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CRIME
members of Alpha Phi receive harassing calls By AARON KOEPPER The Breeze
A sister in Alpha Phi said she received the first of many harassing phone calls from a private number while studying in Carrier Library the night of Oct. . The man on the other line knew her name and said he was an old friend from high school. The sister, who did not want to be named for safety concerns, asked if he was her friend. He said yes, and she told him she couldn’t talk because she was studying. Later, she texted her actual friend at his actual number, who told her he
hadn’t called on Oct. . The next two nights she said she received calls from the private number again. The man claimed again to be her friend, and asked her when she leaving the library, at which point she hung up. When she returned to the Alpha Phi house Oct. , she found out she wasn’t alone in receiving the calls. “At least five girls were getting phone calls,” said Alpha Phi president Margo Caldwell, a senior interdisciplinary liberal studies major. “None of them made the connection until [one of them] got back from the library one night and realized what was happening.”
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After sending an e-mail to her sorority, Caldwell later found out sisters had been talking to the unknown caller, who knew their names, cell phone numbers and claimed to be an old friend. JMU police confirmed the reports of the calls and are actively investigating the situation, according to Lee Shifflett, JMU chief of police. The women said the calls became threatening or sexually graphic, with the caller wanting to know the girls’ location. “He told a lot of girls he went to their high school and still had a crush them,” said one sister who received the calls. Many of the girls were called between
a.m. and a.m. Three sisters were texted by actual phone numbers with the same message, one girl was called times and was forced to change her number, according to Caldwell. “We have absolutely no idea how he got the information that he has,” Caldwell said. “We’re talking to our international chapter to see if he might’ve hacked information off one of our private websites.” Caldwell received an e-mail from a Yahoo e-mail address on Oct. that she said could have been sent by the man. “He e-mailed me and asked why he
wasn’t allowed to go to certain [sorority] functions with his girlfriend who was a new member,” Caldwell said. The man’s response was graphic — he claimed to have recorded himself and his girlfriend performing a number of sexual acts and he told Caldwell he was no longer seeing the girl in the sorority. But Caldwell said no sisters claim to have had a relationship with this man. According to Caldwell, no one in Alpha Phi has been called by the stalker for a week and a half. CONTACT Aaron Koepper at koeppead@dukes.jmu.edu.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Springfest trial stays in Harrisonburg Morgner faces seven felony charges from April’s riot By AARON KOEPPER The Breeze
One of the men photographed standing on top of a trash bin at the Springfest riot will have his January trial in Rockingham County for now, according to a judge on Thursday. Peter Morgner, , of Vienna, faces seven felony charges from the Springfest riot in April and appeared in Rockingham County Circuit C ou r t Thu r sday. Morgner is Peter Morgner, 20, charged with four from Vienna, Va., counts of assaultwas charged with ing a police seven felonies from officer, conspirApril’s Springfest acy to incite a riot. riot, destruction of property with intent and wearing a mask in public. Morgner’s defense attorneys, John Holloran from Harrisonburg and Chris Kowalczuk from Roanoke, requested the trial be moved to another county because of the publicity surrounding his case. “Almost all, if not all, of the members of the jury will be familiar with the riot and possibly this particular defendant,” said Holloran in court records. Prosecutors were quoted in the Daily News-Record saying in court Thursday that Morgner stood on top a trash bin a threw a “torch” at a group of people, including the police. He was pictured in The Breeze as standing in front of a burning dumpster with his face wrapped in a shirt and making obscene gestures at a crowd. Morgner was arrested April by Harrisonburg Police, days after the riot occurred. Alycia Eldridge, the assistant commonwealth attorney prosecuting the case, acknowledged the media coverage of the Springfest riot and Morgner’s case, but said the jury selection of a previous Springfest felony case in Rockingham County meant Morgner’s jury selection would be fair as well. Holloran’s request was taken into consideration by the court, meaning the location could be changed if the court couldn’t find an unbiased jury. Eldridge said an unbiased jury could be found in Rockingham County. “Carefully crafted questions by the court and counsel will determine any potential bias,” said Eldridge, according to court records. Attorneys will also interview potential jurors four at a time, instead of the standard court procedure where jurors are interviewed in one large group. Holloran said questions would be “extensive” to be sure jurors brought no biases to their decisions. Morgner was a student at Richard Bland College in Petersburg, Va. and is being held in Rockingham County jail. Morgner’s trial is set for Jan. , . CONTACT Aaron Koepper at koeppead@dukes.jmu.edu.
11/8 INSIDE
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SEAN GATES / THE (HOFSTRA) CHRONICLE LEFT After losing last year’s CAA championship to UNC Wilmington, 1-0, the Dukes redeemed themselves Sunday in securing their first conference title since 2002. RIGHT Redshirt junior defender Jessica Barndt was one of four Dukes to start each of the team’s 21 games this season.
CHAMPIONSHIP FEELING Early strike, penalty kick seals title for the Dukes against Hofstra
By EMMIE CLEVELAND The Breeze
The Hofstra University women’s soccer team was riding an -game winning streak and was undefeated by a conference team — until they faced JMU in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament’s championship game. The second-seeded Dukes pulled out a - win Sunday in Heampstead, N.Y., against the No. Pride to claim the conference title and secure a spot in the NCAA tournament.
“It’s a pretty awesome feeling right now,” JMU coach Dave Lombardo said over the phone. “We played our hearts out. We knew the only way into the NCAA tournament was to win this. “We came out and scored an early goal, and it really changed the complexion of the game. I think that rattled them a little bit and really gave us a lot of confidence.” The Dukes jumped out to an early lead, as senior forward Cate Tisinger converted on a breakaway in the fifth minute of the game. Sophomore midfielder Katie Menzie noted the assist
as she sent the through ball to put Tisinger in alone behind the defense. Hofstra has come back from behind before though, like in its matchup with Northeastern University just last week. But the Dukes widened the margin midway through the second half, securing the win. The Pride’s sophomore defender Brooke Bendernagel committed a foul in the box, giving JMU a penalty kick in the rd minute. Senior see SOCCER, page 8
PHILANTHROPY
FIJI, ASA run ‘Miles for Medals’ University of Richmond fraternity unites with JMU chapter to run game ball from Harrisonburg By DANIELLE STRICKLER The Breeze
Saturday’s game ball did not give JMU’s football team any luck, but it did take a special route to help Special Olympics Virginia. Members of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, also known as FIJI, of both JMU and the University of Richmond, and Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority at JMU ran more than two marathon lengths this weekend, to raise money for Special Olympics Virginia. JMU’s FIJI fraternity teamed up with ASA to run miles on Thursday finishing around p.m. in Gordonsville. UR’s FIJI chapter then ran the ball the remaining miles on Friday. The brothers ran the ball the miles from Harrisonburg to Richmond for Saturday’s JMU v. University of Richmond football game. The ball was introduced on Saturday during a ceremony for the Special Olympics and for the FIJI Philanthropy event “Miles for Medals.” According to FIJI president Zach Franklin, FIJI has raised about $, with donations ending on Wednesday. Donations have been received through the website First Giving. “We were excited about the idea from the start,” said Franklin, a sophomore computer information systems major.
