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Second sexual assault reported in two weeks

By JEN EYRING and ALISON PARKER The Breeze

Police are investigating the second sexual assault this month in Harrisonburg.

They’re searching for a man who allegedly assaulted a 21-year-old woman on Sept. 9. They are also still looking for the man involved in the Sept. 1 alleged rape that occurred on the 1400 block of Devon Lane.

The Sept. 9 incident happened between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. Two men in a silver Honda Accord were reportedly giving the woman a ride home from Sheetz on East Market Street.

The Sheetz security camera caught one of the men on video.

Mary-Hope Vass, police spokeswoman, said it didn’t appear that the woman knew the two men.

She also wouldn’t say if either of the victims were students.

On Sept. 9, the driver dropped off the woman and one of the men at Country Club Court. The assault happened soon after near the railroad tracks, police said.

The woman reported the incident within 24 hours, Vass said. Police released the information on Monday.

The only information police have about the Sept. 1 perpetrator is that he’s a white man.

There were 14 reported rapes in Harrisonburg in 2011 and 10 reported so far this year, according to Vass.

Nationally, 207,754 people are

sexually assaulted each year, about 54 percent of sexual assaults go unreported, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

In order to help reduce the number of students who are attacked, both UREC and the JMU Police Department offer programs that teach self defense.

UREC hosts police-led self-defense classes that meet once a week for five weeks to help students learn realistic techniques. There was a $10 fee to attend the classes.

Holly Wade, coordinator of Group Fitness and Wellness, said the classes help teach students punches, kicks and key spots where they can strike.

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A woman was allegedly assaulted near the train tracks behind Country Club Court.

‘Love, tolerance, acceptance’ Madison Equality hosts hate crime vigil to prompt more acceptance

By JEN EYRING and ALISON PARKER The Breeze

Students sit in silence. They had just watched a film in which two men brutally attacked and raped a transgender man.

On Tuesday night, Madison Equality hosted a hate crime vigil in Grafton-Stovall Theater with a viewing of the 1999 movie “Boys Don’t Cry.” About 30 students watched the dramatization of the life of Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, a transgender man who moves to a new town and keeps his original identity a secret.

When his friends discover he is physically a woman, he is harassed, raped and eventually murdered by his girlfriend’s brother and friend.

“I think it’s really hard when you put a group of queer people in a space where we’re forced to confront what could possibly happen to us,” said Shelby Wiltz, educational director of Madison Equality.

Madison Equality is a resource organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning students and faculty. The club has nearly 200 members.

After the movie, Raychel Whyte, president of Madison Equality, and Wiltz led a discussion about the movie and the nature of hate crimes in general.

Wiltz said hate crimes might not always be as violent as most people imagine.

“When you think of hate crimes, people automatically assume somebody was killed, somebody was seriously injured, something like that,” said Whyte, a junior

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Raychel Whyte (left), president of Madison Equality, and Shelby Wiltz, the educational director, hosted a hate crimes vigil on Tuesday night. “Even though [hate crimes] may only happen to one person, they instantly make an entire group of people feel afraid,” Wiltz said. health sciences major. “But I think something as simple as calling someone a fag in public or a dyke hatefully can be considered a hate crime.”

Wiltz said the vandalism that recently occurred at the Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley and the Redeemer

Classical School is a comparable issue to LGBT-related hate crimes.

On Friday and Saturday, someone graffitied racial slurs and obscenities on the Islamic Center and an elementary school in Keezletown. In response, nearly 600 people gathered at the mosque to discuss the

incident and pray.

“I think when hate crimes happen, even though they may only happen to one person, they instantly make an entire group of people feel afraid,” Wiltz said. see EQUALITY, page A4

Between left and right Libertarian VP candidate stresses the viability of a third option to students

By JOSHUA HAHN The Breeze

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comes to JMU to talk with students about his work.

A crowd of 30 students frustrated with the Republican and Democratic candidates got to hear a third-party opinion on Monday.

Libertarian vice presidential candidate James Gray stopped on the commons to give a speech to students worried about job growth and the economy post-graduation.

“Our country is in trouble,” Gray said. “My generation has made a true mess of this, and I hate to say it, but it’s actually true.”

Gray, running mate to Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, spent time answering students’ questions and signing autographs on campaign posters, one of which displayed a large “Hell, yes” on the front.

Generally, the Libertarian party supports more freedom and less government involvement in social and economic issues. Party members are fighting to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act and allow states to have more say in how Medicare operates. They also strongly believe in gun-owning rights and fewer immigration restrictions, like allowing illegal immigrants to more easily

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Libertarian vice presidential candidate James Gray met with students on Monday.

apply for visas.

In his speech, Gray attempted to reach out to voters disillusioned with the two major parties, highlighting his campaign as a distinct third choice.

“They’re talking about how inept the other one is,” Gray said. “And you know something? We [the Libertarian Party] agree with both of them.”

Gray’s major selling point for the Libertarian campaign was that

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Americans should vote for someone they agree with, not for a candidate they feel is the “lesser of two evils.”

