoke, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg: that triangle. There are quite a few stores that want our doughnuts in their stores, and the only way we can do that is with a brick-and-mortar building.” The new store will also include a coffee bar. While Strite is undecided if he will serve another business’s coffee or provide his own, he maintains that the coffee bar will be “elaborate,” with many coffee options. Andrew Levering, a sophomore engineering major and business manager of The
Overtones, said he and his group contacted Strite when they heard about the new store to discuss the possibility of a sponsorship. “We found out that they were moving locations and getting an actual building instead of just their trucks now,” Levering said. “We thought that they would need some advertising, so we asked if they would be willing to sponsor us, and we could do some advertising for them. They said ‘yes’, so we’re really excited for it.” The plans for promotion include singing at Strite’s special events, selling doughnuts at concerts and Overtones T-shirts that says “I heart OT” on them, with the “O” in the shape of a doughnut. “The more involved in the community I can be, the better I feel,” Strite said. “I really appreciate the JMU community. I want to do as much as I can for them, the JMU community. I appreciate young people — I like to see them develop into the best they can be.” CONTACT Kelly Roden at rodenka@dukes.jmu.edu.
New COB dean introduces herself to JMU Mary Gowan talks differential tuition, faculty salaries and gender bias
By IJ CHAN The Breeze
Mary Gowan was named dean of the College of Business last spring and officially came to JMU in July. Gowan, a North Carolina native, has lived in eight states and has been involved in higher education for 30 years both as a professor and a former dean at various schools, including Elon University and George Washington University. In her spare time, she enjoys going on walks and spending time with her husband. Q: What is your vision for the College of Business?
A: Our vision for the college is that we identify ways to continue to develop the reputation of the COB as a leader in business education, focused on undergraduate education, primarily with select graduate programs that complement what we do at the undergraduate level … We also are committed to continuing to provide our students with the engaged learning experiences that are hallmark of JMU and our college and what’s really led to a lot of our national rankings. So, to do this, we’re working to raise our endowment and other funds to finance these activities. Q: How are you going to raise endowment?
A: We’re very fortunate that we have a lot of successful alums and companies that like to hire our graduates, and that’s a winning combination. What that means is that when we can share the stories about how their gifts are transformative to us and our programs, people like to give to something that they feel makes a difference. So we’ll be working a lot with Patricia May, our director of communications, to make sure we’re telling the story in such a way what we’re doing, why we’re doing it and why it matters. Q: What’s the next step for the COB?
A: Several things — first of all, we’re out of space. The building was built for 2,100 students — there are 3,500. We have programs like our School of Hospitality and Sport and Recreation in another building, our School of Leadership Studies is in another building, so we’re spread out around campus. But even still with that, we’re very tight on space in here. You come in the building and you see students everywhere studying and all the classrooms are full from 8 in the morning to late in the evening, so we make good use of the space. Another issue is resources to support our
faculty — to continue to attract the kind of faculty that are dedicated to student engagement and learning and to retain the faculty we have as the market has gotten better and more schools have more funds to hire new faculty, you always have to be careful that you don’t lose your marketable faculty because they have other opportunities. The other piece is the student piece — we need more merit-based scholarships. We need more study abroad scholarships. We need more funds so that students can experience more opportunities like the New York trip that happens every May with some of our finance students. We should be doing similar things with our marketing students and other students.
Q: How are you going to increase the COB’s reputation?
A: We’re working together to create a strategy that will more celebrating, more sharing — that’s something else I like doing as a leader, celebrating successes. So for instance, when we had students, two MBA teams and one undergraduate team win the Google competition two weeks ago, we’ve strategized on how we can make sure that story’s being told often and well, because it’s indicative the quality of both our faculty and our students. One thing I’m doing is — I’m calling it my “Learning Tour.” I’m going to be going around starting next week visiting with alums in Northern Virginia, in Richmond, in Tidewater and then Dallas just to listen to what our alums have to say and to also let them know what we’re doing.
Q: On recruiting and retaining faculty:
A: I think people are feeling a little better this year because of the raises that the university gave to faculty, but we’re always looking at our salaries and seeing how competitive we are … We believe that a lot of faculty are here because they like the environment at JMU. They really like working with the type of students we have here, who are nice, smart, ambitious and have a strong work ethic. You don’t find that everywhere — it’s a rare combination. So while salaries are important, hopefully the raises have helped some. In our ability to retain faculty we know it’s not enough. So that’s why we’re looking at other ways to support faculty. [We’ll be asking] for gifts, and we’ll be able to use some of our differential tuition, not for faculty salaries per se, but for research support and travel for conferences. Q: On differential tuition:
A: I’m very excited about it. I think it’s very important for us. Two-thirds of the [Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business] accredited schools already have differential tuition — so we’re following, not leading the pack on that one. We’re catching up. Other business schools in Virginia — most of them have differential tuition in place. We just see it as an important resource for us to provide scholarships. Part of it will be set aside for financial aid to provide those engaged learning experiences for students. We’re not doing a lot of things that a lot of top business schools are doing, like executive speaker series, so it would provide funds for those kinds of activities. And the interesting thing is, it’s not just going to be for faculty support in the COB, some of the funds will be set aside for faculty initiatives across campus, because we recognize that the general education faculty teach our students also and so some of the funds are set aside to
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Mary Gowan, the new dean of the COB, has been involved in higher education for 30 years.
offer grants and other support for faculty across campus and to make sure that we have funds set aside so that students [that want to go into the COB] aren’t disadvantaged by having to pay higher tuition … We have our Antwerp program — some students can’t do that because of the cost, but if we had some grants or some scholarships available for that, more students can take advantage of that program, not just those who happen to have the income to do that. It’s just expensive to run a business program, and this is a way to offset some of the costs for that. Q: What inspires you to lead?