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To support the Special Olympics, members of FIJI and ASA teamed up to run the 57 miles to Gordonsville, where they met with the University of Richmond’s chapter of FIJI which ran the remaining 50 miles into the stadium.
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A convoy of police cars and a bus followed the runners for safety as they ran to hand the ball off in Gordonsville. The runners left Godwin Hall around : a.m. Thursday and ran along Route , with their first stop in Elkton at Bear Grocery and Deli.
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Each leg of the run was set up in -mile increments. While stopped, runners met with Special Olympic athletes and took pictures. “There were usually to runners per group, and the groups switched off at each stop.” Franklin said. “If
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JMU football loses fourth game in a row.
someone got tired during their run, the bus would pick them up, so we just ran as we pleased, but there was always at least four people running at a time.” The convoy followed Routes and see RUN, page 4
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Pelosi to run for minority leader
RICHMOND, Va. — After two straight years of crushing electoral defeats, Virginia Democrats know they need to do something to start winning again — they’re just not sure what. Some party leaders and activists say Democrats should keep the focus on the same policies, but also must do a better job of communicating with Virginians. “I think the problem is the message is not getting out,’’ said Richard Cranwell, the outgoing chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia. “We’ve got to overcome the disconnect.” Others say Democrats need to concentrate more on policies that Republicans have been advocating: creating jobs and cutting spending. “If you talk about issues, the rest will take care of itself,’’ said state Sen. Donald McEachin, of Richmond.
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Post-it notes with words of encouragement appeared around campus last week. The notes, which were found in places such as Carrier Library and UREC, were posted anonymously to uplift viewers’ spirits.
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Residents clean up violence stricken street
Community members in Northeast Harrisonburg spent Saturday morning picking up trash and cleaning out weeds in the same area where a pregnant woman was murdered, according to WHSV. Janet Bonilla was shot in the Harris Gardens neighborhood on Sept. 16. The Northeast Neighborhood Association partnered with the Harrisonburg Department of Parks and Recreation to clean up the street. Volunteers hauled away six truck loads of trash. Community members hope to make the street cleanup a monthly event.
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merchandise
Stadium seat sale offers a piece of history By Kaleigh Somers The Breeze
Sophomore Alan Sites was hoping to bring home a historic piece of Bridgeforth Stadium on Thursday by purchasing one of the stadium’s seats from JMU’s surplus sale. By the time he arrived at 5 p.m., all 35 individual seats were sold. “It’s kind of cool having out-of-date
sports stuff, something that nobody else has,” said Sites, an integrated science and technology major, about the seats and jerseys. JMU’s Fixed Assets and Surplus Property Department hosted a surplus sale where attendees could purchase sunglasses, jewelry, bicycles, athletic apparel and old Bridgeforth Stadium seats. Each seat was sold for $10. Jennifer Steele, the department
manager, said the biggest draw for the sale was the athletics apparel and old stadium seats. The university wanted to get rid of the seats because they took up a tremendous amount of room in storage. Steele wasn’t surprised that the individual seats sold out. The Duke Club had previously purchased several rows of seats to auction off. Head football coach Mickey Matthews signed one row of six seats that
sold for $375. The Page Youth Football League in Stanley, Va. may receive one of the rows, assuming the donation is approved by Page County School Board. The league has a grass hill alongside the field where the seats would be installed for spectators to use. “We thought that some people see surplus, page 4
Fairfax
Congressional race qualifies for recount
Under the Virginia Constitution, the 11th District congressional race qualifies for a court-supervised recount. Gerry Connolly, the democratic incumbent claimed victory Friday even though Republican challenger Keith Fimian has neither conceded nor challenged the race, according to WHSV. Connolly currently leads Fimian by 968 votes.
pageantry
Senior crowned Miss Greater Richmond By Ryan Platt The Breeze
academics
Bio class tries to dig up funding By Anne Elsea contributing writer
Digging in the dirt for soil samples hopefully filled with bacteria isn’t the normal freshman class, but it may soon be eliminated if enough money isn’t raised to continue the program. A research class called Viral Discovery at JMU is allowing students to discover a virus in the environment, and get hands-on research with this virus. Now, its grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is being discontinued. JMU is currently applying for a grant of $5 million from The National Science Foundation that would be shared among 14 other schools whose HHMI grants have ended. Plans for that $5 million are to create a summer program for the class, spread it to community colleges and expand the class’ curriculum so that students can continue researching. JMU was one of the first of 12 schools to receive the grant from HHMI in Chevy Chase, Md. Now, the program has spread to more than 40 universities including University of Alabama, Gonzaga University, Loyla-Marymount University, University of California-Los Angeles and Northwestern University. After three years, HHMI stops sending supplies needed to teach the class and it’s up to each university to choose to continue the program. The university is planning to contribute about $5,000 to $6,000 per year to continue running the Viral Discovery class.
“It’s a hands-on research experience that is designed to mimic what happens in faculty members’ individual research labs.” Steve Cresawn
assistant professor, biology
The class started with 30 students and has grown to 45 students this year. It is advertised toward freshmen, but any year and major can enroll. Students do a number of hands-on experimental techniques looking for a bacteriophage, which is a virus that infects bacteria. Students are expected to isolate their own viruses from the environment and perform techniques to isolate DNA from the viruses and purify them. “It’s a hands-on research experience that is designed to mimic what happens in faculty members’ individual research labs,” said Steve Cresawn, assistant professor of biology. The class is split into two semesters taken in sequence. The first semester is spent doing lab research on the viruses and isolating the DNA using electron microscopy. The second semester is spent analyzing the bacteria through a system designed by Cresawn called “Phamerator.” The Phamerator is a computer system that Cresawn uses in his see science, page 4
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JMU senior musical theatre major Brittany Young follows in her mother’s footsteps, who was Miss Virginia in 1982.
JMU may very well be seeing one of its own competing in the Miss America Pageant come January 2012. Brittany Young, a senior musical theatre major from Mechanicsville, Va., is one step closer to the big show after being crowned Miss Greater Richmond 2011 on Oct. 30. The next step for her is the Miss Virginia pageant in June, which will send the winner to the national pageant seven months later. Young has a family history with beauty pageants. Her mother, Beverly Young, won the Miss Virginia pageant in 1982, and ever since, it has become a part of her family. “In no way did she force me into it,” Young said. “I’ve been going to pageants since I was little. Then I got involved with a sister program, Miss Virginia Upstanding Teen, which I did for three years in high school, then won my senior year.” Brittany’s mother entered the pageant to win the scholarship it offered in order to pay off student loans she had accumulated while she attended Virginia Tech. Young followed in her mother’s footsteps and entered the pageant to help pay for school and ended up winning more than $18,000 in scholarships. The Miss Greater Richmond winner receives funds meant to further the winner’s education. “Whatever prize money you get is meant to be used for school, it’s not to buy a car or something like that,” Young said. The pageant lasted a large portion of the day, starting with an interview in the morning that lasted about 10 minutes. Later that evening the competition continued in front of a panel of five judges, who start out asking each contestant about their required community service platform.
