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SCULPTURE GARDEN
LOSES ITS HEAD
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TOP The large head in the Duke Hall Sculpture Garden, titled “Collapse” and created by Ledelle Moe in 2009, was removed Sept. 17, the end of its twoyear rotation. BOTTOM If you look closely, the untitled “beehive,” created by Steven Siegel in 2001, is made up of old Daily News-Record newspapers.
Duke Sculpture Garden removes old to make way for new, artists discuss existing pieces By MARY MARKS contributing writer
Is that a giant beehive? Where did the fallen head go? And why are there sagging silver pumpkins along the Duke Hall sidewalk? Welcome to the Duke Sculpture Garden, home to many intriguing art pieces, including the newspaper figure that students have named “beehive.” Almost years after the untitled “beehive” was built, the exposed folds of newspaper that constitute its exterior are so worn that the wind blows tiny fragments away. Ants crawl across “Dear Abby” and crickets find a home between crossword puzzles and a “Yes, only $.!” ad. We may never know what the beehive is meant to be about. “I don’t do messages,” said Steven Siegel, creator of the piece. “I let it speak for itself. That’s your job.” Siegel, an accomplished artist based in New York, constructed this sculpture in out of Daily News-Record newspapers, wood, wire and dianthus, a green plant with pink flowers. The piece is hollow and on a frame allowing a garden to grow on the top. There are more than a dozen similar Siegel works on other campuses around the United States, as well as more than pieces around the world. He’s known for large sculptures using recyclable materials. Some sit on the ocean shores of Italy, and others are tucked into the forests of South Korea. Some weigh more than tons. The piece Siegel is working on now, titled “Biography,” is more than feet long, containing materials like bottlecaps, rubber hoses, yarn and popsicle sticks. Siegel brought in the frame for his piece and constructed the piece on site, so the sculpture was never weighed. The top of the sculpture is starting to deteriorate, exposing black plastic. “They are supposed to deteriorate over time,” Siegel said. “Some just biodegrade into the ground.” Gary Freeburg, the Sawhill Gallery director,
Ruppert, titled “Pumpkins.” These were cast from a pumpkin that weighed pounds. Ruppert made a plaster mold of the vegetable to use in his severalstep casting process. His inspiration comes from the agriculture industry’s drive to grow “super vegetables” using hybrids and the idea of preserving something so massive before it collapses. In April , Ruppert brought the aluminum pumpkins — each weighing around pounds — to campus, lowering them with his truck crane. PAUL JONES / THE BREEZE Ruppert is now working on the plaster mold he took from a pumphe saw featured on “The Today Show” that >> Duke Hall will also be receiving kin weighed , pounds. a facelift this year, page A3 While walking through the garden on the way to class, students can’t help but notice explains that the sculpture is too heavy to haul something different about this space. away intact and will have to be destroyed once But as for the garden itself, “it needs more the piece is removed from the sculpture gar- appeal,” said freshman Megan Hartsoe. den to make way for the Duke Hall renovation “There’s not that much stuff going on. I would in . put in something more colorful ... some kind The artists for the garden were chosen by of bench made out of art.” Greg Stewart, a JMU art professor formerly in Freeburg wishes it could become a more charge of the sculpture garden. Stewart would interactive spot, where paths lead students write proposals for the artists to bring their closer to the sculptures, creating a park work to campus and give them to the School atmosphere. Other students expressed similar vews. of Art, Design and Art History and the dean’s office in the College of Visual and Performing “I don’t see a problem as long as it’s left Arts. intact,” said Darryl Robinson, a junior graphic Students may also have noticed an abrupt design major. “It can go be iconic somewhere change in the garden. The fallen head, titled else.” “Collapse,” created by Ledelle Moe in , is While working on the garden in the past, no longer there. Freeburg explains the garden Stewart dealt with the financial aspect of operis “a revolving thing” in which artists’ work is ations as well. supposed to be featured for only two years. “That’s all we can afford,” Stewart said. “In On Sept. , Moe unscrewed the bolts hold- the end, there wasn’t the cooperation with the ing the approximately pieces of the concrete university to make it happen — the cooperahead together, each piece weighing from to tion we would have wanted.” pounds. As for the garden’s future, Freeburg is Moe, an art professor at Maryland Institute waiting to “see what the space will look like” College of Art who studied at Virginia Com- after the massive Duke Hall renovation, tenmonwealth University, has created more than tatively scheduled to end in spring . large-scale concrete sculptures and more than , life-size heads in the past years. CONTACT Mary Marks at In a far corner of the garden are three hol- marksme@dukes.jmu.edu. low aluminum pumpkins created by artist John
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Senior dies in boarding accident By AARON KOEPPER and LEVI MAY The Breeze
Kathryn Lea Mausteller, a senior kinesiology and sport and recreation management double major, died on Monday after a longboarding accident Saturday night. Mausteller, , from Williamsburg, Va., was longboarding down a hill near her apartment in Nor th when she fell off the board and hit her head, according to longtime COURTESY OF FACEBOOK friend and Liberty University Kathryn Lea freshman William Perkins. Mausteller, 22, had She wasn’t an “extreme, lively wearing a heland always positive met at the time personality,” a of the crash, friend said. according to another longtime friend, Logan Kendle, a senior integrated sciences and technology major. Neither Kendle nor Perkins were at the accident site, both are friends of the family. Kendle knew Mausteller for years. Perkins said Mausteller was visiting a friend, Robbie Magnuson, who called . Paramedics then took her to the neurological intensive care unit at University of Virginia Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition until Monday afternoon. Surgeons couldn’t stop the bleeding, according to Perkins, and by Monday, Mausteller wasn’t showing any brain activity and her life support was cut off. Mausteller graduated from Williamsburg Christian Academy in , where she played basketball and soccer, according to her obituary on the Williamsburg Christian Academy’s website. In , she scored points in a basketball season and , total while on the team. She was also named girls’ basketball team captain and made the All-Conference Team for the Metro Athletic Conference in high school. In soccer, Mausteller was named the tournament MVP and made the All-Conference team. “Katie’s extreme, lively and always positive personality that could literally make a room laugh upon her entrance or erupt in cheers, will be severely missed by all those that knew her,” Kendle said in an email. Moss Levenson, a sophomore accounting major who regularly longboards, he didn’t know Mausteller but said it’s easy to become overconfident riding. “You don’t need [a helmet] as much at first because you’re not going that fast,” Levenson said. “The better you get, the more dangerous it can be. That’s when you need a helmet.” A memorial service will be held Saturday at p.m. at the Williamsburg Community Chapel. A reception will follow at the church, Perkins said. In lieu of flowers, Mausteller’s family requests that contributions be given in her honor to the Williamsburg Christian Academy. CONTACT Aaron Koepper and Levi May at breezenews@gmail.com.