A: I love seeing people get excited about what they’re doing and getting opportunities to do new things that they want to do. So, I’m inspired by working with a group of people committed to what they’re doing and enabling them to do those things more easily, more fully and live out their hopes and dreams. So it’s the working with a group of people who are really wanting to make a difference in what they do and facilitating their ability to do that. I was just so excited to work with a group of faculty who are already so committed, I mean, it really is a rare combination that we have here, of faculty and students, and that’s why it’s been so successful. So a lot of what I see here is that I help us to identify new ways to move forward but that I don’t mess up what’s already working well. That’s important for a leader to know — when to make changes and when not to make changes.
Q: What do you think are some of your strengths as a leader?
A: Some of the ones I have are building community which was something that I heard would be helpful, strategic planning and external relation — so that’s the fundraising part, that’s the going out and telling the story part. I think I care about people, I understand complexities of organizations and I can be a good listener. I don’t mind making decisions, including tough decisions. I try to be flexible, and I value other’s opinions even if they’re different from mine. Q: What’s it like being a woman in business?
A: I was really lucky that I had a father who never said “You can’t do things because you’re a girl,” so I really have, with one exception, in all my working life, never felt like being a female affected my success in a job one way or another. What I had found is having good communication skills, being knowledgeable about what you’re talking about, treating people fairly and not being afraid to make tough decisions — leads to respect. I have a renewed commitment to fostering programs that support women to develop communication skills, assertiveness, negotiation — all those kinds of skills that you need to navigate the world, because there’s still a lot of bias against women... My desire is to find ways to facilitate women being more confident stepping up to the plate, if that’s what they want to do so they can be successful. Because then, they can’t ignore us. CONTACT IJ Chan at breezenews@gmail.com.
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Dave’s | ‘The goal is that every space be occupied by a thriving business.’ from front
Bumbaugh said although many businesses have since established themselves and thrived downtown, he’s still sure Dave’s is missed by many locals. “It was a great partnering in many ways for advocating for downtown revitalization,” Bumbaugh said. “It’s certainly a loss to not have Dave’s Downtown Taverna.” Bumbaugh said he knew Dave Miller, the owner of Dave’s Taverna well. Miller, he said, had gotten himself into some financial trouble that forced him to close his restaurant, even though revenue was good. Bumbaugh added that he hopes that whatever takes the restaurant’s space will contribute to the HDR’s goal of fostering a thriving downtown area. The area, he said, offers both businesses and the community an unusual atmosphere. “It’s our center of government, our center of cultural and art attractions, the center of our history, and in many ways, our center of commerce,” Bumbaugh said. Paula Benson, is a part-time employee at Walkabout Outfitters, an outdoor clothing store that recently opened downtown.
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A new restaurant will possibly replace Dave’s Downtown Taverna. The building was bought for $700,000 by Giles Stone, a local business owner. Stone currently owns the Mini-Stor-It on East Mosby Road. He has already two or three tenants interested in leasing out the building.
Benson said she wasn’t a regular customer at Dave’s but said downtown could always benefit from new businesses that develop its already growing culture and cater to the diverse Harrisonburg population. “Another retail would be
great, another restaurant would be great — just anything that helps grow downtown Harrisonburg,” Benson said. “Something that attracts and can be offered to people, so more people will come in. That’s good for everyone.”
Most of the businesses are locally owned and operate out of historic buildings and Bumbaugh said he hopes the area will continue to grow. In the past 10 years, the number of restaurants and people employed downtown has increased from
one to two dozen and 2,500 to 3,500, respectively. Bumbaugh said HDR is still talking about further expanding downtown. There proposals for new additions, such as a hotel and conference center, an urban park and an expansion of the
farmers market. “The goal is that every space be occupied by a thriving business,” Bumbaugh said. “Having a business there not only benefits the city from a tax revenue standpoint, but it compliments all the other businesses downtown.” Erin Kling, a server at Billy Jack’s, said she was surprised when Dave’s closed, since it was such a staple of the downtown community. She also said although she wasn’t a regular of Dave’s, she enjoyed the rooftop dining. “I was surprised because it was so sudden and no one knew it was closing,” Kling said. “It is weird that it’s closed. I’m just used to seeing people there.” Kling, who has also worked at other downtown businesses like Blue Nile and Shank’s Bakery, said she’s noticed that more people have been going to other restaurants since Dave’s closed. “Each [business] has their own kind of niche of clientele,” Kling said. “There’s not a lot of places where you can get pitchers, for example. But anything that utilizes that rooftop would be good.” Contact IJ Chan at breezenews@gmail.com.