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After that comes the talent, swimsuit and evening gown competitions. The last two, according to Young, are not meant to be a measure of external beauty. “They want to see how you present yourself, not how nice the dress is, but how you look when you wear it,” she said. At the end the judges deliberate and choose a winner. “It was wonderful. I felt so blessed because this pageant in particular I had been going to since I was little, and the girls who had won it before me I had looked up to so much,” she said. “It’s really great to represent my hometown.” Young said she had the full support from her friends and family the entire time. Senior musical education major Anna Robinson traveled with two roommates for two hours to Richmond to see her in the pageant. She and Young have been friends since freshman year, and since then Robinson has been gradually introduced and brought into the pageant scene through Young. “Most people have a preconceived notion that pageants are all about how you look, and they are to a certain extent, but there’s so much more behind the scenes,” Robinson said. “They really are one big community. Everyone cares and supports each other, even though they are competing against one another.” Robinson was with Young’s family at the pageant as well, who “are always there, at every pageant. It’s very much a family affair,” Robinson said. Robinson said that the pageants obviously played a large role in getting Young where she is today. “Brittany has really grown a lot t h o u g h o u t t h e p r o c e s s ,” s h e s a i d . contact Ryan Platt at plattrf@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Journalism group questions privacy law By Stephany Holguin contributing writer
The Society of Professional Journalists is seeking to improve policies of a law that controls publicity of a student’s criminal charges. SPJ passed a resolution on Oct. 5 that urges Congress to clarify the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1947. FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment, protects the rights of students by ensuring the privacy and accuracy of education records. This act applies to all institutions that receive federal aid. Kevin Smith, former president of SPJ and a media arts and design professor, said the federal legislation requires institutions to keep personal information private for students. Some of the changes that SPJ would like to see on FERPA include identification of student criminals on campuses, grades and in some instances, health records, “If you are a 20-year-old and current university student and you commit a crime, under FERPA the student’s identity would be kept hidden,” Smith said. “However, if you are a 20-year-old and you’re not in school, your name will be published in newspapers. This is one of the many reasons why FERPA needs to be changed, which is to protect other students in college campuses.” According to Smith, SPJ believes that FERPA has been broadly interpreted, misused and overly applied, causing important information to be kept from reaching the public. If these changes are passed in Congress, which Smith believes is
not likely to happen this year, the benefits include greater spread of information to the students and community. “Universities would benefit by getting a public relations hit,” said Roger Soenksen, a media arts and design professor and legal adviser to The Breeze. “The university’s identity will be clear and transparent; it will show an accurate picture of the institution.” Another change SPJ wants to see is who should oversee FERPA. Currently the Department of Education watches over FERPA, but SPJ would like the National Archive and Records Administration to take on this task. Soenksen believes a Hybrid Task Force should be created to administer FERPA. A Hybrid Task Force is a combination of First Amendment experts and the National Archives and Records Administration. “I am skeptical of any government agency given sole power over access to information without input from First Amendment experts,” Soenksen said. Both Smith and Soenksen believe individuals should be allowed some privacy. “SPJ recognizes that certain records need privacy,” Smith said. “Universities should use good judgment and release certain records that will benefit the community in general.” Since FERPA falls under the jurisdiction of the Office of Judicial Affairs, no student identification will be released to the public because it is kept private and only the university and the student have knowledge of see ferpa, page 4
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SafeRides, a program that gives free rides every weekend night during the school year, gave a record 219 rides during Halloween weekend. SafeRides gives about 120 rides on average.
SafeRides racks up Halloween mileage By Natalie Dohner contributing writer
Every weekend in the basement of the University Health Center, a group of students try to keep campus a safe place. These students are the members of SafeRides, a group of 141 JMU students working the phones and driving students home on Friday and Saturday nights. Over Halloween weekend, SafeRides gave out a record 219 rides, the most given in one night since the beginning of operation in early 2007. On an average night, SafeRides will provide about 120 to 130 rides. Calls for pick up are accepted from 10 p.m. until 3 a.m. every weekend.
Eight members drive four rental cars to pick up students who need a ride home from off campus. These members divide into drivers and navigators between one minivan and three standard cars while the rest remain at the SafeRides office to intercept incoming calls. SafeRides offers rides to students regardless of their alcohol consumption that night. Each weekend night, at least 12 SafeRides members are on duty. All tracking is handled on computers where pick-up routes are devised making sure to create the most efficient way to pick up the greatest number of students in need. “The office is always busy. You don’t see ride, page 4
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have a second to think but it’s also fun to give that many people rides home,” said senior Molly McDonald, the executive director of SafeRides. SafeRides was founded as an organization in 2003 but did not become operational until early 2007 because of the need to find monetary sponsors. It is
modeled after Texas A&M University’s Carpool Program. SafeRides is a nonprofit organization that JMU does not directly fund due to liability issues. It costs about $20,000 per year through sponsorships to keep SafeRides operational, and the money goes toward renting vans every weekend for about $900. Since SafeRides first began in
February 2007, they have given out more than 23,000 rides with 3,000 this semester alone. SafeRides places a large emphasis on privacy in who is being picked up, aiming to protect the identities of all JMU students using their business. “Patron’s confidentiality is a big priority,” McDonald said. “Whatever happens in the car stays in the car.”
science | Class exposes freshmen to lab research, sciences from page 3
own research. Over winter break, one student’s DNA samples are chosen to be sent away in order to identify the complete genome sequences so that it can be analyzed by the students in the second semester. “We have every major from nursing, social work, English, as well as other sciences,” said Louise Temple, an ISAT professor. Temple says this course is
advertised to freshmen especially to increase interest in the sciences. “It shows people how science works, and it takes away the mystery of how people find things out,” Temple said. Students get two credits for the first semester and one for the second semester. Jonathan Barrett, a junior biology major said, “Research takes what you’ve learned in class and puts it into practice in a real world setting something that challenges you and
really gives you the opportunity to grow.” Lauren Schulte is a freshman biology major taking the course this semester. “Before this year I had done little to no research or lab work,” Schulte said. “Dr. Temple takes the time to explain background information, lab equipment and procedures so as to not confuse us, especially those of us that know very little.” contact Anne Elsea at elseaav@dukes.jmu.edu.
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would be interested in coming for that, that attend football games,” Steele said. Apparel ranged from $1 for a pair of socks to $8 for a new baseball bat bag. Shorts and T-shirts were $3 each. Student athletes aren’t allowed to keep their uniforms when the athletic department decides to purchase new ones because it is against National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations. Steele said the apparel that wasn’t sold will be donated to Goodwill or The
Salvation Army. Karlyn Doyle, a sophomore media arts and design major, didn’t know what to expect when she came to the sale, but purchased old softball jerseys and a purse. “It’s kind of cool that you can get a jersey for $3 instead of $60 at the bookstore,” Doyle said. It was “school spirit at a discounted price.” Lost and found items and discarded bikes were also on sale. After 120 days, unclaimed lost and found items found on campus can be put out for sale. More than 50 bicycles, turned
over from the Office of Residence Life or JMU Police, were on sale. Steele said cameras and iPods were sold for as little as $10 to $15 depending on their storage capabilities. The last sale was held on May 31, 2008. Steele doesn’t anticipate having another sale in the future, as many of the surplus items are now being sold online at GovDeals, a website that operates much like eBay. contact Kaleigh Somers at somerske@ dukes.jmu.edu.