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This cartoon-painting of Pocahontas, by junior English major Mary Keegan, is one of many pieces done by students in THEA 303 and on display at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts.
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Donating Dukes Office of Development reports 20 percent jump for 2011 giving, almost $70 million raised in the last decade
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Despite an economic recession and a dive in alumni money given to JMU during that time, the past year has seen private donations increased by about 20 percent/ That’s aboutz $2 million, according to the Office of Development. Between 2002 and 2008, JMU was in a major capital campaign to raise money for the university. The Madison Century Campaign raised almost $70 million for JMU, according to Weston Hatfield, associate vice president for development. This included $16.1 million raised in fiscal year 2008 alone. Donations increased during the capital campaign, and typically donations in the years after the campaign are 30 to 50 percent higher than they were going into the campaign, according to Hatfield. Giving was around $6 million per year before to the campaign, Hatfield said, and was expected to settle at around $9 million per year after the campaign. The nation went into an economic recession right after the campaign ended, curbing donations to JMU. Hatfield speculates a few different reasons for the increase in giving over the past year, one being the economic recession. “When the economy was so bad our people just stopped asking,” Hatfield said. Now people feel more financially stable and more
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Presidential Search Committee in evaluation stage
The Presidential Search Committee moved the presidential search from the “Recruiting” to the “Evaluation stage around late September, according to Don Egle, university spokesman. During the evaluation stage, the committee will interview candidates and conduct reference and background checks. The presidential search is expected to end sometime in early 2012. Harrisonburg
Concealed carry demonstration planned to take place on campus
The Virginia Citizens Defense League is trying to bring attention to school policies that it thinks violates the rights of people who have concealed carry permits. VCDL plans to have demonstrations on campuses across Virginia, including one at JMU, according to WHSV. Students and faculty aren’t allowed to carry guns on campus even if they have a concealed carry permit. Currently, the gun policy at JMU is under review. Virginia
Gov. McDonnell asks president to visit earthquake epicenter
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has invited President Obama to visit the town of Mineral, Va., to view the damage of the earthquake that happened on Aug. 23. Mineral was at the epicenter of the earthquake. Obama will be in Virginia next week to promote his jobs package. McDonnell said that damage estimates from the quake are up to $15 million, according to WHSV.
comfortable in their ability to give back to JMU. Fiscal year 2009 and 2010 both saw a little more than $7 million in donations. In fiscal year 2011, giving rose to about $9 million, which is where the Office of Development expected to be after the capital campaign ended. “We are hoping to be able to sustain a consistent rate of growth...that will get us back into double digits in giving each year,” Hatfield said. The previous decrease in donations was not uncommon, according to Hatfield. Many other universities noticed a similar decrease due to the poor economy, and JMU didn’t suffer as much as other public universities. The Council for Aid to Education surveyed 996 public universities between 2009 and 2010 and found most saw no change in donations. By contrast, JMU saw a 3 percent increase, according to Hatfield. Although giving has been up over the past year, the Office of Development still doesn’t have as many alumni donations as they’d like. “We’re constantly reevaluating what our message [to donors] is,—What are we asking them to support and how are we asking them to do that,”said Sheila Smith, director of the Office of Annual Giving. Smith said she and her coworkers are coming up with ways to make current students aware of the value of giving back to their school once they leave.
Barry Falk, a regular donor to JMU as well as honors program director, said that without donations, the honors program wouldn’t be able to afford some of the opportunities they offer the students. The honors progran received about $25,000 in donations last year. Brianne Allison, a senior biology major, said she understood the importance of student giving. “JMU has given me so much,” Allison said. “I think it’s important for me to give back.” But Allison said she would wait until she’s financially stable before donating. A draw for donations are the big projects JMU has been working on, such as the new Forbes Center for the Performing Arts and Bridgeforth Stadium renovations, according to Hatfield. The Office of Development accepts donations in three different categories, Major gifts, planned gifts and annual gifts. Major gifts are donations of $25,000 or more from a single family, corporation or business. In the past fiscal year, three donors have given around $100,000 each to JMU. Hatfield recognizes the importance of establishing a relationship between his office and major gift contributors. “Major gifts are all about people seeing that they can accomplish goals that are important to them by giving to us,” Hatfield said.