Katie Baukin, fifth-year theatre major, was considering voting Democratic, but explained that Gray gave her reason to reconsider.

“I’m actually thinking of voting for the Libertarian candidate,” she said. see VP, page A4

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Chicago Teachers Union calls off 7 day strike Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to call off their seven-day strike, sending 350,000 public schools students back to class yesterday morning and ending the daily scene of teachers dressed in red picketing their schools.

The overwhelming vote by the union’s 800 delegates paves the way for CTU’s entire membership to approve a contract in the coming weeks that will secure them a double-digit

Islamic militant warns US against action McClatchy Newspapers

CAIRO — The leader of an Islamist militia whose members are suspected of involvement in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week has warned that his group will consider American citizens fair game in a holy war if the United States takes action inside Libya against his group.

The statements by Ansar al-Shariah leader Yousef Jehani underscore the delicate position both the United States and Libya’s central government find themselves in as they confront a crisis brought on by a group that has become a key part of the country’s security apparatus in a nation that has been unable to establish a national military or disarm the militias that helped topple Moammar Gadhafi last year.

salary increase over the next three years, including raising the cost of living while maintaining other increases for experience and advanced education.

Although the union did not achieve the 30 percent base raise it initially sought, CTU President Karen Lewis claimed several victories.

She argued that the union had successfully rejected Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempts to institute merit pay, fought off more stringent requirements in a new teacher evaluation system and secured a recall policy for top-performing teachers who are laid off because of school closings.

“We feel very positive about moving forward,” Lewis said. “We feel grateful that we have a united union, and that when a union moves together, amazing things happen.”

Shell scales back drilling Los Angeles Times

SEATTLE — Shell Alaska has abandoned efforts to drill into hydrocarbon deposits in the offshore Arctic after the latest glitch on its troubled oil containment barge damaged the high-tech dome designed to contain any underwater oil spill, the company said Monday.

Company officials said they would continue to drill “top holes” off the Alaska coast through the end of this season’s drilling window, but would not attempt to reach any oil deposits this year — a serious but not fatal setback for Shell, which has spent six years attempting to explore its leases on the outer continental shelf.

“This critical program ... could be an important national resource for the next several decades, and we are committed to doing it safely and responsibly,” Shell spokeswoman Kelly op de Weegh said in a statement.

Rats fed GM corn die younger, suffer tumors, study finds Deutsche Presse-Agentur

PARIS — Rats fed a type of genetically modified corn died younger and suffered a range of tumors and cancers, a new French study found yesterday.

The report in the International Journal of Food Toxicity by a team of researchers at the university of Caen in northern France looked at rats fed on the GM crop for two years.

“The results are alarming.

We observed a typical two to three time higher mortality rate among females,” researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini told AFP news agency.

“There are two to three times more tumors in rats of both sexes,” he added.

Two hundred rats were fed a GM corn strain named NK603 for two years, as well as the herbicide Roundup.

Both products are owned by the U.S. company Monsanto.

“For the first time ever, a GM and a pesticide were evaluated for their health impact for longer than health agencies, governments and industries have done,” Seralini said.

According to the professor, NK603 has only been tested for up to three months previously.

“These are the best tests you can have, before going on to test on humans,” he

added.

In Brussels, a spokesman for the EU Health Commissioner John Dalli said the European Commission would be examining the study.

“The European Food Safety Authority will have to study precisely under which conditions this study was carried out,” he said. “If this study proves to have a scientific foundation and offers a scientific novelty, then the commission will have to draw its conclusions.”

Anais Fourest, a campaigner at Greenpeace, said: “This study reinforces our concerns over the significantly negative impacts of GMOs on human and animal health.”

“New scientific studies are needed quickly to confirm these results. We must not play with the health of Europeans,” she said.

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I didn’t see a kid in handcuffs Pulitzer winner for series on inner city school violence returns to alma mater

By evi fuelle The Breeze

In December of 2009, students from South Philadelphia High were trapped against a wall on Broad Street and beaten by their peers.

The 2009 attack was mostly against Asian-American students by African-American students, and seven students were sent to the hospital.

This attack is what sparked alumnus Jeff Gammage’s interest in writing a story about the violence in the school. Gammage and his team completed a series called “Assault on Learning” in 2011, and in 2012, their work won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

On Monday night, Jeff Gammage, a 1982 JMU alumnus and former news editor of The Breeze, spoke to about 60 students in Harrison Hall.

“My motivation was strictly to explain what was going on in that school,” said Gammage, a general assignment reporter on the city desk of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“They’d had the assault and fired the principal, now they had to rebuild. I wanted to see and explain to readers what that process would be like.”

Gammage said the violence was visable to anyone walking through the school.

“There was never a day that I was in Southern that I didn’t see a kid in handcuffs,” Gammage said. “Every day the bathroom doors were propped open, otherwise someone could get beaten up behind one.”

Although violence was expected at South Philadelphia High, which had for five years been labeled by the federal government as “persistently dangerous,” the December 2009 attacks highlighted just how badly the schools needed reform.