McDonald, a communication studies major, explained that SafeRides has a non-judgmental stance on college drinking. SafeRides neither promotes nor condones the consumption of alcohol. On the last weekend of the spring 2010 semester, SafeRides gave its 20,000th ride. “It was amazing to hit that and put a number to our hard
work. It shows how many lives we have saved,” McDonald said. On July 14, SafeRides was awarded the Governor’s Transportation Safety Award for Impaired Driving, which is given to an organization for its role in outstanding transportation safety. McDonald accepted the award at the Virginia governor’s mansion from Gov. Bob McDonnell.
“The award puts us on the map and lets other people know about SafeRides,” McDonald said. “It gives us a good reputation and makes us a credible organization outside of the Harrisonburg community.” contact Natalie Dohner at dohnernr@ dukes.jmu.edu.
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15 before finishing on Interstate 64. The runners stopped in Ruckersville at a Burger King to switch groups, and then stopped at the Walmart in Gordonsville to end the run. “This money can be used to help athletes participate in the [Special] Olympics, will help with supplies and equipment,” said Roy Zeidman, senior vice president of Special Olympics Virginia. Due to fog at the top of the Shenandoah Mountain, the police escort made runners finish going down the mountain on the bus instead of by foot for safety reasons. When conditions improved at the base, runners were allowed to continue. “This is the first year that FIJI has hosted this event but I believe it is going to be an annual thing now,” Franklin said. “This will be in addition to our event in the spring, FIJI for Autism, and we would like to include other sororities and fraternities.”
According to Rob Cavedo, a junior media arts and design major who helped with public relations for the event, ASA and FIJI collected money on the commons and sent e-mails to families and friends asking for donations through the site. “I’m thrilled to see college students help those that they regard as peers,” Zeidman said. “These two fraternities have had interactions with the Special Olympics and know that they can help.” Zeidman is pleased FIJI chose the name Miles for Medals because in the Special Olympics, a medal is used to show competency and to open the minds of those who may not think special needs people were capable. Saturday morning, 10 students, four from the JMU chapter of FIJI, four from the Richmond chapter and two ASA members, met at a field a half mile from E. Claiborne Robins Stadium and ran the ball to the field to finish the run. “I dropped the football one
time and one of the police officers called me out over their loud speaker,” said ASA sister Bobbi Lou Long, a senior interdisciplinary liberal studies major. “It was really embarrassing.” Running in the early morning cold made it all worth it for Long, when she arrived on the field to meet the people she had been raising money for. “I knew what I doing when I signed up to help and run, but when I got on the field, it was amazing to see it was bigger than I had originally thought,” Long said. The 10 runners arrived around 10:30 a.m., for the ceremony where a speaker for Special Olympics spoke, took pictures and met one another. “The ceremony Saturday was very emotional,” Long said. “The Special Olympics representative, who has Down syndrome, got up to speak and thanked us. I started to cry.” Contact Danielle Strickler at strickdj@dukes.jmu.edu.
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the offense. Director of Judicial Affairs Josh Bacon said if this law were to be changed, the names of the students who committed a crime would be released. “If names were to be released to the public, students would be more aware of other students,”
Bacon said. “This could be good or bad depending on how the offense is interpreted by the students on campus.” Bacon is concerned that bad judgment might affect students who were charged with offenses, since they might be small offenses. “If a student is applying for a job or an internship and his
record is being reviewed and he/she had an alcohol violation and the person who reviews the offense is not aware of the specifics of the offense, it could potentially harm the student,” Bacon said. contact Stephany Holguin at holguise@ dukes.jmu.edu.
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Objective journalism MSNBC made a surprising but fair and objective call in suspending Keith Olbermann, the host of the network’s top-rated “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” for donating a total of $7,200 to three Democratic candidates. Ultimately, Olbermann’s suspension was the right thing to do. It is inappropriate for a journalist to endorse a political candidate, because, at best, the situation gives the appearance of a conflict of interest, and at worst, the journalist actually lets his or her political opinions influence the reporting. Being a journalist means severing any beliefs and feelings from the story and presenting only the facts. Being a journalist means letting people make their own judgments without you whispering in their ear. Being a journalist means not blurring the lines between news and entertainment. If an outlet states that it is representing one side or another, or an opinion columnist presents facts to support his or her bias, that is a different story. These sources are not presenting the news with their opinion under the pretense of being an unbiased news source; it should be clear their objective is to sway their viewers. It may be impossible for anyone to be completely objective while reporting the news, but it’s something for which we should exhaustively strive. The unabashedly left- and right-leaning media are damaging the credibility of all journalists by promoting biased news reporting. EDITORIAL BOARD: Katie Thisdell
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link exists, whatsoever, between abortion and breast cancer. None. The Danish government, Harvard University and the California Teacher’s Study have all conducted research with the exact same result: There is no link between abortion and an increased risk of breast cancer. What bothers me (and should bother you) the most is the irresponsibility of these “statistics” and the anti-abortion attempt to appropriate an important month about a critical health issue for their own agenda. Anti-abortion groups are misleading women about medical information that may affect the choices women make about their bodies. Misinforming women about links between breast cancer and abortion is disgusting and reprehensible and is a poorly veiled attempt at restricting women’s choices.
In , according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, , women were diagnosed with breast cancer resulting in , deaths. Breast cancer is widespread with tragic consequences for the lives it affects. Since , National Breast Cancer Awareness Month has done positive work by raising awareness about the disease. However, some groups use this time to pursue their own agenda. Dukes for Life, an anti-abortion group on campus, decided to commemorate the month by distributing fliers “linking” abortion to breast cancer. The alleged relationship between the two is a favorite talking point of the anti-abortion movement. What anti-abortion groups fail to note in their statistics about this “link” are actual medical facts. A major authority on cancer research, the American Cancer Society, has emphatically stated no
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History Counts, Too
decision in the case of Lemon vs. Kurtzman established what is known as the Lemon Test, giving the government three requirements for legislation involving religion. These requirements state that the government’s action must have a secular purpose, the government’s action must be neutral toward religion and there can be no excessive entanglement between government and religion. If any of these three rules are broken, the government’s action is deemed unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution. That sounds like a pretty distinct wall of separation to me. You might want to take your own advice and do a little research, Ms. Miller.