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constitution, and helped write national constitutions in over ten foreign countries, namely: Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Romania and the Philippines. All of the constitutions he helped create relate to the U.S. Constitution. “Constitutional relevance to other countries doesn’t lie in the text of our own constitution,” Howard said. “It lies in the underlying principles, which transcend cultural and language barriers.” While in Russia, after the Cold War, Howard and his colleagues found it difficult at times to overcome the language barrier because of the technical jargon that goes into
writing a constitution. “Constitutions are not just a fill-in-the-blank card,” Howard said. “Each country’s culture and language and history is different, and their constitutions have to reflect those differences.” Howard shared many other anecdotes, beginning in Pennsylvania in the late 18th century during the creation of the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence. According to Howard, during the French Revolution the French watched the United States closely, and Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin believed that they should bring America to France. He said that public discourse in the late eighteenth century United
States framed the constitutional debate in France, which eventually led the French to be an ally of the United States today. Each anecdote helped structure the themes of the lecture series: promoting public discourse, educating our personal responsibilities and supporting ethics. “Today is an important hallmark for the future of our university,” Alger said. “Not just because it is Constitution Day, but also because we can be the role model to improve our society, our university, ourselves.” Bill Wilson, the director of Madison Institution and coordinator of the Vision Series, said that one of the key goals of the higher education at JMU is to create enlightened and
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educated students. “As a liberal arts university, we want to be more than a mechanism for getting a job,” Wilson said. “We feel like having an understanding of government and civic duty is important, and this specific lecture highlights that.” Four other lectures will take place throughout the year, each focusing on a different “Contemporary Issue in an Engaged Society.” Two more are scheduled this semester and two in the spring. Sophomore business management major Jacob Hurd agrees that the lecture series is a step in the right direction, and he also urges his fellow classmates to become more involved.
“I want to see more students taking advantage of these opportunities,” Hurd said. “Too often we as college students don’t soak up all that our universities have to offer.” He also said that without the students engaging in the conversations that these lectures start, our growth as a university is stymied. Sophomore English and political science double major Chris Medrano thinks that the opening lecture of the Vision Series is a step in the right direction for JMU as well. “George Mason’s quote that Dr. Howard mentioned at the end,” Medrano said, “about returning to the principles of the Constitution. I agree with him. The principles are what we as a
community need to focus on.” The same principles that Howard said cross cultural boundaries, and can help link foreign countries together. Wilson said that the Vision Series’ ultimate focus is on personal responsibility, ethics, and public discourse, however he stressed the desire to reach out to more than just political science or history majors. “I would encourage all our students to take the ride with this series,” Wilson said. “Each lecture may not feature a well known speaker, but their content will be relevant to our lives here at JMU, and to our society.” Contact Mark Overstreet at overstma@ dukes.jmu.edu.
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Mixed drugs contribute to Molly deaths, proving you can’t trust dealers
All work and no play makes the U.S. depressed
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you’ve probably heard about the recent deaths caused by the drug Molly. Closest to home was the death of a U.Va. student after taking the drug. But what you haven’t been hearing about is that most of these tragedies weren’t due to Molly alone. The majority of these people overdosed on the drug because they unknowingly took something that was either not Molly or something that was a mix of synthetic drugs. There has been a lot of confusion recently about what exactly Molly is. There is also no way for anyone to truly know these answers when they are purchasing and consuming what they have been told is Molly. Molly, as it was originally sold, is pure MDMA (methamphetamine), the main ingredient in Ecstasy. It has been around since the early 1900s, and it increases the brain’s release of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. It produces a state of euphoria and is popular at clubs and music festivals. Over time, however, people began mixing MDMA with other substances. This is what we refer to today as Ecstasy. The name Molly, however, is supposed to be reserved for “clean cut Ecstasy,” or just MDMA. Therefore, Molly alone is actually not as dangerous as the current media is portraying it to be. In fact, death as a result of Molly itself is extremely rare. This is because Molly does not contain heroine, LSD and bath salts. Real, pure Molly contains MDMA – that’s it. What is killing these kids is Molly that has been cut with other substances, essentially what Ecstasy is. The sale of pure
Many people refer to the United States as one of the “best countries on Earth,” similar to how Disney World is supposedly the “happiest place on Earth.” So why, then, are we not one of the happiest countries? According to Columbia University’s Earth Institute, which issued its World Happiness Report for 2013, the U.S. is the 17th happiest country, with Denmark being the first. Why haven’t we been rewarded one of the coveted spots among the world’s happiest countries? One could amount it to the preferences of those who conducted this survey, saying that they relate to the cultures of those countries listed at the top. However, this view is simply a way of avoiding the real issue: Some Americans just aren’t happy. Regarding the individual, the causes for this unhappiness are ambiguous and varied; concerning our country as a whole, however, the issues are significantly more distinct. First, we must identify the socioeconomic issues that have arisen in our country in the past few years. In 2008, we experienced a recession comparable to the one that occurred in the 1930s. This recession caused a lot of companies and corporations to go bankrupt, and many hardworking Americans lost their jobs. Ever since then, we’ve been slowly rebuilding our economy. As of August 2013, the unemployment rate was 7.3 percent. Many Americans live in constant fear of losing their jobs and homes, and this has resulted in one of the most striking trends in recent history: The decrease in our amount of leisure time. Since 2008, the amount of time Americans spend working has slowly increased. According to the Department of Labor, we spend approximately 8.8 hours a day working, with only 2.5 hours devoted to leisure. In the past, the
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Some Ecstasy tablets are made to look like colorful children’s vitamins.