Out of the three categories, major gifts had the biggest swell in numbers. The 2011 fiscal year saw an 87 percent increase in major gifts over the 2010 fiscal year. Planned gifts are more specific contributions. They can be donations of property or charitable payments over a period of time. Annual gifts are typically smaller gifts donated by parents, alumni, employees, students or friends. “We solicit the masses,” Smith said. “We are working to reach $25,000 — $25 at a time.” Donors can make restricted or unrestricted gifts. Restricted gifts go to a specific fund for a college, department or project at JMU. Unrestricted gifts go to accounts such as the Madison Fund or the Parents Fund, where the university decides the best way to allocate the money. The Office of Giving also organizes special programs to attract people into giving back. Currently, they have a program where sponsors can purchase a seat in the Forbes Center for $1,000, according to the Office of Giving website. A plaque on the back of a purchased seat recognizes the contributing party. Hatfield said the most difficult part of annual giving is convincing people that their $50 gifts make a difference in a university with a $400 million budget. Contact Rebecca Crossan at crossarr@dukes.jmu.edu.
Renovations to give Duke Hall new life By Samuel Reiman contributing writer
Gary Freeburg, the director of the Sawhill Gallery in Duke Hall, had just finished mounting an art exhibition when he realized something was wrong. The pictures had been hung out of alignment because one end of the flooring was 2 inches higher than the other. Such structural imperfections are abundant in the 44-year-old Duke Hall, which is scheduled to begin renovation Dec. 10. While the building is gutted, art students will be relocated to the old location of the Rockingham Memorial Hospital until spring 2014. Most notable among the updates will be the removal of asbestos from the building. Scott Rivenbark, a project executive for Skanska Group, which will be working on the building, said since asbestos is dangerous when exposed to the air, they will wait until everyone has left for winter before they begin the process of removal. Other updates to Duke will be the arrival of a new kiln and possibly a “green” roof, according to Rivenbark. The green roof would be in addition to many other environmentally friendly aspects of the building. Rivenbark said up to 95 percent of the new building will be constructed from recycled materials. Senior Kaysey Thomas looks forward to the renovation. “Once you get past the lobby, it’s a little draining, isn’t it?” said Thomas, an interior design major. Past the lobby, where a bust of Samuel P. Duke sits alongside several artistic pieces posted on the walls, the concrete corridors are dimly lit and broken only by classroom doorframes. Even the lobby will undergo a
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Renovation of Duke Hall begins Dec. 10. Up to 95 percent of the new building will be made of recycled materials.
“You can’t put a million-dollar painting underneath a pipe that might leak, you know?” Ronn Daniel
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huge change. What is now the Latimer-Shaeffer Theatre will become an art gallery three times bigger than the current Sawhill Gallery, according to Freeburg. There will be a glass wall in front of the gallery so everyone will be able to see the artwork as soon as they enter Duke. “After theatre moved out this past year, we acquired the whole building for the first time ever,”
said William Wightman, director of the School of Art, Design and Art History. Wightman explained that the addition of a new wing on Duke will help keep up with the expansion of the art program. Meanwhile, updates to the ventilation will help Duke keep up with technology, Wightman said. New fire sprinklers will also be installed in the future gallery, and water damage won’t be a concern, since the sprinklers would emit such a fine mist that it would leave the pictures intact, Freeburg said. This is good news, considering the total value of an exhibition in the Sawhill Gallery has soared as high as $900,000. “You can’t put a million-dollar painting underneath a pipe that might leak, you know?” said Ronn Daniel, board member of the Institute for Visual Studies at JMU.
According to Wightman, while the renovation takes place, the artists whose sculptures sit in the sculpture garden will be contacted to have their works removed. The sideways head is already gone. In spring 2011, a class allowed students to draft designs for the future sculpture garden. Senior Rebecca Forstater, a fine arts major and one of the students in that class, is looking forward to a change. “These sculptures have been sitting here forever and nothing’s new, nothing’s changing, nothing’s bringing people in,” Forstater said. While the remodeling of the sculpture garden remains q u e s t i o nab l e, t h e re n ova tion of Duke Hall is a done deal, according to Wightman. Contact Samuel Reiman at reimansr@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Our readers’ web responses on whether they’d take the Office of Residence Life’s “Sober October” pledge. For a full story on the program, see PAGE A7. BRIAN MCCRAW Halloween. PRESTON ADAMS ^agreed. I’d do December, stopping on the 31 for [New Year’s Eve]. February is also a short month. March. This is something that would honestly work much better in the spring. A lot less going on. @CECEE_B just got an email to join the pledge for SOBER OCTOBER, you know this is #JMU right?
@LEFTIELOVER42: JMU wants us to pledge to be “sober in [O]ctober” and “remember [N]ovember” #umthisiscollege #illpass @TOPHERHESS @TheBreezeJMU a sober October at #JMU? good luck haha DANIEL BRUSKO HELL NO MICHAEL TORTORELLA why would I?