“The kids who go to South Philadelphia High are the kids who are left,” Gammage said.

At the school, one in five kids can’t speak English, one out of four are in special education and one out of 10 can’t perform math at their grade level.

Gammage decided to join up with a team of writers to report on the violence in Philadelphia public schools.

The team included John Sullivan, Kristen A . Graham, Susan Snyder and Dylan Purcell, but only Gammage secured access inside the school, where he witnessed the effects of student violence firsthand.

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Jeff Gammage, a general assignment reporter on the city desk of The Philadelphia Inquirer, taught workshops in the School of Media Arts and Design and spoke to students about his experience as a journalist on Monday.

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City Council candidates host forum Eight potential members discuss city issues that apply to JMU students

President Jon Alger continues tour in California After visiting alumni in Portola Valley, Ca., yesterday, Jon Alger intends to continue his listening tour in San Francisco today.

He will speak with alumni in the City Club from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. During this time, he will continue to receive answers to the question “Why Madison?”

For more information on Alger’s listening tour, see www.jmu.edu/ whymadison.

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Board of Corrections postpones vote

The Virginia Board of Corrections delayed its vote on regulations to limit the use of handcuffs on pregnant inmates, according to The Virginian-Pilot.

The board was supposed to vote in Richmond yesterday, but it postponed the vote until Oct. 17.

Police and inmate advocates have worked for months to form a compromise about the issue.

The proposed regulations would state that pregnant inmates should only be handcuffed when they are considered a flight-risk or an immidiate threat. Even then, the women would only be handcuffed when outside of the prison.

Using handcuffs during childbirth would also be severely limited.

A bill to limit shackling of pregnant prisoners was brought to the General Assembly in 2012 but never passed.

Obama uses radio ad aimed at young voters

President Barack Obama’s campaign is trying to rally the young voters who played a key role in his victory four years ago.

The campaign released a new radio ad in Virginia and other states, that starts, “Gotta get up, gotta get to class, gotta pay that tuition, gotta get a job, gotta move out ...”

The ad includes a clip of Obama talking about how students and young people have more at stake than anyone else. He discusses buying a home, health care and loan debt.

The ad finishes by encouraging everyone to register to vote, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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On Monday, City Council hopefuls talk about transportation safety and implementing a new Northend Greenway for pedestrians to safely walk and bike on.

By Sean byrne The Breeze

On Monday, eight candidates running for Harrisonburg City Council all came together for one of the first times to inform the public of their views.

The candidates hosted a forum at Memorial Hall where about 100 students and Harrisonburg residents listened to the candidates answer questions about important issues.

“We are here for at least four years of our lives,” said Anna Davis, a senior social work major who attended the forum for her macroeconomics class. “Although we don’t live here permanently, they decide what we do.”

The eight candidates are vying for four of the five council positions. Council members serve for four years before they are up for re-election.

Members meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month.

Questions posed to the candidates were predetermined but dealt with topics like diversity, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, public education, the city budget, expansion and tourism.

One of the top issues from last term, pedestrian safety, carried over again this year.

“I find that projects move quickest when they are backed by pedestrians,” said Kai Degner, a current councilman seeking re-election.

“Last term, it was definitely pedestrian safety, especially to and from school and around JMU. “ With the bus-accident related death of JMU student Jane Hwang last November still present on the JMU consciousness safety, was the predominant topic for the students

Who’s who n Debra Fitzgerald, City Planning Commisioner n Abe Shearer, math teacher at Skyline

Middle School

n Kai Degner, Council member and realtor

at Kline May realty

n Christine Johnson, Board of Directors member

and owner of the Outpost

n Roger Baker, former city manager n Anthony Bailey, Harrisonburg Assistant

Commonwealth attorney

n Richard Baugh, City Council Mayor

who attended.

“A lot of students ride their bikes everywhere and drivers aren’t always aware of what’s going on around them,” Davis said. “It’s very pertinent to us.”

Christine Johnson, candidate for City Council, a JMU graduate and

owner of the the University Outpost Bookstore, was concerned about student travel.

“The more traffic we have, the more safely I would want [the students] to be able to travel from point A to point B,” Johnson said.

One of the proposed plans was creating the North End Greenway: a 2.5-mile long walking and biking path that will connect all the popular destinations in Harrisonburg.

Katherine Sheffield, a senior social work major and attendee, was thinking of her friends and the rest of the JMU population with the bike paths.

“While I do not have a bicycle, I know many people that do, and more bike lanes would only make this city safer for the cyclists,” Sheffield said.

Along with transportation safety, the candidates discussed issues concerning the city budget as well as an increase in the meals tax.

In a session earlier this summer, the council voted to increase the meals tax from 6 to 6.5 percent on top of a 5 percent sales tax. The raise took effect July 1.

Meals and sales taxes are some of the primary ways of gaining revenue, according to the candidates.

Harrisonburg has the third highest meal tax in Virginia and the second lowest real-estate tax, according to Deb Fitzgerald, another candidate for council and professor at Bridgewater College.