MDMA is no longer common. Instead, the “Molly” that has become a recent craze is being mixed with substances including everything from baby powder to rat poison. These combinations of substances (which are much more harmful than just MDMA) are being falsely sold as pure Molly. This is the real problem. People think they’re buying and taking Molly, and they are, but they’re also buying and taking God knows what it has been cut with. Another problem is the sale of counterfeit MDMA. Frequently drugs, such as Methylone, are being sold under the name of Molly. While these other labmanufactured drugs produce similar effects as Molly and can go unsuspected by many users, they are not the same chemical and can be much more damaging
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to the body. Thus, the street drug that is being marketed as Molly, the drug that has been the cause of these heartbreaking deaths, is either not Molly at all or is something that includes things much more toxic than solely MDMA. The bottom line is: You don’t know what it is. You can’t trust whomever you get it from to know this either, just as they can’t trust the person who sold it to them. Somewhere along the line, someone is lying. They’re trying to make money after all. There’s no way to tell what you’re actually getting when you buy drugs – what they are or what else is in them – so you just shouldn’t. Carlin Becker is a senior English major. Contact Carlin at beckerce@dukes.jmu.edu.
mindset pertaining to work was to “make enough money to provide for my family.” Now, however, I fear that this belief has changed to one in which the goal is to work longer to ensure that you still have a job to fall back on. It’s no longer about providing for the family, but rather impressing the family and avoiding disappointment. Because of this view, families sacrifice vacations because the parents need to work. For example, according to a survey conducted by Time magazine, compared to other countries like Denmark, where workers have 25 guaranteed paid vacation days, the U.S. has no such guarantee. Also, around 39 percent of employers required their employees to report to work this past Labor Day. If families do take the time to go on vacations, it’s common for the parents to bring work materials (computers, reports, BlackBerrys) so that they may work whenever they have time (although, in my opinion, they could spend that precious, fleeting time with their families). It takes a toll. According to BBC News, the economic crisis is causing an increase in suicide rates around the world, but they are especially high in the U.S. for this reason. Essentially, Americans are unhappy because of one common human trait — selfishness. We are constantly trying to make more money and mold the world to what we want it to be. We attempt to provide ourselves with a life we can enjoy, but end up devoting our time to a seemingly unachievable goal — relaxation and genuine happiness. Briana Ellison is a freshman media arts and design-declared major. Contact Briana at ellisobr@ dukes.jmu.edu.
Corey Tierney | contributing columnist
Fresh start for ‘Dancing with the Stars’
A change in format and talented stars make this season one to watch After 16 seasons that seemed to premiere every other month, “Dancing with the Stars” appeared to be scraping the bottom of the D-list barrel. The past few years have been especially awful, creating a depression era for reality competition television. However, after the success of Monday’s premiere, this season might not be as horrendous as its predecessors. To start, a change in format has made the show easier to watch. For the first time since its inaugural season, it will air only once a week and has cut its results-only show. For someone who juggles a school schedule, job, extracurricular activities and an unhealthy obsession with television, I can attest that this format makes keeping up with a TV schedule more efficient and enjoyable. Audiences will no longer need to sit through awkward pauses or repetitive interviews. This season is the first time I haven’t had to type any “celebrity’s” name into Wikipedia to see which Lifetime movie or commercial they were in to earn the title. It’s refreshing to see the presence of some people with actual dancing talent. It seems that after gaining a bit of credibility, the show has come to celebrate those who have dance in their résumé, rather than letting the first 12 people who were interested get on the stage. They have had a lot of athletes in the past, but not that many dancers (the first two who come to mind are Disney Channel stars Roshon Fegan and Zendaya, although the fact that they cast Disney kids is almost as odd as both of their names). An example of someone who can legitimately dance is Corbin
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Bleu (yes, the kid from “High School Musical”). As much as he liked to remind us that he does not dance in the repetitive song “I Don’t Dance,” he does have some moves. He was part of “In the Heights,” a popular Broadway show that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical. His first performance of the season was contemporary, and even out of his usual style he did a beautiful job. True to form, however, not every star was a dancer. That didn’t stop them from performing, though. There were some clear standouts on the premiere episode. “Glee’s” Amber Riley killed the cha cha, knocking out a win for the non-dancers and making herself an early contender for the title. Of course, another reason to watch this season is the pathos factor. It’s no secret that “Dancing with the Stars” has been the place where dying careers come for a desperate attempt at revival. However, a few contestants this time around seem to be dancing for more than just their own fame. As an audience member, you will feel yourself rooting for them. Jack Osbourne (son of musician Ozzy Osbourne) is dancing to raise awareness for multiple sclerosis, which he was diagnosed with just last year. He had one of the highest scores of the night. Valerie Harper (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) has been fighting lung cancer since 2009. With her history on Broadway and impressive first performance considering her age (74), she might be around a while to prove that disease is no roadblock. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi from “Jersey Shore” is, believe it or
not, admirable. She has lost an impressive amount of weight and is showing off her new healthy lifestyle as a mother. She was also one of the better non-dancers of the night. Lastly, childhood-favorite Bill Nye the Science Guy is competing. Unfortunately he received the lowest score, but the fact that he and his partner danced to the song “Weird Science” was perhaps the most priceless thing to happen on modern television. The crowd also loved him. As the show ended, the audience could be heard chanting the classic opening to Nye’s show, “Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!” Regardless of his lack of dance moves, he might be one of the biggest competitors with such a high fanbase. Other competitors include comedian Bill Engvall, NFL retiree Keyshawn Johnson, hiphop artist and actress Christina Millan, “Pretty Little Liars” actor Brant Daugherty and actress Leah Remini, whose July 2013 departure from the Church of Scientology might bring an unexpected entertainment value to the interviews. All together, this is definitely a season to watch. Judge Len Goodman even commented on the fact that he has never given out such high scores on a premiere episode. With all these remarkable performances it could be anyone’s game, which is probably the best part about this new season. “Dancing with the Stars” airs Monday Nights at 8 p.m. on ABC. Corey Tierney is a junior media arts and design major. Contact Corey at tiernecm@dukes.jmu. edu.