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Regulating these inane details is just another way for opponents of choice to close clinics and restrict women’s right to choose. Virginia’s laws are the most restrictive in the nation, and could close every abortion provider in the state. Since percent of Virginia counties have no provider, the TRAP laws are detrimental to a woman’s legal right to choose. Virginia citizens can rise up and oppose these reprehensible laws in many ways. The Coalition to Protect Women’s Health has a petition on their website you can sign to protest the laws. On Saturday, there’s a rally in Richmond at p.m. to show opposition against the laws. To get to the rally from Harrisonburg, check out coalitionforwomenshealth.org. Reproductive health care is a woman’s right and should be accessible to all Virginia women. It’s unacceptable to play politics with such an important issue. Katie O’Connell senior international affairs major
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stantly. Whether it’s in the office doing work or in Carrier Library studying, I have my Disney Pandora station blasting. There’s just something so magical about Disney. 2. I was the editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper, The Cavalier Chronicle. It was essentially what inspired me to take the job here at The Breeze. 3. Oh, guess I should mention I’m a freshman. I learned about the position after picking up a copy of The Breeze during CHOICES. I applied a week later and accepted the position mid-May. 4. I have one younger sibling, Tanner, but nobody believes we’re related. We look nothing alike, but we were born exactly months apart. 5. If I had to pick a favorite movie of all time, it would be “The Lion King : Simba’s Pride.” Again, I’m obsessed with Disney. 6. My favorite sport to report
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on is football. I’ve grown up my entire life watching football and critiquing it with my dad, and I intend on taking Lee Corso’s broadcasting spot. Sorry, not sorry, Lee. 7. Abby, my cardigan welsh corgi, is one of my two dogs. We rescued her from a shelter she was born and raised in, and I’m the only family member she doesn’t skirt around. 8. I named my car Jackie after her original plates she no longer has. When I tried to change her name to reflect her current plates, she stopped working. Karma suggested I should probably change her name back to Jackie. 9. I once won a March Madness pool by choosing teams based solely on how much I liked their names. This was before I knew anything about college basketball, and now that I know the who’s-who, I’ve never gotten close to the top three. 10. I used to hate kettle-corn. That was until I worked the Chesterfield County Fair and my uncle became friends with one of the kettle-corn vendors. Guess who loved the free kettle-corn? Now I use the seasoning they sell in a saltshaker contraption at Wal-Mart. Carleigh Davis is a freshman media arts & design major. Contact Carleigh at breezesports@gmail.com.
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Recovering the American Dream US society needs to bring back value of hard work to achieve the dream
The “American Dream” has been the idolized backbone of American culture for decades. It’s the idea that hard work, mixed with a bit of opportunity, will provide for a good life. For most of the modern history of the United States, it’s been understood that the American Dream is a two-part formula that leans more on hard work than sheer chance and opportunity. Since the s, however, there has been a shift in our understanding of the American Dream. This shift has been increasing slowly since then, but it reached its pinnacle in the last decade, leading to the Great Recession. The Tea Party movement, and more recently, the Occupy Wall Street movement, is tapping into the low-grade rage that has been boiling under the surface since the collapse. It’s rage directed at the banks and the government, but it should be directed, in part, at ourselves. We’re guilty of believing that we can get something out
of nothing; that we deserve something without earning it. We’re guilty of believing that we don’t deserve just a good life, but the best life, and we expect it to show up on our doorstep with the mail.
We are guilty of believing that we can get something out of nothing; that we deserve something without earning it. The role of opportunity and chance overtook the importance of hard work. The advent of reality television in the early st century has led average Americans to believe they’re worthy of celebrity status and money for possessing no special skills or talents. The zeitgeist in America was one of easy money, easy celebrity and easy opportunity. This led to people buying
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A “the-plants-werealready-watered-today” dart to the guy who decided to “relieve himself” in the courtyard of our dorm at : a.m. on Sunday. From two girls who don’t care how much you had to drink and think you should’ve held it. An “I-wish-I-could-beas-courageous-as-you” pat to the girl in Mrs. Greens who told a student that he still had the size sticker on his khakis. From a girl who wishes she had enough guts to tell him herself.
A “where-have-youbeen-hiding?” pat to the extremely good-looking guy with art on his forearm in psychology. From a senior girl who hadn’t noticed you before but definitely notices you now. A “you’re-the-best” pat to the strangers and friends who helped me this past week while I was hobbling along on crutches. From a Duke who tripped down the stairs, but always knew this was the best school in the world.
houses, cars and luxury items that they couldn’t afford, in part because the messages they received from television told them they “deserved” it. As more people realize the causes of the recent recession, people are becoming vocal. People are mad as hell — and for good reason. The banks and money lenders supported the destructive ideas of the corrupted American Dream. The U.S. government did nothing to stop the coming tidal wave of economic distress. It was a failure on all fronts in the U.S. It was a failure to see the storm on the horizon because we were all too busy watching “Jersey Shore” on the flat-screen television that we bought but couldn’t afford. For this nation to emerge from this recession and become prosperous once again, we must rediscover the American Dream. We must wash it of the ideas we’ve held concerning success. We must fix the government, we
must fix the banks, but we also must fix ourselves. Before we buy that bigger house or newer car or faster computer, we must ask ourselves if we have worked hard enough to earn it. The American Dream is not dead. It’s been hijacked and whitewashed with a corrupted vision, but we can reclaim it. Our generation has the power to step up and make this country great again. The partisan talking points of the past are no longer relevant. The only thing that truly matters is pulling this nation back from the brink of economic ruin. There is such a thing as American Dream and it begins with the “radical” idea that hard work, mixed with a dash of opportunity, will provide for a good life. The American Dream is on life support, but we’re the ones who can revive it.
An “I-love-you-morethan-you’ll-ever-know” pat to my best friends at JMU. From your friend who was closer to the edge than you realized but made it through because of your love and support.
A “way-to-do-the-rightthing” pat to the UPB movie team for nixing the extremely inappropriate previews with a theater full of kids. From a community member who’s used to just waiting in the lobby until the previews are over when we take our kids to the movies.