Supporters of the raise said it will

hardly be noticeable, yet Johnson and students feel the tax will take a hard hit to the JMU wallet.

“I have JMU employees that frequent downtown,” Johnson said. “I know the way the economy is with their budget. I think it will absolutely affect them and in turn, affect the business.”

Abe Shearer, a candidate for City Council and JMU alumnus, argued that the tax will be counterproductive to businesses and their profits because JMU students and their families will stop eating in the downtown area.

“If [the businesses] have to pay more for food, they’ll bump up prices, and then one day, you’ll notice your burger is $2 more expensive,” Davis said.

Fitzgerald explained that the tax was needed and probably won’t be noticed by JMU parents or other tourists.

“They don’t know what the taxes are, they’re going to come, they’re going to eat and they’re going to have a good time, and we’ll make that revenue,” Fitzgerald said.The changes and issues discussed at the forum will have a direct impact on JMU students, and Kate Kessler, a senior social work major who attended the forum, thinks JMU students should get involved. see Council, page A4

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Pulitzer | ‘Because everything around them had failed for so long’ from page A3

Otis Hackney, principal of South Philadelphia High, originally forbid Gammage access to the school, but after Hackney’s wife read Gammage’s book, “China Ghosts,” she persuaded Hackney to allow Gammage to work alongside him in the school.

“I thought that if I could see him struggle to try and rebuild South Philadelphia High, I could make a really great story that could be revealing in an original way,” Gammage said.

On an average day, 25 students or teachers were physically assaulted, sexually assaulted or beaten up.

“The kids had become accustomed to going to a school in a dangerous place,” Gammage said. “Often they would walk out of class, because everything around them had failed for so long, they thought that this would

fail, too.”

Gammage said the most shocking part of his reporting was finding out how damaged the school was.

“You assume that school is mostly OK, but it’s not just kids in handcuffs,” Gammage said.

“It’s the fact that there are no teams, and no organizations.

Referees wouldn’t show up to games. You couldn’t go in and install programs; you had to work on multiple levels to affect any kind of change.”

After the series was published, the Philadelphia school district changed the way that violence incidents were reported, and the City Council made school safety a priority. The Philadelphia mayor started talking about reducing violence because of the series.

“Journalism matters because it can change people’s lives,” Gammage said. “I didn’t want to tweet about this kind

of stuff. I wanted to take a more in-depth look at the issue and actually make a change.”

Gammage admits that winning the Pulitzer was neither easy, nor an individual effort.

The Philadelphia Inquirer continued to suffer financially throughout the reporting process.

“We went through another round of layoffs, the newspaper itself went up for sale, and our building was sold,” Gammage said. “We didn’t even know where we would be working, but the people involved in the project never wavered from our work because we wanted to see this story published.”

Gammage spent Monday teaching School of Media Arts and Design classes, emphasizing the importance of journalism in today’s society.

Brad Jenkins, general manager for The Breeze , was impressed with Gammage’s care for JMU students.

“He never got tired of answering [The Breeze staff’s] questions,” Jenkins said. “He has been extremely supportive of the students and was up for anything.”

In honor of his successful career as a journalist and novelist, Jenkins announced that Gammage will receive the Ronald E. Carrier Distinguished Alumni Achievement award at homecoming this year.

“Even though it’s tough economic times right now, you can see that journalism still matters because his series saved lives,” Jenkins said.

Kaitlin Holbrook, a senior SMAD major, was encouraged by what Gammage had to say on why journalism still matters.

“As a senior I’m really worried about getting a job after graduation, but I feel like JMU prepares students and offers them opportunities

VP | Once served in military, Peace Corps from front

“I wasn’t sure if my vote was going to actually count, but he said it’s better to vote for something you believe in, Baukin said.”

G r a y ’s c a m p u s v i s i t came just three days after Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan addressed a crowd of more than 2,000 people at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds.

Luke Wachob, president of Madison Liberty and a Breeze staff writer, was appreciative of Gray’s choice to come to a smaller venue.

“It was great to have him here,” Wachob said. “JMU is often passed over by political campaigns. To have a nominee for vice president

on campus is a pretty special event.”

The decision to come to JMU was a last-minute one that came on the heels of a visit to Blacksburg, Wachob said.

“I haven’t met many people at all who are very positive about Obama,” Gray said.

“More than half of them are planning to vote against Romney. They have a third choice, they have a viable choice — No, they have the best choice.”

Gray stuck to some similar points as Ryan did in his speech on Sept. 14 and spoke at length about points like auditing the federal government, eliminating the income tax and cutting the deficit.

Gray, who is the only one of the six major presidential or

vice presidential candidates who served in the military or volunteered in the peace corps, also spoke about cutting military spending by closing 80 percent of military bases worldwide.

“This morning I read the newspaper, and there were four of our G.I.’s that were killed by the Afghan army that we were going to rescue,” Gray said. “We will bring these troops home now.”

Gary pitched the idea of eliminating the income tax completely and implementing a universal sales tax to the crowd, along with the idea of having a formal audit of the entire federal government.

Gray said Johnson’s record as former New Mexico governor from 1995 to 2003

indicated a campaign that could turn the economy around as well.