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JMU graduates move abroad to teach English and experience life beyond Harrisonburg By SCOTT JOHNSON and MARY KATE WHITE The Breeze
Kevin Kind graduated from JMU with a degree in history, but he teaches English. He lives in a furnished apartment provided by a school that has a slight scorpion problem. He’s one of many graduate ex-patriots who chose to teach English as a second language abroad. Most JMU students want to teach ESL classes out of the country for primarily two reasons: to experience a culture outside their own and to enhance their writing ability by observing the English language from a new perspective. Ian Spiegel-Blum, a 2013 media arts and design graduate, teaches eight 13-year-olds in Uijeongbu, South Korea. “I’ve always wanted to see the world and teaching in a foreign country offers an extremely viable way to do it,” Spiegel-Blum said. All Koreans take English during their regular school day, but Spiegel-Blum works at a “hagwon,” or a private school. Students come to the hagwon school after their regular school day for English reinforcement. The course schedule Spiegel-Blum follows is very different than Kevin Kind’s schedule, a history graduate teaching ESL in Beijing, China. Kind teaches the students depending on their ages. “In the Small Class (3-year-olds), I’m happy if they know their name and understand when I ask them to form a line,” Kind said. “In the Big Class (5-to-6-year-olds) we hope to teach them relatively complex grammatical concepts, themed vocabulary and even speeches.” Chinese history enthralled Kind so much throughout his own education that he wanted to build a career there. He works with classes of 10 to 15 students no older than 6 years old. He’s been in China for months now and is savoring the days. see ESL, page 9
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Kevin Kind, currently an English teacher in Beijing, China, poses with a class of kindergartners before their graduation performance.
Transforming the cinema Just being Miley? BREANNA GARRETT | commentary
Court Square Theater teams up with Visulite Cinemas to offer more films
Cyrus documentary promises to be ‘insane’
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Cyrus attends the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center.
that’s what art can do,” Weaver said. “We want the theater to be used more and movies are a great filler.” Although this small town venue may be able to survive on the few live events produced, the arts council does not want to limit a historical building to just that. “We are the community’s theater … the people’s theater,” Weaver said. As a non-profit organization, the arts council is simply trying to raise awareness about the arts bring them to the community. “Quality, type and quantity” are the primary changes in the films being show because of the new partnership, Weaver explained. He has instilled the ideas and mission of the small stage to the employees of the Court Square Theater. “Weaver is trying to make our programming more relevant to the community,” John Harouff, the onsite and events manager, said. “Most of the regulars have been making appearances at the films.” Weaver said that artistic merit makes these movies stand out from the other movies playing in the area, movies like “The Way Way Back” and “Blue Jasmine.” The partnership between the two organizations has allowed the Court Square Theater to offer more films from a larger variety of genres. “And I do think this is a wonderful opportunity for Harrisonburg,” Waybright said. “We’ll be consistently showing quality, Academy Award-caliber films that Regal would have never touched.”
Miley Cyrus has definitely been exposing more than she ever did during her days with Disney. We all knew that little Miley had two different sides to her but I certainly never expected this child actress to grow up to be one hell of a rebel. One thing I know for sure is that everyone is wondering: Who is Miley?! This is a question that I would love to have answered as well, and the exciting news is MTV has decided to give her an hour-long documentary called “The Movement.” Supposedly this documentary will reveal the truth about Miley’s drastic change, but what “movement” exactly is it referring to? I know I’ll be watching this documentary, which appears on Oct. 2 at 10 p.m. on MTV, to find out. After her appalling performance with singer Robin Thicke at the 2013 VMAs, Miley has made it more than clear that she’s not afraid to show her bad side. But is Miley truly a bad person because she wants to show a little skin, make some silly faces, say some provocative things and twerk? Who are we to judge? Star magazine’s reporter, Lindsay Farber, interviewed Robin Thicke after their unforgettable performance at the VMAs where he stated, “I didn’t feel anything sexual about the performance, I thought it was silly, she was being humorous and naughty, but it wasn’t sexually charged at all. That’s who she is.” I’m sorry Robin, but if she’s “humorous” and “naughty” on her upcoming documentary it will be questionable, not silly. “The Movement,” will take a first glance at Miley’s post-Hannah Montana days. According to Miley, we will get a clear view of her ups and downs, life on the road and experience recording her upcoming album, “Bangerz.” I truly want to believe that Miley is all about expressing herself, but this documentary seems more like a ploy for attention than anything else. Not only is this “new and improved” Miley exposing her life to millions of viewers, but it’s been leaked that Britney Spears will appear on the documentary as well. Now we all know Britney has a bad side of her own, on top of having one of the most illustrious VMA performances in history. So are the two collaborating? Or are they bonding? I’m anxious to see this so-called “behind the scenes” moment between them. People cannot stop talking about the level of crazy Miley’s been on, but I like that she’s not scared of anything, not even of showing her naughtiness to the world. We all have our own ways of being ourselves, but I want to see if there’s any Hannah left in Miley. Maybe that’s our problem: We all expect her to always be Hannah Montana. How different will Miley be from Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears? They’ve all had their moments to actually reflect on their image — will this documentary be our chance to see Miley reflect on hers? Her transformation over the past couple of years never amounted to who she’s “become” today. Let’s hope her documentary is more than just a movement, but a word to the wise.