I would like to respond to Amanda Miller’s Letter to the Editor on Nov. , which criticized Andy Fram’s article, “Tuesday’s Election Dissection.” In her letter, Miller says, “contrary to popular belief, the Constitution does not say anything about the separation of church and state,” and that there is no “distinct wall of separation” between the two. I strongly disagree. The First Amendment says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment clearly prohibits the national government from establishing a national religion or favoring one religion over the other. Any federal or state legislation in favor of a religion could appear as the government supporting that religion. Furthermore, the Supreme Court’s
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EMILY LONG | contributing columnist
SGA activities in question Student Government Association should be renamed Students Get Abandoned. I was eating my morning bagel and perusing the latest copy of The Breeze when I came across the article, “This decision was one … made by me, not for me.” Now for those of you who missed it, it essentially talked about how our SGA Vice President of Student Affairs was sexually innapropriate in a mall and got caught drinking on a doorstep. If you ask me, since the SGA is supposed to represent the greater JMU population, and since many of us have probably done similar/worse things, I think he’s an apt representative, but I digress. I read on. Apparently our SGA (that I never really paid attention to), is up in arms about T-shirts. Yes, that’s right. T-shirts. If you ever need to point out how arbitrary an organization is, look at what its members gets angry about. Sure, some organizations are mad about the environment, others about the economy, but when an organization that is supposed to represent our student body as whole is mad about T-shirts … some might have to wonder exactly what they’re even around for. I’ll give the SGA credit. The members do some pretty cool stuff when it comes to traditional JMU events that
have been going on for a half-century that they don’t have to really use gray brain matter for (namely Mr. and Ms. Madison).
Point is, if an imitation Congress can’t handle the stress of handing out T-shirts and voting for banners, then it’s a complete waste of time, money, space, air, food and any other necessity that could be applied elsewhere. But when student senators are calling T-shirt disbursement “unprofessional, dishonest and otherwise contrary to the standards and mission of the Student Government Association,” you have to wonder what standards for honest T-shirt disbursement were violated for them to get so angry about it. And then you have to ask the question, “Who gives a flying Duke?” This isn’t the first time corruption
humor columnist. It says so right at the bottom of the article. If you can’t accept a hyperbole, then don’t read it. Secondly, while the Constitution does not explicitly mention the separation of church and state, there have been numerous Supreme Court cases that have outlined this issue in ways Christine O’Donnell does not accept. The decisions they make are our laws. Our Supreme Court interprets laws to make sense in modern times and to apply to today’s issues. We don’t take everything word-for-word; instead, we try to think about it rationally. Maybe you should try it.
In last Thursday’s edition of The Breeze, Amanda Miller attempted to discredit Life section columnist, Andy Fram, by saying he needed to “do more research” and seemed to dislike his liberal viewpoint. While her letter was mostly well written, there were a few things she failed to take into account. First and foremost, “That’s So College” is a humor column. Like all humor columns, it is not meant to be taken at face value, but rather to bring to light issues that interest students in a way that will get their attention. While he did say, “no one in our age group pays attention to political happenings,” I’m pretty sure Fram does not actually believe that there isn’t a single person in our generation that pays attention to the political world. He is a
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A “thank-you-for-lettingme-eat-mor-chikin” pat to the Chick-fil-A employee for giving me nuggets instead of eight. From a girl whose day got a whole lot better with those four extra nuggets.
A “please-start-baking” dart to Dining Services for not supplying freshly made pumpkin bread this fall. From a couple of unsatisfied appetites.
A “you-made-our-night” pat to the two guys in D-Hall who decided to eat while sitting on their friends’ shoulders. From the girls who thought it was awesome and were sad they couldn’t do the same.
An “I-would-have-beennothing-without-you” pat to my best friend who dressed up as Darts for Halloween. From the girl who dressed up as Pats.
A “way-to-go” dart to myself for putting my earphones in then playing Pandora at the library. From the girl who realized seconds later that I hadn’t plugged them into my laptop.
A “keep-it-classy” pat to the bus driver who played sonatas and symphonies on the radio. From a girl who would choose Heinrich Biber over Justin Bieber any day.
A “can’t-buy-me-love” dart to Dining Services for only appreciating me one day. From a student who has lost too many punches to forgive you just for a delicious cent cupcake.
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Emily Long is a junior English major. Contact Emily at longec@dukes.jmu.edu.
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has hit the laughable imitation of Congress either. Last year, a senator (aided by the former vice president) created a program to repeatedly cast votes for — brace yourself — a banner. They crafted a program to make sure that their SGA banner idea won the most popular votes. Oh and it did — by a margin of , votes, more than three times the student enrollment of JMU. Come on! If you’re going to be corrupt, at least make it partially believable. I’ve never attended an SGA meeting, but I hope that everyone who attends is absolutely wasted, just so their ineptitude is because of alcohol instead of actual disablement of mind. Point is, if an imitation congress can’t handle the stress of handing out T-shirts and voting for banners, then it’s a complete waste of time, money, space, air, food and any other necessity that could be applied elsewhere (like an increase in pay for our professors). The SGA may believe they represent the student body of JMU, but they certainly don’t represent me.
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An “it’s-supposed-to-rainoutside,-not-on-the-bus” dart to the girl who dumped her umbrella wetness on me. From a sophomore who was already having a bad day and didn’t need you to rain on it some more. A “can-you-not-smell-that?” dart to the girl who let her open milk carton spoil for a week in the common room and the smell pollute the air even after its removal. From your Febreeze-spraying, window-opening hallmates. A “way-to-be-a-jerk” dart to the guy who felt the need to yell “ugly” out his window as he drove past me. From a girl who knows better than to let it get to her, but doesn’t understand why some people have to make others feel like they need to conform to what others deem as pretty. A “déjà-vu” dart to the football team for continuing to attempt to run the ball up the middle. From a Duke who still supports you guys but really wanted a win.
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Redshirt senior Jamal Sullivan (above left) has established himself as the Dukes’ go-to back late in the season. He leads the team with 564 rushing yards and has four rushing touchdowns. But it was Sullivan’s 77-yard touchdown reception against Virginia Tech on Sept. 11 that has stood as JMU’s biggest play of the season. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Chad Byers (above right) looks defeated following the loss to Richmond. JMU sits in ninth place in the 10-team Colonial Athletic Association. In six conference games this season, the Dukes have scored just 10 second half points. By David Barton and Joey Doherty The Breeze and contributing writer
The JMU football team’s season crumbled Saturday afternoon, as the team failed to score a point in the second half for the second straight week as the Dukes fell to the University of Richmond, 13-10, in overtime. The loss drops the team further down the Colonial Athletic Association standings, puts its national ranking in jeopardy, and most importantly, eliminates any hope of a berth in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. No. 22 JMU (4-5, 1-5 in the CAA) visited the new E. Claiborne Robins Stadium in the state capital for the first time on Saturday to take on the No. 20 Spiders (5-4 3-3 in the CAA). It was a game laden with mishaps on both sides, including seven combined turnovers, despite the fact that both teams were playing for their postseason dreams. In the end, it was Richmond sophomore kicker Wil Kamin who kicked the game-winning 20-yard field goal in overtime. JMU redshirt senior quarterback Drew Dudzik endured one of his career’s worst games statistically, as he was 5-16 passing for 57 yards while rushing for just four yards. He also had two interceptions and lost a fumble. The JMU offense as a whole shut down after halftime, mustering just 64 yards of total of offense the rest of the way. In the second half and in overtime, the Dukes’ six offensive drives ended with four punts, a fumble and a turnover on downs.