“He actually took on the state that had several million dollars of deficit and left it with a billion-dollar surplus,” Gray said. “He actually resulted in having more private section jobs per capital than any other state in the country.”

Gray said he hopes to be available to vote for in all 50 states this November. The process of getting on the presidential ballot varies from state to state, but Virginia requires 10,000 eligible voters to sign a petition for a candidate to get on the ballot.

Contact Joshua Hahn at hahnja@dukes.jmu.edu.

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“Students should care about what is happening in this city because we are just as much a part of it as other Harrisonburg residents,” Kessler said.

When students return to JMU, the population of Har r isonburg grows by

nearly half, according to the Census Bureau. It brings in more money, business and responsibility.

“The student body brings in a huge amount of economic business to both retail and restaurants,” Kessler said.

“JMU has also given back in huge proportions to the

community through service and volunteering.”

The candidates also realize that JMU students will play a large role in the Harrisonburg area when it comes to voting.

Shearer said students are the future of this area.

“We need to make our students feel included and active

in our community because one day they’ll be the leaders [here],” Shearer said.

Another public forum is scheduled for Oct. 2 and will allow questions from the audience.

Contact Sean Byrne at byrnesrj@dukes.jmu.edu.

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On April 16, Jeff Gammage (second from left) and the rest of the Philadelphia Inquirer staff react when learning of their Pulitzer Prize for Public Service from their series on school violence.

to succeed,” Holbrook said.

“Gammage wasn’t just an intruder at the school, he really devoted all his time to reporting on the issue, and I think as

a journalist it’s really important to dig deep like that.”

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into its third week, they are not longer accepting students.

Gayoor Cabler, second-year grad student, is currently in the class, said they’re probably going to have a session again next semester.

Cabler explained that the classes start from the basics, like learning how to stand and where to hold their arms. But she said even this is helpful.

“Even after Week One, I already felt more prepared,” Cabler said. “Everything we learned is applicable to a combat situation.”

As the class progresses, students will also learn how to escape from “bear hugs” and choke holds.

Cabler said she thinks it’s especially important for college-aged women to be able to protect themselves.

“A lot of times with those late nights on campus, you have to walk out to your car alone and you never know what’s going to happen,” Cabler said.

The classes are open to all JMU students, but there are currently only women enrolled in them, Cabler said.

The JMU police also host the Rape Aggression Defense System, which is the largest self-defense program in the country. The classes teach students defensive concepts and techniques of realistic defense moves.

These classes have a onetime fee of $25. After paying the fee, students can come back and take classes at any time. The programs are taught by certified R.A.D officers and police officers from the JMU Police Department.

“I think it just helps to make us more aware of our surroundings,” Cabler said. “We’re not living in this safe little bubble. One day something will happen and I would like to be prepared instead of be a victim.”

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In the past, Madison Equality has handed out pictures of transgender people who were killed in hate crimes with “Remember me today” written on the back. Wiltz explained that most hate crimes are committed by a specific group of people.

“There’s not a whole lot that we can do to stop that tiny percent of people from committing a crime,” Wiltz said.

“But what we can do is to make sure that we’re always spreading love, spreading tolerance and spreading acceptance, most importantly.”

Eric Hoffman, a member of Madison Equality, thought the vigil was an eye-opening experience.

“Especially for someone like me, who hasn’t had many negative experiences, you leave with a better understanding in connecting with these events,” said Hoffman, a sophomore health sciences major, “learning about hate crimes and

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Raychel Whyte (left), president of Madison Equality, and Shelby Wiltz, educational director of the group, led a discussion in Grafton-Stovall Theater Tuesday night about hate crimes toward the LGBT community.

recognizing that those situations are real and can happen to people close to you.”

Hoffman added that the experience was comforting and reminded him about all the resources on campus that can help anyone in the LGBT community.

Dimming the lights, they

encouraged everyone who came to write their feelings down on a paper candle. Wiltz and Whyte will make a banner out of the paper candles to display in Taylor Hall.

Madison Equality hosts panels throughout the year in classrooms and dorms for students and faculty to ask

LGBT students questions.

Wiltz explained that this is an especially good opportunity for students to meet transgender students because this is a taboo subject in both the LGBT and heterosexual communities.

“A lot of people don’t understand what a transgender person is, what they look like,” Wiltz said. “And when someone is brave enough to come into a classroom and out themselves as a transgender person and tell [students about] their experience, it definitely changes a lot of minds and educates a lot of people.”

Brianna Garvey, a sophomore biological anthropology major, shared the story of a third-grade girl she met over the summer who wanted to be a boy.

“She would tell me, ‘Yeah, I want to do that when I’m older,’ and I would tell her I had friends who had done that and that was an option,” Garvey said.

Garvey said the girl was lucky to have such a supportive

mother, who was willing to talk to her daughter about what it means to be transgender.

But not all parents are as accepting. Wiltz said she was dating a woman when she first came to JMU but she wasn’t ready to fully come out.