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Court Square will now be showing films daily. Some films that have been shown include “The Way Way Back” and “Fruitvale Station.”
By MITCHELL MYERS contributing writer
Date nights downtown are getting much more cinematic. In the past few months, there’s been an increase in the number of movies shown at the Court Square Theater. Thanks to a new partnership agreement between the Arts Council of the Valley and Visulite Cinemas, movies will now be shown daily. Visulite Cinemas, owned by Adam Greenbaum, is an independent theater in Staunton. Greenbaum, who has partnered with the non-profit arts council, provided Harrisonburg’s Court Square Theater with a digital projector and the rights to movies from their booking agent. In return, the arts council has provided the venue and employees to run it. Visulite Cinemas and Court Square Theater will split ticket sales from movie showings. Tickets cost $9.50 for evening shows. “Digital projection is very expensive, so since we had access to a spare digital system, we saw an opportunity to install the equipment in a venue that otherwise would not have been able to upgrade to the current technology,” JMU alum and Visulite Cinema’s manager Kajun Waybright said. “Court Sqaure just makes sense because it’s so close to Staunton in distance and also because the assets that each theater was able to provide were perfect complements.” The match may seem obvious now, but Greenbaum has apparently been looking for an opportunity like this for a long time. “The owner of the Visulite has expressed interest in opening a theater
in downtown Harrisonburg as long as several years ago,” Eddie Bumbaugh, executive director of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, said. “A smart business person looks at various options, and after looking at business options and meeting with Michael Weaver and the arts council, this was the best business plan.” Bumbaugh introduced Greenbaum to Michael Weaver, Court Square Theater’s manager, to create a deal that would allow local residents to watch films that are not as well known as the films Regal Cinemas shows. “We hope to be the destination for people who want a serious moviegoing atmosphere, as opposed to the Walmart-esque experience of seeing a movie at Regal, mixed with quality entertainment,” Waybright said.
‘We hope to be the destination for people that want a serious moviegoing atmosphere.’ Kajun Waybright
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that matter — can get a job teaching English, even if they speak no other language. “You can be an engineer, and art major, an English major, a geographer,” Walker said. “It changes your life. It makes you more relaxed, it makes you more confident, it makes you realize that you can do anything.” Walker warns that students should be prepared for the lack of recognition when they return; American schools won’t value teaching experience abroad, requiring a teaching degree for most positions. But going to another country can still afford graduates employment opportunities they wouldn’t find otherwise. “What you don’t recognize is that you meet people and you make great contacts,” Walker said. “You start as an English teacher, but you can end up working for Nike in Shanghai; that’s actually the story of somebody I know. Your language skills will be valuable over there.” Teaching English abroad is a way to turn your basic communication skills into a viable career, especially if you have an adventurous spirit. Leaving behind your familiar home may sound terrifying to some, but for others it can be a way to live out their dreams. “You can’t predict where you’ll end up, but you’ll meet people along the way and end up in places you never imagined,” Walker said. “It’s a black box, but a good black box.”
“Do I like China? Sometimes. Am I fascinated by China? Always,” Kind said. “Coming from a small city in Virginia, it’s thrilling for me to turn on the news and see major events occurring right down the street from me. There is a vibrant and large expat community living in Beijing to experience it with. In short, I built a life here, even if a temporal one, and I’ll be sad to leave it behind next year, for better or worse.” But moving to a foreign country to teach ESL classes comes with its hurdles. While certain countries have different restrictions, students will likely have to get FBI background checks, apply for VISAs and have their diplomas notarized and apostilled for legal purposes. “But the biggest difficulty, even with the internet, is information,” assistant professor of interdisciplinary liberal studies Johnathan Walker said. “Some places might advertise on the web, but they might not be the best job. Other places, there might be good jobs on the ground that you just don’t know about.” Walker taught English in Taiwan for more than two years in the early nineties. Now, as the asian studies coordinator at JMU, he has helped dozens of students prepare for a career in the ESL field in countries ranging from South Korea to Spain. In Walker’s experience, anyone who has a degree from JMU — or any English-speaking school, for
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Final dress rehearsal
Dukes prepare for last non-conference game as CAA play approaches By CONNOR DREW The Breeze
JMU has just one more opponent left to attempt to work out its kinks against before conference play begins. The Dukes (2-1) will be hosting the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2-1) this Saturday at 6 p.m. in what will be their fourth consecutive night game. Coming off a challenging 24-20 win against Saint Francis University, JMU is continuing to try to fix its deficiencies this week in practice and get back to the style of play that it was forced to stray from this past weekend. “We want to do exactly what we did against Akron,” head coach Mickey Matthews said. “We threw for 300 yards, and we rushed for 200 yards. That’s what we’d like to have every Saturday. What happened the other night was that we lost all confidence throwing the ball during the game and we were about to get beat throwing the ball … in retrospect, if we had not called one passing play against Saint Francis, we would’ve scored 40 points.” JMU was largely ineffective throwing the ball this past week, partly due to the fact that sophomore quarterback Michael Birdsong hadn’t practiced much throughout the week due to an ankle injury, and that two of JMU’s top receivers, redshirt senior Quintin Hunter (bruised kidney) and junior DeAndre’ Smith (ankle), didn’t play because of injuries. This led to a heavy reliance on the run, particularly from redshirt senior Dae’Quan Scott, who was initially talked of as being a receiver this season with the emergence of freshman running back Jainard Lambert in preseason camp. “We prepare for [heavy workloads] in practice every day,” Scott said. “We go fast in practice. If I have to get the carries, I’ll be prepared for that … It’s just getting your plays done faster. That’s the easy part.” While Birdsong is now healthy, there are some other injuries beginning to pile up on JMU’s roster. Scott’s fingernail got torn off of his right thumb, but he will play Saturday. It appears that Smith will be forced to sit out again this Saturday, while Hunter is rebounding and appears to be set to go against UNCC. Center Matt Williams and redshirt junior offensive tackle Matt Cunningham, both redshirt juniors, are awaiting MRIs after sustaining shoulder and knee injuries, respectively, last week. Redshirt senior offensive tackle Josh Wells (quad) should suit up on game day. Despite the injuries and the lackluster performances by the passing game and cornerbacks, the Dukes put together a strong effort on defense, racking up a total of eight sacks
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Sophomore quarterback Michael Birdsong practices after dealing with injuries that have limited his practice time the last two weeks.