Despite their struggles, JMU had a couple of opportunities to seal the game following two interceptions late in the fourth quarter. The first was by junior cornerback Taveion Cuffee, which gave the Dukes the ball at their own 39-yard line with the game tied 10-10. The Dukes drove to the Richmond 34-yard line with two minutes left when a holding call on third-and-five stopped the drive in stride. JMU head coach Mickey Matthews attributed the penalty to the plethora of reasons the Dukes fell short for the fourth straight game, all of which have been CAA matchups. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been a part of a game in 35 years where one call decided the game like that,” JMU head coach Mickey Matthews said. “It was a huge call.” The second interception came from sophomore free safety Jakarie Jackson and put the Dukes on their own 37-yard line with 38 seconds remaining in the game. However, Matthews took the conservative route and opted to run the ball out to bring the game to overtime. “We generated some late turnovers in the fourth quarter to try and give our offense a chance to win, but you know, we came up short,” Jackson said. Once again, the defense was the bright spot for JMU, as the unit gave up a mere 272 yards, intercepted two passes, and forced four fumbles, two of which they recovered. The team was playing without several of its key contributors, including redshirt senior defensive tackle Nick Emmons and sophomore defensive end Sean O’Neill. “We’re beat up,” Matthews said. “I mean,
we were playing scout team guys on defense.” The JMU offense was spearheaded by redshirt senior tailback Jamal Sullivan, who led the team with 137 yards rushing and a touchdown. The offensive highlight for JMU was his 53-yard run in the first quarter, which directly led his 12-yard touchdown run three plays later. However, the score and 102 of Sullivan’s yards came in the first half. “We hit the outside zone on them early,” Matthews said. The coach added that in the second half ,“we just couldn’t move the ball on them.” While JMU was unable to do anything with two late interceptions, the Spiders took advantage of several miscues by the Dukes. Such was the case when Dudzik threw his second interception of the day midway through the second quarter. The next play, Richmond sophomore quarterback John Laub found redshirt junior wide receiver Tre Gray for a 41-yard touchdown that tied the game, 7-7. In addition to the touchdown and two interceptions, Laub was 15-29 for 176 yards on the day. Laub was playing in place of University of Southern California-transfer Aaron Corp, who is out for the year with a knee injury. Laub himself hadn’t played since Sept. 18, as he was nursing an injured wrist. Earlier in the week, Richmond hinted that true freshman quarterback Montel White or redshirt sophomore Nick Hicks, who is listed as a punter, would play quarterback. In overtime, the Dukes wasted their sole
possession after Dudzik tried scrambling out of pressure on third-and-11, only to be sacked by redshirt senior Tyler Sullivan for a 14-yard loss. The play put the Dukes out of field goal range and they were unable to set the tone in the deciding period. On the subsequent series, it took the Spiders only took four plays, all rushes by redshirt senior Tyler Kirchoff, to set-up the game-winner at the two-yard line. “I think it was just another typical JMURichmond football game,” Richmond head coach Latrell Scott said. “Since 2004 this game has come down to a touchdown or less except once.” The last time JMU didn’t make the playoffs two years in a row was in 2002-03. Watching the playoffs from home is a disappointing outcome to a season defined by the program’s signature win over national powerhouse Virginia Tech nearly two months ago. The JMU seniors will be playing their final home game this Saturday when the Dukes host No. 5 College of William & Mary (7-2, 5-1 in the CAA) at Bridgeforth Stadium. With the top three teams in the FCS — Appalachian State, Jacksonville State and Villanova University — losing on Saturday, William & Mary will be competing for the No. 1 spot with No. 4 University of Delaware when the new rankings are released today. Contact David Barton at bartonde@dukes.jmu.edu and Joey Doherty at dohertjp@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Promising season comes to an end By Alex Van Rees The Breeze
Any hopes of playoffs were shattered Saturday as JMU was defeated 2-0 by the Hofstra University Pride. Their final record of 9-7-2 eliminates the possibility of being one of the top four teams advancing to the postseason tournament. JMU took to the field with intentions of battling the Pride for a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association conference, as they needed to win by a significant margin to advance to the tournament, but the Pride had something else in mind. The Dukes took charge on the field, leading the shots on goal the entire game, but they were unable to capitalize on their opportunities. Multiple shots were unlucky, including three that hit off the goal post and one that hit off the crossbar, coming within inches of a goal. “I was disappointed with the way we played in the first half,” JMU head coach Tom Martin said. “We got lazy and complacent and we gave up a goal the way that we knew they would be able to score. That dug us in a hole and we could never get out of it.” The Pride jumped out on top in the 10th minute of the first half after a corner kick by freshman midfielder Chris
Griebsch was headed in by freshman defender Shaun Foster; they never relinquished the lead. At the end of the first half, the Dukes had eight shots on goal, compared to Hofstra’s six. “We let them score early, and that took a lot of wind out of our sails,” senior forward C.J. Sapong said. “There just wasn’t a lot of heart out there on the field and we need to get that kind of effort every game from every player if we want to be successful.” The second half of the game was characterized again by the Dukes’ inability to score with the chances given to them by the Pride. In the 51st, 61st and 63rd minute, JMU hit the goal post almost tying and reversing their fortunes, but they continued to squander their opportunities. In the 83rd minute, the Dukes’ best chance for a goal was too high, as it hit the crossbar, and that proved to be their last chance of the game. “It’s a grinding season,” Martin said. “You have a couple of games where everything goes right and then a couple of games where everything goes wrong. We played a lot of very close, grinding games that took a toll on us. Three or four games it was dumb luck that really hurt us and this was definitely one of those games.”
The Dukes out shot the Pride 19-12 overall, and in the second half, they shot 11 times on goal, compared to only six by the Pride. Despite a respectable record, only four of the wins were within the conference. A 4-6-1 record in the CAA was not strong enough in an incredibly competitive conference. The top four teams are the College of William & Mary, who clinched the regular season title, followed by Virginia Commonwealth University and Hofstra University. The fourth seed has yet to be announced. Even though it was not the way the Dukes wanted to finish their season, the year was still an unforgettable season for some. “It was great to be in a leadership role and watch the younger players progress through the season,” Sapong said. “I love playing at home and every time I play here I feel honored and privileged, but all good things must come to an end.” For the players who will be returning, redemption is the only thing on their mind. “We are going to need to work harder next season to get back to the way we played in the middle of this season,” see Men’s, page 8
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Senior goalkeeper Ken Manahan was a bright spot for the Dukes this season, as he finished second in the CAA in saves and tied for the conference lead with six shutouts.