Connor Gwin is a senior philosophy and religion major. Contact Connor at gwincb@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Sobriety pledge asks students to raise
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Students in the “Sober October, Remember November” pledge receive a wrist band that lets students attend alternative alcohol-free activities, including tailgates, parties and movies at Grafton-Stovall. By Sandy Jolles The Breeze
Two months and not one sip of alcohol. This was a challenge more than 300 students accepted when they signed a pledge to remain “Sober in October and Remember November.” A new initiative by Office of Residence Life, the pledge offers incentives to students who choose to refrain from drinking with a slew of alternative activities. This is the first year the plan is in place at JMU and is largely targeted toward on-campus residents. The pledge offers alternatives to alcohol use by providing a variety of activities and events. “This is a great opportunity for you and your residents, who always say there is nothing to do on the weekends,” said Kari Talik, the area director for the Skyline dorms spearheading the program. “Well, we have heard their calling.” Students who participate are provided with wristbands as a token of their pledge, and they’re also welcome to weekend events that stress an alcohol-free lifestyle on campus. Activities for students range from tailgate parties in the Village courtyard, tickets for Grafton-Stovall Theatre movies, dance parties and a Halloween party.
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Times and locations for events are distributed through the pledge’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. Students have various reasons for taking the pledge. “I experienced the typical college party and never really felt it was the place I wanted to meet people,” said Bart Jones, a freshman engineering major who has taken the pledge. Last spring, the ORL’s Community Development staff reached a decision concerning weekend programming for students who choose not to go out or drink. To help curb the alcohol culture at JMU, Talik devised a pledge for students to sign to gauge interest in alternative programming. “JMU has this negative reputation as a party school,” said Janine Lancke, a freshman kinesiology major who also took the pledge. “I think this pledge will raise awareness of the fact that some people on this campus can control themselves and find other ways to have fun on the weekend.” In the months leading up to Halloween, there is a higher frequency of students choosing to binge drink or drink excessively as a means of celebrating, according to Talik. Some involved with planning the pledge said it has more than just social benefits.
“This is a busy time of year for students academically, and using and abusing alcohol can negatively impact their academic success,” said Karen Connors, hall director of Shenandoah Hall. Some JMU students have grown concerned with the limited amount of programs on campus that take place in an alcohol-free environment. “There are not many programs on campus for kids who don’t party every weekend,” said Jake Harding, a sophomore media arts and design major. Organizers said they’ve had a significant response to the program. “We have had very enthusiastic responses from students so far. Some are residents who have already made the personal decision to not drink alcohol,” said Gracie McCray Parks, a residence life administrator. “Others are residents who may be adopting an alcohol-free lifestyle for the first time and appreciate the incentives involved in making that positive change.” Students interested in taking this pledge to either start or continue an alcohol-free lifestyle can sign up with their RA or hall director. “It is our hope with hosting our own programs and promoting other university programs that students will take advantage of these opportunities and continue or begin to make more responsible choices in regards to drinking,” Talik said. But some students are skeptical of the program. “Going out is a good way to meet people,” said Garrett Benham, a freshman health sciences major. “I think it’s a good program, but it’s not for me.” As a measure of the program’s effectiveness, participants will complete a survey at the end of the two month pledge period. The next event as part of the pledge will be a free movie at Grafton and the Oct. 29 Halloween party held at UREC. Talik hopes that the pledge will lead to an even greater influx of JMU students for next year’s pledge. Contact Sandy Jolles at jollessn@dukes.jmu.edu.
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Björk goes ‘Star talk’ with planetarium director batty on ‘Biophilia’ By Julian Kline contributing writer
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Björk has always been about the grand statement. After launching a career in ground-breaking dance music, she shifted to icy electronic music (“Homogenic”) and built an entire a cappella album (“Medulla”). But what happens when her latest development isn’t exactly about the music? Björk
Biophilia Released Oct. 11
The hook on her latest album, “Biophilia,” is that all the songs come with iPad apps to enhance the experience. That’s ambitious artistically, if not musically. Much of “Biophilia” draws from previous Björk incarnations, especially the spare, swirling electronic beauty of the “Vespertine” era. The layers of plinky prettiness of “Moon” and remarkably straightforward “Cosmogony” show off her clear vocals and a simple interest in astronomy. Björk offers a bit of her unique take on the world in the gorgeously memorable “Virus,” where she poetically declares over a clatter of chimes and a trip-hop beat, “Like a virus needs a body, a soft tissue feeds on blood, some day I’ll find you.” It’s that kind of off-kilter point of view that’s too often missing on “Biophilia,” as if her creative energy was pointed elsewhere instead of the actual songs. “Biophilia” also could use an injection of dance-floor swagger at times. When the pounding, drum ’n’ bass rhythm arrives halfway through the lovely “Crystalline,” it reminds us of all the wild places Björk has been and how much fun that trip can be. “Biophilia,” though pleasant enough, feels like a sonic staycation.
Shanil Virani is the new acting director of the John C. Wells Planetarium, a JMU fixture since 1974. Virani is also the physics specialist in the Math and Science Learning Center and a professor of physics and astronomy. Originally from Canada, Virani graduated with a physics degree and worked for more than five years as a data analyst for the Harvard Smithsonian Center for astrophysics.
The Breeze sat down with Virani to discuss his background and his plans for the planetarium this year.
Have you always been interested in stars? I’ve
always had a strong fascination, a strong interest in wanting to understand. This is the story that my mom relates to anyone who asks her about me: From when I was very young I saw the moon and told her that I wanted it. This was her sign and I have very distinct recollection of being in kindergarten and going to the library and looking at pictures that observatories take and asking, “What does this mean? Why is it that way?” and trying to understand what the beautiful colors that you would see mean.