against SFU. The combination of young talent and veteran leadership is proving to be the key to success for this defense, led by redshirt senior linebacker Stephon Robertson who, as coach Matthews put it, “had the best game of his career” this past weekend. “I can’t demand perfection out of my guys because I know there are going to be some mistakes. But I want us to try to be as perfect as we can … Even though it seems like we had a great game, we could’ve had an even better game,” Robertson said. “The sky is the limit for this group. This is the first time all three of us [redshirt freshman linebacker Gage Steele and redshirt junior strong safety Titus Till] have been on the field together. I need to get used to [them] a little bit more, but where it’s going right now is great. It’s going up and I can’t complain about that.” Charlotte is in its inaugural year of football and was a late addition to the schedule in July as a seventh home game filling what was an open date for JMU. The 49ers are playing as an independent Football Championship Subdivision team this year and next and will join Conference USA in 2015.
The team is coming off a 40-13 loss to North Carolina Central University in which they threw five interceptions, yet they ran 106 plays, had 31 first downs and accumulated 533 yards of total offense. The 49ers scored a combined 99 points in their first two games — both wins. Dialing down the Charlotte attack could be a challenge for the defense. But it’s also a chance for Steele to continue to grow as he builds upon his already impressive freshman season. He’s second on the team in total tackles with 27 — behind only Robertson’s 33. “I think Gage is going to be better than me when it’s all said and done, to be honest. He has a tenacity, a rudeness and a tough edge about him,” Robertson said. “I played my redshirt freshman year, too. But I was just playing off of my instincts. I tell him, ‘Listen to me. When I was a freshman, I didn’t know anything. I just went out there and played’. But he actually knows a little bit. I love having him next to me. He’s a great player.” CONTACT Connor Drew at drewcj@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Then, once the season is in swing, orders are placed weekly. The amount of food in the orders varies. It can depend on weather — colder temperatures may necessitate more items like hot chocolate — and on the expected turnout for particular games.
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JMU concessions has five permanent stands in Bridgeforth Stadium.
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“We could order 40 cases of hot dogs for one game,” Hartman said. “And then another one we might have to order 100 cases for like Family Weekend.” The Monday before a game involves getting the stands ready and doing minor set-up. The food and supply orders usually arrive on Wednesday or Thursday during the week and that’s when those things are distributed to the stands to thaw. Concessions has student employees and the prep work revolves around their schedules as the students stock stands and do other tasks like setting up the napkin inserts that advertise the volunteer groups helping out in the stands. On the Friday before a game, concessions staff starts to prepare food for its stands. Bridgeforth has five permanent concession stands that each offer a different variety of foods. Four of the stands are on the home
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side of the stadium and one is on the visitors side. There are also outside vendors that sell food in the breezeway between Godwin Hall and the visitors side of Bridgeforth. This year, there is a new kiosk that sells peanuts and popcorn to tailgaters on Godwin Field before the game. The one concession stand on the student side of Bridgeforth is called Sizzles and offers hot dogs, nachos and candy. On the Lower Concourse of the stadium, on the home side, there are two concession stands: FanFare 1 and BBQ Blitz. FanFare 1 sells hot dogs, burgers, pretzels and pizza, while BBQ Blitz sells barbeque, Italian sausages and baked potatoes. The Upper Concourse also has two stands: FanFare 2 and Kickers. FanFare 2 has the same offerings as FanFare 1, but Kickers sells chicken tenders, fries and fried Oreos. In addition, there are “hawkers” that roam the aisles during the game selling drinks, cotton candy and other snacks. Plus, vendors like F&C Foods and The Bakers Dozen doughnuts set up stands in the stadium breezeway as well. The F&C Foods stand sells things like funnel cakes, corndogs, french fries and lemonade while The Bakers Dozen stand offers a variety of doughnuts. Last year, the Cupcake Company had a stand as well. But this year, instead of a stand, JMU buys cupcakes from the bakery and sells them on the north end of the Lower Concourse. Domino’s Pizza, another outside vendor, makes pizzas on site and delivers them to be sold at two locations on the visitors side of the stadium, the south end of the Lower Concourse and both stands on the Upper Concourse. JMU is working to add new options to its concessions menu, especially this season with specialty hot dogs. A different specialty hot dog is available at each game and some of the varieties include a taco dog, mac and cheese dog and Philly cheesesteak dog. But concession’s most important role may be providing the classics. “We’re constantly looking at what possible changes we could make,” Hartman said. “And really, when it comes to it, [for] a lot of fans, concessions and being at a ball game goes back to having that hot dog and popcorn or pretzel. So we do try to add new things, but a lot of the fans stick with the old favorites.” CONTACT Wayne Epps Jr. at breezesports@gmail.com.