“I never had any intention of marrying a woman or living my life with a woman,” Witz said.

“I thought maybe I’d date a few girls here and there, and then I’ll marry a man, and no one will ever know.”

But three days into her freshman year, someone she didn’t even know told her parents she was a lesbian.

“It was a huge shock and it made adjusting to college that much more difficult,” Wiltz said. “I couldn’t fully focus on my classes or my friends or being social because I was so worried about what my parents thought of me.”

Whyte also came out to her parents her freshman year. She said it’s been an uphill battle since then.

“My mom is very religious,”

Whyte said. “She doesn’t think it’s what God had planned for me. How do you fight with God? How am I supposed to compete with that?”

Wiltz said her parents don’t completely accept her membership in the LGBT community either, but they’re learning to tolerate her. She said either way, she’s going to do what feels right for her.

“I’m sure they go to bed every night praying that I’ll wake up with a man,” Wiltz said. “It’s still a possibility, and I tell them that. But it’s also my life, and I have to live it how I want to.”

Madison Equality plans to hold an “Out on Campus” panel on Oct. 9 as part of the LGBT Ally Education Program. Students who are interested in joining Madison Equality or becoming an ally to the organization, email madisonequality@gmail.com.

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Reaction to vandalism a start ­— but not enough You’ve probably heard by now about the vandalization of the local mosque.

Last weekend, someone picked up a spray can and covered the walls of the Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley and the Redeemer Classical School with hateful, racist messages. I was outraged to see something so disgusting and vicious happen so locally, and I’m sure you felt the same.

As Dukes, we value a sense of honor and fair play, and this cowardly act had neither.

But the community responded to this ugliness with an outpouring of positivity. More than 600 people attended an interfaith “We’re All Harrisonburg-Rockingham Gathering” in the mosque to show their support and acceptance. It’s a shock to think that something like this could happen so close, in the community we’re so connected with, but it helped restore my faith in our community to see so many people take a stand.

In order for [the vandalism] to have happened in the first place, someone didn’t stand up. A lot of people didn’t. Whoever did this had reason to believe that their hate would be accepted, maybe even welcomed.

Still, all 600 people showed up after the hate crime had been committed.

I’m so glad to see that people are willing to speak out. In order for this to have happened in the first place, someone didn’t stand up. A lot of people didn’t. Whoever did this had reason to believe that their hate would be accepted, maybe even welcomed.

People who harbor a hatred like that often show signs, but they were probably ignored because we think that person is “just joking” or that “they only talk about it, but they’d never do anything.”

Whenever someone makes an ugly comment and you don’t speak up, they think that you agree with it. They make you just as ugly as they are. Showing your support for the people who have see Prejudice, page A7

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I scream for Green’s cream Pumpkin dessert rivals that of Kline’s and, unlike its latte version, should be immediately consumed Before I dive too deep into my story, let me begin by laying down the background.

First of all, I’m sick. Sore throat, runny n o s e, b o dy aches ; you name it, I’ve got it.

Second, I’ve got two tests and a quiz coming up in the next two days that I haven’t even begun to study for.

And on top of that, the stress of my job feels like the weight of the world on my shoulders. As of this moment, things are clearly not going my way.

As I continue on with my Tuesday ritual, I find myself walking into Mrs. Green’s at 11 a.m. to see what it has to offer. Obviously, I check the menu before going in. Not bad: pork taco carnitas with black beans. I can work with that.

But on my way over, I catch a glimpse of one of the most beautiful, breathtaking things I’ve laid eyes on in recent memory: a little magnet on the ice cream machine that reads “pumpkin.”

Miles crawly

That’s right, I went straight for the ice cream with no shame.

Did I stop at one bowl? Two bowls?

No, I proceeded to devour three straight bowls of that delicious concoction they call pumpkin ice cream. prematurely. That is, one doesn’t simply enjoy a PSL before the first perfect fall day has arrived. Drinking a PSL is a celebration, a rite-of-passage into the glorious season we call fall. Let’s call this “The PSL Rule.”

Pumpkin ice cream, on the other hand? No, pumpkin ice cream does not, and will never be subject to “The PSL Rule,” because it’s on a much higher level of worthiness. One is expected to drop everything and immediately eat a bowl upon first sight.

With that said, you can bet your

sweet a-- that those pork tacos could wait. That’s right, I went straight for the ice cream with no shame. Did I stop at one bowl? Two bowls? No, I proceeded to devour three straight bowls of that delicious concoction they call pumpkin ice cream.

So to you, Mrs. Green, whoever you are, thank you. Thank you for showing me the light to an otherwise abysmal day. Thank you for giving me the happiness and courage to fight for another chance at life.

Thank you for spoiling my lips with such a heavenly treat.

And to those poor souls whose palettes have never been graced with Mrs. Green’s pumpkin ice cream, please go and enjoy the treasure I have enjoyed the past four years I’ve attended this school.

And you, the lucky people who share the love of pumpkin ice cream, I raise my glass in celebration to many more delicious bowls in the future.

Actually, scratch that. I’m going back later tonight and — God forbid it’s gone — all hell will break loose.