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midfielder Teresa Rynier converted, putting the Dukes up -. Bendernagel was red-carded and ejected from the game, forcing Hofstra to play with only on the field. Even a man down, Lombardo knew their powerhouse opponent could still be a threat. “They even played a man short about the last minutes, and they still created a lot of good scoring opportunities,” he said. “They’re a very, very talented team, and this was a great win for our program.” The celebration didn’t start until the final whistle blew, but as the game neared its end, the girls couldn’t help but get a little excited. “There was about minutes left, and I was starting to chase the wind,” Rynier said, “but they still had a bunch of chances after that. When there was like five minutes left, I knew in the back of my mind that we had it.” JMU continued to garner accolades after the game, when senior goalkeeper Diane Wszalek was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Performer. Wszalek had five saves in the match against Hofstra and earned her eighth shutout of the season — the most of any conference team. She holds two JMU records, leading in solo shutouts () and
complete-game shutouts (). She also played a significant role in getting the Dukes to the championship, as their semifinal game against George Mason University on Friday went to a penalty kick shootout. “Coach was, as they were announcing for the most outstanding performer, turning to me for a high five, and I was so confused,” Wszalek said. “It’s an honor. There are so many great players in the CAA. I’m still in shock about it.” Tisinger, Rynier and junior defender Jessica Barndt joined their keeper on the All-Tournament team. It’s Tisinger’s second year in a row receiving the honor and Rynier’s fourth, being selected since her freshman season. “I think everybody deserved to be on the team, because it was a team effort today,” Rynier said. “Everybody played their best and worked hard.” Even as runner-up, Hofstra has a good chance receiving an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament. On the other hand, JMU most likely needed the win to gain a spot. The NCAA Selection Show will be today at : p.m., on ESPNU, where the Dukes will find out their next opponent and game location.
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Dukes sweep CAA Pod meet, break records JMU swimming & diving made the most of its home-pool advantage over the weekend, posting wins across the board en route to sweeping the Colonial Athletic Association Pod meet held at Savage Natatorium. The Dukes beat the College of Charleston, -; as well as conference rivals the College of William & Mary, -; Northeastern University, -; and Old Dominion, -. The meet got off to a promising start Saturday morning when junior Lauren Kranz and freshman Morgan Johnson finished first and second in the ,-yard freestyle race. Sunday, Kranz and Johnson would mimic their finishing positions in the -yard freestyle event. The other victory by the swim team on Saturday came in the -yard freestyle relay. Senior Carly Gibson anchored the group of juniors in Eva Hannesdottir, Catalina Mendieta and Rebecca Hunt. The JMU squad beat the team from William & Mary by
. seconds. On Sunday, Gibson won the -yard freestyle as well as the -yard butterfly. Hannesdottir finished second in the freestyle race while sophomore Andrea Criscuolo was third in the butterfly race. The same morning, the JMU -yard freestyle relay team won the -yard freestyle relay event, and in doing so they set a Savage record with a time of ::. The diving team was just as, if not more dominant, in its portion of the meet on Saturday afternoon. Junior Nicole Jotso won the -meter dive with a teamhigh . final score. Senior Jessie Everett won the -meter dive with a score of .. her sixth victory of the year. The Dukes made up the top- in both events, as sophomore Kimberly Helfrich took second in each while Jotso took third in the -meter dive and Everett was third in the -meter dive. — staff reports
CONTACT Emmie Cleveland at clevelej@ dukes.jmu.edu.
MEN’S | Coach hopeful for next season from page 7
freshman midfielder Steven Mashinski said. “As a team, we need more chemistry and we need to get to know each other a little better so we know when someone is going to get a pass off.” The coach is looking forward to next fall just as much as the players. “One of the things in the
off-season will be re-evaluating where we are as a team,” Martin said. “Each individual will need to improve and as a team we will need to look at kids in different roles. Statistics were in our favor for every single game, so we need to work on finishing the game for a successful season next year.” CONTACT Alex Van Rees at vanreeap@dukes.jmu.edu.
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JMU senior forward and CAA Player of the year candidate C.J. Sapong is tied for third in points nationally with 32 points. He has 12 goals, which ties him for sixth in the country.
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On Sunday, senior Carly Gibson won both the 100-yard freestyle as well as the 100-yard butterly races at the Pod meet at JMU. She earned All-CAA honors last season after finishing third in the butterfly event at the conference championships.
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Performing peace Actors, actresses of worldwide show “Vive La Gente” travel to Harrisonburg to stress importance of community service By Jennifer Bennett contributing writer
photos by eben knowlton / contributing photographer
TOP Aniek Luyt, 18, came from the Netherlands to perform Saturday. BOTTOM In its 45th anniversary, Up with People presents the show to thank the Harrisonburg community for hosting its staff members.
From Native American reservations to the country’s capital, a group of young people called Up with People visits cities around the United States to encourage all audience members to find their place in the world through service. To end their stay in Harrisonburg, the cast performed “Vive La Gente,” expressing their gratitude for the hospitality in the city, what they learned and what others can do to help the world. UWP brings close to 100 people from more than 20 countries together for a multi-country experience filled with service, music and a cultural experience. This year marked UWP’s 45th anniversary; the program, founded by J.Blanton Belk, was designed to create a positive voice for young people to serve and affect global change. Now, every six months, a group of people between the ages of 18 and 29 travels the world living with host families for up to two weeks in each city. Starting last July, a group representing 17 countries traveled to the Hopi Reservation in Arizona; Taipei, Taiwan; and Harrisonburg to spread their message of hope and encouragement. Erin Parrott of the international promotion staff for UWP expressed the positive effect host families of Harrisonburg had on the cast. “The cast loved them,” Parrott said. There are usually around 20 to 35 host families that host us in each city, according to Parrott. In Harrisonburg there were about 30 families. According to Parrott, host families usually find out about UWP through churches, word of mouth and advertisements of the program. Each trip consists of different places
depending on the sponsorships available to the group. Sometimes if an area is of interest to the group, they will seek out sponsors. Harrisonburg worked its way into UWP’s itinerary through local residents. For their two week visit in Harrisonburg, the cast members volunteered at Our Community Place, two canneries, a farm, a retirement center, the Salvation Army and the Harrisonburg Children’s Museum. Parrott said her experiences with helping Harrisonburg’s community were rewarding. “There were so many organizations here, but even just helping a small piece of the community is great,” Parrott said. “We hope to encourage people to find what you’re good at and along the way inspire people to find what they can do to help the world.” The show was culturally influenced by many different parts of the world including India, Ireland, Africa and Mexico, with traditional songs, dances and dress of each region. Before the UWP cast embarks on its world tour, the cast members travel to Denver, Colo. for three weeks to learn the dances and songs performed in the show. A background in dancing and singing is not required to join the program. Applicants are picked through an admissions and interview process. There is no audition, although the cast includes mostly people with an interest in music and dance. But some students use their experience to expand their interest in a certain field. Belinda to broaden her journalism background and become a reporter one day. Audience members Michael Allen and Rae Chaey of Eastern Mennonite University hope to have this experience one day. Allen, a junior studying music, and Chaey, a freshman studying theatre, both instantly became interested in see People, page 10
Molding minds: Sculptor casts light on body image By Christa Goad contributing writer
Larry Kirkwood hopes to re-sculpt common misconceptions of the “ideal” human being. In the Festival Ballroom on Wednesday evening, Kirkwood presented his sculptures to demonstrate that art is meant to share a message. “Part of art is to show truth, to show what’s real,” Kirkwood said. His human forms are taken from random people that he meets, without any regard to their actual physical appearance. Each sculpture is different and tells a story. One represents pregnancy, another bulimia and another athleticism. They all relay a point — beauty applies to us all; it’s not based on our weight, race or sex, but on who we are as a human being. “We all have the same stuff but I guarantee it’s put on a little differently on everyone,” Kirkwood said. Lisa-Marie Hill, a junior interdisciplinary liberal studies major, found Kirkwood’s perception on personal identity the most memorable quality of the event. “He viewed us as humans and not just as a label,” Hill said. “It makes us more connected to realize we have more things in common.” According to Kirkwood, body image is not visual, but mental. “We must change the inside and how we think before we can change the outside,” he said. “Our skin is only the
wrapping for our self-esteem.” Many believe that women are the focus of Kirkwood’s outreach. He quickly corrected such judgments. “It’s not a woman thing, it’s a human thing,” Kirkwood said. Kirkwood covered all prejudices, including, gender, sex, age and race. His advice to society in order to improve was to locate the reasons for why the intolerances exist in the first place. “Become aware of our prejudices and get over them … while examining the basis for which your prejudices are,” Kirkwood said. Women have begun to state that they are a size number, “I am a size 8” as opposed to “I wear a size 8.” According to Kirkwood, such a mindset has detrimental effects to one’s physical identity. When a person begins to see their body as just a number, they lose sight of other beautiful aspects that make up physical identity. Industries only worsen the effect, Kirkwood explained. They advertise that if you don’t like how you look, just change it with plastic surgery. The result is an invasion of ideal figures, such as Ms. Brazil, who has had multiple surgeries in order to win her title. To gain this image of beauty, one must attack their features with a knife. A European Ms. Plastic Beauty Pageant features participants who must have a minimum number of plastic surgeries to be considered. People are even giving their teenagers certificates for breast implants and Botox in the form of high
Megan Carberry / contributing photographer
On Wednesday, sculptor Larry Kirkwood displayed 20 casts in Festival to raise questions on weight prejudices and media portrayal.