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Appreciation for a legend wins out over century-old rift between Yankees, Red Sox It’s the thought that counts. That’s what they always say about bad gifts. A tangible item cannot justify all that Mariano Rivera has done for the game of baseball. But in the end, it’s the thought that counts. Rivera, 43, the best closer to ever walk out of the bullpen in the ninth inning is winding down the farewell tour that is his 19th and final season. Throughout the season, the right-hander has been honored pregame by every team the Yankees visit on the road. “Sandman,” as he has been dubbed, almost didn’t make it to this nostalgic season. Flash back to May 3, 2012, in Kansas City when Rivera was shagging fly balls during batting practice. He faded back on a ball near the warning track when his knee buckled. Attempting to hold back tears in the locker room later that day, Rivera vowed to reporters that he would not go out on an injury. And he didn’t. He came back. While the Yankees have been less than stellar this season, Rivera is about to punch out on one of his best seasons to date. The Panamanian has 43 saves on the year to give him (currently) 651 career saves. That’s 314 more than the next active pitcher on the list, Joe Nathan, who has 337. His record will never be touched. It’s that impressive. But Rivera represents more than statistics and records. He stands for sustainability and class; two things that are very hard to find in today’s game. He’s played his whole career with the Yankees, an organization that trades players and fires coaches in, well, in a New York minute. He’s been their rock, a facet to a baseball-enriched city. Rivera never
left to take more money elsewhere, never left to play for a more successful team when the Yanks were down – despite offers from the likes of Buck Showalter, Joe Torre and Joe Girardi. Deep down, he knows he was born to wear pinstripes. Rivera’s class has made its way into Yankee Stadium night after night for almost 20 years now. And it extends past the game. From his charity work in Panama – as seen on “E:60” – to the stadium employees low on the totem pole he goes out of his way to thank, his presence in the baseball community has been impactful and exemplary. He could just sign a few autographs down the third baseline and be done with it. People would like him for that, but that’s not enough for him. While everyone is bearing gifts to him, he’s thanking everyone for helping him get to where he is today. In his final trip to Cleveland, he met with ushers, ticket takers and janitors, just to say thanks and answer questions. In Oakland, he personally delivered a pizza to Julie Vasconcellos, who has worked in the A’s mailroom for 25 years. He is also the last player to bear the number 42 – Jackie Robinson’s number, retired by MLB in 1997. The league could’ve made him change his number, but I think they’ll look back on it and be pleased at how Rivera has represented the most iconic number in sports history. Sunday night, the Red Sox honored Rivera just as every other team has, paying tribute to his career while reminding him of his biggest blown save: one that came on the same Fenway rubber nine years ago in the ALCS. With a standing ovation, the Sox overwhelmed him with gift after gift, but it was the crowd and Rivera’s actions that summed up his impact on the game. His class outweighs rivalries, even the strongest of them all. The Yankees and Sox rivalry is the
best in sports. I’ll argue that to my grave. However, when you hear Sox fans discuss their bittersweet love for Rivera, you need Noah’s Ark just for your tear ducts. In a pregame video, Sox fans were quoted saying, “Don’t do it Mo’, don’t retire.” Why would those words even cross the lips of a Sox fan after years of crushing the Sox’s hopes and dreams? It’s his character, his dignity and his respect for the game. Guys like Mo’ don’t come around often. In a modernized game of cutthroat business and shady performance enhancement, no one can be trusted. As a fan, to be honest, I am just waiting for the day someone breaks a story on Miguel Cabrera steroid use. Fans constantly doubt the game today. It just is what it is. What Mo’s upcoming departure has made baseball fans realize is that players like him are rare, so be grateful for him, and pay honor to a man who quite possibly controlled fans’ emotions more than any other player in history. While the Yankees may not clinch a spot in the playoff, Mo’ is going out on a high note. “Thanks for everything,” Rivera wrote inside the Boston bullpen Sunday night, but the real thanks are from us to him. Thanks for making me pull my hair and clench my teeth upon your arrival in the ninth. While I’ve cursed at you quite a bit, you’re a legend and I’ll put away any animosity to pay tribute to a man like you. As Mo’ goes home this fall, he’ll have a lot of logistical work to do to fit all of his gifts (bikes, surfboard, fishing rod, rocking chair, etc.) into his house, but hopefully he does so knowing how much he is loved, and better yet, respected. Rivera’s one and only goal for retirement: find Dave Roberts’ softball league and pick him off. We all know how that went last time. Stephen Proffitt is a junior media arts & design major. Contact Stephen at proffittjs@gmail.com.
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