Nick Phillips is a senior marketing major. Contact Nick at breezeopinion@gmail.com.

Actor duped into appearing in ‘Innocence of Muslims’ tells all Last week, an acquaintance sent me a link to an article on the Atlantic’s website about “Innocence of Muslims,” the anti-Islam film that has provoked so much violence in the Middle East. To my horror, the story prominently featured a picture of me.

When I watched the film clip, I was even more appalled. A year earlier, I had done two days of acting in a film I’d been told would be called “Desert Warrior.” The images were clearly from that film, but my words had been replaced by words I would have never uttered, and the resulting film was something I would never have agreed to participate in. Here’s how it happened.

It was July 2011. One night, while looking through Craigslist, I happened upon an ad looking for actors for an film called “Desert Warrior.” I sent an email inquiring about roles, and a few days later got a request from the director for my bio and head shot.

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A “thanks-for-restoring-myfaith-in-humanity” pat to the girl who bought me a chocolate chip cookie.

From the person whose day you turned around.

A “give-it-back!” dart to the kleptomaniac in University Fields who stole the iPod connector out of my car.

From a girl who is now forced to listen to the radio.

An “I-like-my-eggs-white” dart to E-Hall.

From the student who would prefer if you didn’t serve rotten eggs on Saturday.

An “I-think-you-have-and-willcontinue-to-do-big-things-inyour time-at-Madison” pat to President Jon Alger.

From an alumnus who is very impressed with your recruitment efforts and knows his campus will continue to be one with people who embody the JMU spirit.

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This, my friends, is what I like to call a serious life-changer. At this very moment I couldn’t care less if I was sick for the rest of my life, failed out of college or got fired from my job right on the spot. All that mattered was that pumpkin ice cream.

Although describing the taste of Mrs. Green’s pumpkin ice cream may be impossible, I will do my best. You know that warm feeling you get from the sensory overload that comes with walking into a home décor store around autumn, as your nostrils take in pumpkin pie and spiced apple cider candles? You know that feeling you get as you gaze into a depiction of a cozy cabin nestled away in a forest of fall colors that was painted by Thomas Kinkaid? You know that feeling you get as you walk down the Quad on that first real day of fall, light breeze blowing through your hair holding your first pumpkin spice latte of the season? Yeah, imagine that times a thousand in your mouth.

Speaking of pumpkin spice lattes, let me digress for a moment to help put my love for Mrs. Green’s pumpkin ice cream into perspective. I, among many others, believe it is a crime to indulge in a PSL

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A couple of weeks later, I was invited to an audition at what looked like an old nightclub on La Cienega. There, I met the director and another man who identified himself as Sam Bacile. The part I read for was that of a doctor in a clinic. The director read the part of the other character, a military officer of some kind. There was no mention of Muhammad or Islam in the script I saw.

In early August, I received an email from the film’s assistant director with instructions to show up the next day at an address in Duarte. It wasn’t much notice, but I was pleased to have a role. The next day I arrived at what appeared to be a small cable television station.

A guy named Jeffrey introduced himself as the assistant director of the film and told me I would be playing a character named Amir. He gave me that day’s script and sent me off to makeup. Then I went to wardrobe,

for only having one location on campus.

From all the JMU students who have class before 10 a.m.

A “cat-scratch-fever” dart to a gray cat for biting and scratching my hand and arm, for which I had to get six rabies shots and a tetanus shot.

From that nice girl who always stopped to pet you.

A “thanks-for-your-magictouch” pat to the guy who got my car started in less than 30 seconds after my friend and I tried for 30 minutes.

From the appreciative girl in C10 whose rainy day was saved by your auto intuition.

A “you-are-my-sunshine” pat to the two Let’s Go ladies for being so cheerful and concerned for my safety during the storm.

From the senior who has appreciated your motherly affection for the past four years and will miss you come next summer and forever after.

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where I was given a pair of sandals, a robe and a turban. It didn’t seem like doctor’s clothing, but I didn’t question it.

I asked the director, a man named Alan Roberts, what the film was about.

He told me that “Desert Warrior” was a film set in the present, but that the cast assembled that day would be shooting a flashback scene that took place a thousand years earlier. I asked if I was still playing a doctor, and he said I had been switched to a new role.

Fifteen minutes later I was called to the soundstage, where a large “green screen” area was set up. Green screens are blank backgrounds that allow filmmakers to impose a new background during post-production. The strange part for an actor is that you don’t get to see where you supposedly are.

The man who said he was the producer, Bacile, told me I was to play a blind man named Amir. I was in only one scene that day, as part of a group,

An “entitled-much?” dart to the author of Monday’s “iPhone 5: That’s it?” article.

From a guy who thinks you should care more about the horrible conditions of the workers who made your new phone rather than whether it can produce Tu-Pac holograms at will.

A “you’re-pissing-me-off” dart to my cat who continues to relieve himself on the same spot on my couch every day.

From a frustrated cat lover who’s quickly making enemies with her roommates.

A “somewhere-over-the -rainbow” pat to the hospitality team who brought us to Oz on Friday night.