Tell us about the upcoming shows you have planned. The shows on Saturday are delivered by four undergraduates, two of [whom] are interdisciplinary liberal studies majors, one of which is a math major and a fourth is actually a physics major. There are few universities, if any — I’m not aware of any — that allow you to do this kind of thing at the undergraduate level. So these shows are great for students.
We change the shows every month, and the 2:30 show is more intended for families with very young kids.The 3:30 show would probably be more intellectually meaty for students. Every full-dome show is followed by a 25-minute “star talk” about what
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The “star ball” is an electromechanical device that projects a representation of the night sky onto the planetarium dome using a series of lenses and mirrors.
you can see in the Harrisonburg sky for that night and that week. Planets that are up, any special objects like comets and using constellations to navigate your way around the night sky, I think it’s really neat.
Any other upcoming events? One I started last spring
is the Bad Science Movie Night. You’re familiar with movies like “2012,” “Day After Tomorrow” and “Armageddon”? Really bad sciencefiction movies [are] trying to depict something that is likely to happen or will happen. They give you this feel of being scientifically authentic, but it’s not. Last semester I showed “The Core.” I mean this is all nonsense, right? And so we show the movie on the dome, it’s at 5.1 surround sound, you have comfortable seats, but
>> To read the full interview, visit breezejmu.org. then we spend 15-20 minutes after the movie debunking the science. The second thing is right around the week before Thanksgiving we actually have a Christmas show. It’s called “Mystery of the Christmas Star,” and it’s a scientific, astronomical exploration about what possibly could have been the star of Bethlehem that you hear about in biblical stories. So it’s an astronomical exploration — of course there’s no answer, it just explores what possibilities that the three wise men could have seen. Contact Julian Kline at klinejd@dukes.jmu.edu.
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And you call yourself a critic ...
Serving time with ‘Shawshank’
I dreaded watching “Shawshank Redemption.” I put it off for weeks, knowing it would be a big undertaking. I was concerned for two reasons. One, I’ve had multiple people tell me that “Shawshank” is their favorite movie of all time. I never like to hear this. When I find out a movie I’m about to watch for the first time is someone’s favorite movie, all I can think about is how pissed off they’re going to be when I don’t like it. And those of you who’ve been reading this column know that I don’t keep my opinons to myself. My second concern was that the movie is two hours and 22 minutes long. In my experience, that usually means at least 20 minutes should be cut. Especially considering this was a movie about men in prison, I didn’t think it’d be possible to make every minute worthwhile. During a week of midterms and work, this was the last movie I wanted to watch. That being said and knowing what I know now, I should have seen this movie years ago.
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
‘R’ 142 min. Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
I wasn’t bored for a second and haven’t appreciated a movie’s plot as much as this one in a very long time. A prison is one small plot of land in the grand scheme of things, but it quickly turned into its own world with a crew of well-developed and extremely diverse inhabitants. The story followed Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), sentenced to two life terms in Shawshank Prison after being wrongly accused of the murders of his wife and her lover. While serving his time, Andy befriends Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), a prisoner with the ability to sneak in contraband — for a cost. The two men go through a lot together and, eventually, Andy is able to pull one of the biggest stunts the prison has ever seen. This is one of the first times I’ve seen Freeman play someone besides a wise older man or the voice of reason. He’s gained such an on-screen presence for being sure of himself that, it was refreshing to see some vulnerability come out as he played the convict who had been in for 20, then 30 and finally, 40 years. Robbins has always been very icy and disturbing to me. But there’s something off about him that was right for the role. Though he fit perfectly into the cold, distant description of Andy, I understood that side much more than moments when you were supposed to see deeper into his soul. His actions — getting the convicts cold beers, building a new library, helping others get GEDs — were clear indicators of his true nature, but when attempting to show it, he came up short. If this man told me he was innocent, I wouldn’t believe him solely because of the haunting look in his eyes. One visual effect that helped show Andy’s other side was the phenomenal use of light in this film. Andy and Red were often shot with shadow covering half of their faces with light exposing the other halves. It all appeared natural, yet came off as incredibly artistic and symbolic of the pain, turmoil and conflict these characters were going through. But what really made the film great was its plot. I won’t give any more away for those of you who haven’t seen it, but it’s definitely worth your time, even if you aren’t serving a life sentence — or two.
Favorite quote: “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” — Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)
Next week: “Sleepless in Seattle” “And you call yourself a critic …” is a weekly column written by Rachel Dozier, The Breeze’s managing editor and a senior media arts & design major. Each column is part of her 13-week project to watch films considered “classics” she has never seen. For more entertainment news, check out her blog, “Honest | Unmerciful” (racheldozier.blogspot.com).
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Kenny Brooks women’s basketball coach By Emmie Cleveland The Breeze Two years ago, the theme for the women’s basketball season was “now,” and they won the Colonial Athletic Association championship. Last year, the theme was “again,” and they won another championship. This year, Kenny Brooks and his basketball team have a theme of “encore”as they try to win their third straight CAA title.