school graduation gifts. “I didn’t even know teenagers had wrinkles,” Kirkwood said. Showing magazine covers, Kirkwood demonstrated how younger parts of celebrities can be edited onto snapshots
of their current body. “They are asking us to look like someone who doesn’t even exist,” Kirkwood said. He said we are subject to view a minimum of 300 to 500 advertisements a day.
The beauty industry is geared toward younger generations and showing them what the ideal is. Skylar White, a sophomore chemistry
see Body, page 10
Movie Review
Lead characters give movie credit where it’s ‘due’ By Jeff Wade The Breeze
Director Todd Phillips has made tales of permanent adolescence his stock and trade. With “Due Date,” the director tries to combine the boyish unruliness that fueled “Old School” and last year’s hit “The Hangover” with a stab at maturity. Seeking to return to his home in Los Angeles for the birth of his baby, Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is placed on the no-fly list following the actions of the clueless Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis). Strapped of cash, credit cards and ID, Peter is forced to endure a cross country trip with the incessantly
irritating “actor” as they head to California. The results will be familiar to those who have seen any road trip movie, especially “Planes, Trains & Automobiles,” as the film hits the expected beats of the genre with all of its forced detours and inherent bonding. With the plot being predictable from the first reel, it became even more obvious that the film’s strength is the push-pull dynamic of the inspired pairing of Downey and Galifianakis. Downey and Galifianakis are inhibited but familiar personas, so much to the point that if one imagines this movie as a road trip
Due Date
‘R’ 100 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx
between Tony Stark from “Iron Man” and Alan from “The Hangover,” it wouldn’t be too far off the mark. Still, one can’t deny it is fun to watch the two bounce off each other. Downey plays Peter as the de-facto straight man, albeit one who borders on being a ticking time bomb of rage. Galifianakis continues to develop the unabashed strangeness that made him the breakout star of “The
Hangover.” Galifianakis still has the rare ability to make even the most inane lines and situations feel like they are completely alien. The strong interplay between the two is entertaining, because the film is largely contained to the two of them. Sure, Peter’s wife Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) will check in occasionally to confirm that she is still pregnant and maybe even to contribute to the subplot involving Jamie Foxx. Outside of Danny McBride in an all too brief cameo role as a disgruntled Western Union employee, the film suffers the few times it strays from its leads. Despite the praise, one can’t help but find “Due Date” to be an inconsequential movie. It is a
distinctly better film than Phillips’ “The Hangover,” due to some unexpected emotional resonance and character development that is mostly absent from the director’s prior films. It is certainly a pleasant enough way to spend an hour and a half, but there isn’t much substance to suggest the film will be enduring outside of the inevitable numerous cable re-runs that are sure to come. “Due Date” as whole is charming, though mostly pointless and unessential. But then again, what road trip isn’t? Contact Jeff Wade at wadeja@dukes.jmu.edu.
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PEOPLE | Now is ‘best opportunity’ to travel from page 9
the program after a representative visited their school this past week. “To go around the world to sing and have fun would be really cool. Now is the best opportunity to do it,” Chaey said. The show on Saturday was primarily in Spanish since the cast’s last stop is in Mexico for a five-week stay in several different cities. “It served as a practice for what we are about to experience in Mexico and the cast is really excited to travel there tonight,” Parrott said. Line Broeng of Denmark shares the enthusiasm in traveling to Mexico. “I miss my family, but we’re doing things all the time that there’s no time to think about missing them,” Broeng said. “Right now though, I’m sad to leave all the people I have met and I don’t want to go home yet.” “The people are so down to earth and friendly,” Broeng said of Harrisonburg residents. “Driving around I thought it was one of the most beautiful places in the United States because of all of all the colors in the trees.” Impacting her experience with UWP, Parrott’s most rewarding experience has been seeing the program’s work influence younger generations. “In Tucson, one of the little boys in the community was trying to make the garden look good,” Parrott said. “He was making a mess, but wanted to help because he saw that we were helping. It’s things like that, where we influence others to do good for the community, that makes this experience incredible.” CONTACT Jennifer Bennett at benne2jm@dukes.jmu.edu.
MEGAN CARBERRY / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Sculptor Larry Kirkwood said magazines edit photos of celebrities’ bodies by using photos from their younger years.
BODY | College should create confidence, artist says from page 9
EBEN KNOWLTON / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
This year’s Up with People group includes 18- to 29-year-olds from 17 countries.
major, agreed with everything Kirkwood had to say, in that “there’s no definition of beauty.” “Society is so flawed and sets such high standards for growing adolescents,” White said. White was appalled to hear that Kirkwood was allowed to talk at only five medical schools. “If we can’t see what society and reality really are, then how are we going to treat them?” White said. According to Kirkwood, visual decoration means nothing. “If there is nothing on the inside, it’s not worth that much,” Kirkwood
said. Many in the room related to what Kirkwood was saying. “In high school, I was teased about being ’,’ ” Hill said. “It didn’t make any sense to me. I never thought of myself as short.” Hill’s self-confidence in herself and height continues in college. She attended the event in hopes to help others better their own self-image. Kirkwood advised students that if they take anything from college it should be self-confidence; without it, society will eat you alive. CONTACT Christa Goad at goadcc@dukes.jmu.edu.
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