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JMU and West Chester University battle in the scrum. The women’s rugby club team went to the final round of the Rucktoberfest tournament, but lost to the University of Virginia. This Friday, the Dukes will take on Virginia Tech, who won the last ga,e between the two. By Kyle Kearns contributing writer
Rugby is not for those afraid to get their hands dirty. During any given game, fans can expect to see diving grabs at the ball-carriers’ ankles, hard-hitting crash balls and the scrum, where teams huddle together and bash into each other, trying to kick the ball out from the middle. The end of women’s rugby Tuesday night practice was laid back but effective, as the club team reviewed their assignments in the scrum, and their offensive ball movement. They were preparing for their biggest game of the season, a Friday night home game against Virginia Tech. Senior flanker and co-captain Janna Kline revealed the importance of this game most effectively: “It’s a pride thing.” The women’s rugby team is currently coming off a solid second-place victory at Ruckt o b e r f e s t , a n e i g h t- t e a m rugby tournament in Boone,
N.C. Freshman wing Sammy Monaghan scored a try for the Dukes as time expired, securing a semi-finals win against North Carolina State University. In the finals, the Dukes met their divisional rivals, the University of Virginia Cavaliers, who ultimately ended the Dukes’ hot streak. Senior inside center and cocaptain Kelsi Kao said the loss was a blow to the team. “U.Va. is pretty much the powerhouse of our division … but communication was definitely a strength” during the tournament, Kao said. “A lot of people got to try new positions and learn how to play together as a team.” Kline said the extra practice at Rucktoberfest allowed for the team to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. “We grew a lot over the course of the weekend,” Kline said. “We had a lot of new players that all showed a lot of improvement.” Emphasis on teamwork will be an important factor in Friday’s home game against the
Hokies. “We love our team,” said senior fly half and co-captain Rachel Keane. “Our coach is awesome, she loves us and supports us and we have a really good team this year.” Junior Recruiting Chair Cindy Chao enjoys that the Dukes also have several pregame rituals which they will be practicing Friday, including the Ribbon Bucket, when players hand out ribbons to be worn during the game, and as with every Friday game, a pregame pasta dinner. “We’ve really been bonding, not only over social activities, like hanging out and doing homework and going to practice together, but mentally through the game, physically through going to the gym, and even things like horrible practices in the rain,” Chao said. “It’s really just been one of those years where everyone clicks.” Team chemistry is not an issue for the Dukes, but that’s not the only factor in winning. There is the physical aspect of the game as well, something Va.
scouting report
Zeroing in on the Wildcats
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Players to watch on offense:
Players to watch on defense:
#3 WR Dorian Wells: This junior wide reeiver is leading the team with 26 receptions, 312 yards and three touchdowns. Wells is filling the void left by injured senior wide receiver Norman White, who was a team captain and 2011 preseason first-team All-CAA pick. At 5 feet 9 inches and 185 pounds, Wells will make up for his size with speed and sharp route running.
#6 SS Ronnie Akins: This junior strong safety is hitting his stride in the Wildcats’ secondary and is on pace for a breakout season. Akins is currently second on the team with 48 tackles and leading the team with five passes broken up.
#93 PK/P Mark Hamilton: On a team ravaged by injuries and inexpereince, this junior special team’s ace is currently leading the team in scoring with 32 points. Hamilton is a perfect 8/8 for field goals this year and has split the upright three times from at least 40 yards.
#58 DE Marlon Johnson: Johnson is returning to a Wildcats’ defensive line after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the first week of last year’s season. At 6 feet 3 inches and 260 pounds, Johnson has the size and pass rush moves to be a dominant force at defensive line. Johnson is currently tied for the lead on defense with two sacks and leading the team with five tackles for a loss.
Tech’s women’s rugby team is especially known for. “They’re strong, and they have a lot of experience,” Keane said. But Kao doesn’t consider this a challenge for JMU. “I think we are pretty smart with game strategy,” Kao said. “We’re trying to put in extra fitness [sessions], extra practices, we came early [today], we stayed a little bit late, we’re hitting the gym after.” Although a previous history with Va. Tech has been unpleasant for the Dukes, they look to overcome last year’s loss. “We lost to Va. Tech the last time we played them, which was kind of a confidence killer,” Chao said. “Personally, I think we can beat them with our team as it is because we have done so much, and we have worked our butts off with our fitness, with our skills, with our knowledge of the game.” The Dukes take on the Hokies Friday at 7 p.m. on the UREC turf. Contact Kyle Kearns at kearnskm@dukes.jmu.edu.
By Tony Schaffner The Breeze
A struggling Villanova University Wildcats team comes to Harrisonburg Saturday for a Family Weekend showdown, a week after JMU’s shocking 25-24 loss to the University of Maine. “You’re always hungry after a loss,” said redshirt senior defensive end D.J. Bryant. “I mean what team would be satisfied after taking a loss that tough?” Certainly not the No. 13 Dukes (4-2, 2-1 CAA) as they take on Colonial Athletic Association rival, Villanova (1-5, 0-3). Last year, the Wildcats went 9-5, which culminated in a 31-41 loss to Eastern Washington in the third round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. In addition, the then-No. 11 Dukes fell to the No. 6 Wildcats 14-7 during a Dukes losing streak that saw JMU lose five of six games. On offense, the Wildcats lost six seniors to graduation, including quarterback Chris Whitney, running backs Aaron Ball and Angelo Babbaro and second-round draft pick of the Indianapolis Colts’ left tackle Ben Ijalana. In addition, the Wildcats have been struck by injury with the loss of senior star wide receiver Norman White and starting redshirt freshman quarterback Dustin Thomas. “Those are things that are part of the game … we’re going to take them like they’re any other team and just prepare,” JMU redshirt sophomore running back Jordan Anderson said. Senior running back Lawrence Doss and junior wide receiver Dorian Wells, who, in addition to leading their respective positions in yards, have been the few bright spots on Villanova’s offense. Villanova likes to line up “in the shotgun … and [is] a big zone-running team,” head
coach Mickey Matthews said. Under center, the Wildcats are expected to start true freshman quarterback Chris Polony, who entered last week’s game in the second quarter and ended up throwing for 120 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. On defense, the Wildcats like to run a “3-3 stack” (three defensive linemen, three linebackers and five defensive backs), which is “very different and takes some getting used to,” according to Matthews. The Wildcats also graduated seven starters on the defensive side of the ball, including their entire line-backing corps, all of their starting safeties and their starting nose tackle. “They like to put a lot of people in the box … and they like to play a lot of man-toman, which [is where] we think we can hurt them,” said starting redshirt freshman quarterback Jace Edwards. The new faces haven’t disappointed the Wildcats, as freshman linebacker Dillon Lucas currently leads the defense with 54 tackles. In addition, in his first year as a starter, junior strong safety Ronnie Akins is leading the defense with two interceptions. The Wildcats will rely heavily on their lone senior, team captain and starting cornerback Jimmy Pitts, to be a leader on the defense. On paper, the Wildcats look depleted, but in the CAA, any team can win on any given Saturday. The Dukes aren’t overlooking this potential “trap game.” “We’re not taking any chances with this team … we need to get at them early … play downhill football, and do everything we can to win,” said redshirt sophomore middle linebacker Stephon Robertson. Contact Tony Schaffner at schaffaj@ dukes.jmu.edu.
How do you plan on compensating for the loss of guard Dawn Evans? I
don’t know how you compensate for it. I think you have to do it collectively. To try to get one person to step into that role that Dawn has vacated, I think that’s asking too much of one person. Dawn was a very special player. Some might argue that she was the best player to ever play here ... so it’s really hard to try to get one person to replace her. So I think we’ll do it collectively. We’ll be a different type of basketball team, but we’re looking forward to the challenges.
What about that spot down low where center Lauren Jimenez left? That’s
an equally important position. Because what Lauren did, she stabilized our inside play for us. Even when she didn’t score, or even when she didn’t shoot it, she created so much attention that it left wide-open shots for some of our perimeter players. It’s just very hard to replace two kids like that, that meant so much to the program.
Your contract was extended through 2016. What does that mean to you? It means
stability and a vote of confidence. The administration thought highly enough of me to extend me for another year when they didn’t have to, and I was very appreciative of that. But it also speaks volumes for our program, and it helps us in recruiting. It helps us because now instead of saying, “Well, he only has four years left or three years left,” they’re saying, “He’s got a full contract,” and it helps with the stability, because kids are like, “OK, well, he’s going to be there. He’s going to be the one that’s going to coach me.”
What do you think are going to be your most difficult CAA games? All
of them. I think any road game is going to be very challenging. Obviously, [University of] Delaware returns a lot from a team that played us in the championship game last year. Virginia Commonwealth [University] is — I’ve always said they’re one year behind us, as far as classes go, because this year they’ll be very senior loaded, like we were last year. Then, after that, I really think it’s going to be a wide-open race.
How much of a challenge is it, once you’re at the top, to stay there? To go with our
purple and gold uniforms, I think we should put a tint of red on it as a bullseye. A lot of teams are going to try to come out and play their best games against you, because you’ve been at the top for such a long time. Their mark is going to be, “OK, if we can beat James Madison, then we’re on our way,” and we’re going to get everyone’s best shot. We know that. And I think in order for us to to be able to sustain that we’ve got to be able to understand that and embrace it. When we go out there and play, we’ve got to play a little bit harder than everybody else.
As of right now, who are your starting five? I think
it’s too early to tell. We’re still trying to figure out the pieces and waiting for kids to separate themselves from the pack, so to speak. When you have a Courtney Hamner and a Dawn Evans and those guys, who played for a very long time, kids have been pretty much in backup roles, and now they have to step to the forefront and play against some starting roles.
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College star’s supporters could outnumber Dolphins fans in week 7 matchup in Miami By DAVE HYDE Sun Sentinel
Will there be a section set aside for Dolphins fans in Sun Life Stadium? Will they stand out by their aqua colors in the corners, like Alabama fans in their red at The Swamp? A matchup of two bad teams grew more fun with Tuesday’s announcement Tebow will start for Denver against the Dolphins on Oct. . It’s locally compelling. It’s nationally intriguing. It also will measure just how much one man can matter at the ticket gate. On Tuesday, more than , tickets sold for the game on the secondary market through sites like Stubhub.com, according to a source. That equaled the previous six weeks of sales for the game. Is Timmy Touchdown up to it? If his drawing power
pulls off that miracle, it would translate into an estimated $ million decision at the gate to start him. You can count on your hand the number of players in team sports who sell tickets just by showing up. There’s LeBron James. No, it’s not the Heat’s Big Three selling tickets. It’s LeBron. What he did in Cleveland and what the Heat did before his arrival demonstrate his power. Shaquille O’Neal and Brett Favre once were in that category. Sidney Crosby? Hockey’s No. draw hasn’t returned from a concussion issue. They have this in common: They win. At some point— and soon, Tebow will have to win at the pro level to sell tickets. But for now, in selected pockets like Denver and Florida, he’s a potential gold mine for the curtain going up
on his season “It’s awesome,” said Sonja Capps, president of the Palm Beach Gator. “Everyone wants to see him in our backyard. People are super excited.” Mike Nathanson, former president of the Broward Gator Club, is a Dolphins fan and Tebow fan as a Florida graduate. That last time he saw Tebow play at Sun Life in the ’ national championship game was “one of the happiest days of my life; a perfect day.” His perfect day for Oct. ? “Dolphins win a close game, and Tebow gets his stats with some signature, Tebow pumpup-the-crowd plays,” he said. As it is, Tebow will get cheered like no visiting opponent ever at a Dolphins game. Good for him. But there’s another way to measure his impact. Can he turn into the Dolphins’ $ million golden goose?
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