From four girls who want to see more of the cowardly lion.

An “I’m-sorry-I-scared-you” pat to my librarian friend in Carrier.

From the girl who surprised you when she walked in two years too early.

and I tried my hardest to look blind.

The lead in the scene was played by a nice guy named Michael, who played a character named George. We laughed about how out of place the name seemed for the time and setting.

During the shooting Roberts called the shots, but Bacile stood over his shoulder and they conferred on every detail. When the scene was complete, I was told to return for another day.

The next morning, I was handed a script and issued a sword, and we shot a scene in which the character George told me to go and kill a pregnant woman. The crew was in stitches as we shot the scene. How was I, a blind man, supposed to find a pregnant woman in the desert and stab her to death? It was decided that another actor, tattooed from head to toe, would lead me to my victim. I was told that when the woman fell dead I see Movie, page A7

An “Easter-came-again” pat to the secret stash of Reese’s eggs I rediscovered today.

From a student who appreciated the second coming of an annual treat.

A “you-get-an-A+-everydayin-my-book” pat to my roommate who’s been studying all week but always finds time to take care of my dog.

From your equally work-slammed roommate who’s never home.

A “you-are-an-angel” pat to the girl in Carrier who stepped aside to let me use the computer we both got to at the same time.

From a flustered English major who really needed to print out her paper like five minutes ago.

A “get-better-soon” pat to my sister.

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should turn to the camera, raise my bloody sword, and say, “George is the messenger and the book is our constitution.”

When my scenes were completed, I found Jeffrey, the assistant director, to ask for my payment. Jeffrey said they needed me the next week, and that they’d pay me in cash then.

I told him I would be traveling and wouldn’t be available. He said that was OK; they would send the check. It never arrived.

About a month later I sent emails to Roberts and the assistant director asking for my

payment. I had no way of contacting Bacile.

No one got back to me until March of this year, when I received a call from Bacile. He said there were audio problems with my scenes and they needed me to come in and record a voice-over track to replace the original audio. I told him that I was never paid for the work I had already done and therefore wasn’t interested.

I heard nothing more about the film until Jeffrey, the assistant director, sent me an email with the link to the Atlantic. He, too, was horrified at what the film had become.

been victimized is a step in the right direction, and I applaud everyone who did so. But we need to go a step further and stamp out hate before it gets a chance to lash out like this. You may intend for your silence to stand as censure, but intolerance takes it as approval.

I know we are better than this. Prejudice is like an infestation of ants in your apartment, and where you see one there’s probably a lot more hidden away. And racism is best friends with sexism and homophobia, because hate only breeds more hate.

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or screaming from a podium. It’s “just a joke” about terrorists, or silly accents or women in the kitchen. It’s just a little comment that you let slide. Maybe your buddy said it and you know he’s a good guy. Maybe you’re at a party and you don’t want to cause a scene. Don’t let it go.

Cause a scene.

Because when you let that go, you’re saying it’s OK to go farther, to say it again, to say it louder, to go paint it on a mosque wall. Because when you let it go, you’re saying that no one cares. But I care, and I hope you do, too.

Caroline Kelly is a senior English major.

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TOP LEFT In Sawhill Gallery, Reni Gower’s acrylic paintings and collages incorporate circles as both a cultural symbol and a metaphor for binary code.

BOTTOM LEFT Senior Chrissy Sibilia displays mountain-themed work at artWorks Gallery. TOP Visitors can practice their cursive at “The Art of Writing” exhibit at the Institute for Visual Studies in Roop Hall.

MOVING ART Forbes Center to collaborate with campus galleries

By Laura Weeks The Breeze

With a stage presence already under its belt, the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts is moving to the walls.

For the first time since its opening in 2010, Forbes is incorporating non-theatre events into its masterpiece season, starting with a gallery crawl tomorrow.

Because the building is so new, performing arts took center stage, but with Duke Hall reopening in fall 2014, “we’re really trying to amp up our emphasis on the visual arts,” said Jen Kulju, public

relations and marketing specialist at Forbes.

A 40-person bus will transport ticketholders — mostly community members — to Sawhill Gallery in Warren Hall, the Institute for Visual Studies in Roop Hall and artWorks Gallery on West Grace Street. Each stop will feature a curated talk from the gallery’s director, appetizers and drinks.

“This is a way for people to enjoy the art in a very sophisticated way,” said Daniel Robinson, the assistant director of IVS. “They get to experience high-quality work within a quality

atmosphere.”

The bus will arrive at Sawhill Gallery first, where director Gary Freeburg will talk to visitors about the history of the gallery and its intern program.

He’ll then lead them through artist and Virginia Commonwealth University professor Reni Gower’s painting and hot wax exhibit.

“Anything we can do to bring in the community is really important,” Freeburg said. “It opens up avenues to people to make stronger connections between see art, page B2

To market, to market A display of bright, freshly harvested pumpkins, local honey and flower arrangements filled the Warren Hall patio yesterday as a way to bring the downtown market closer to students.

Miriam Showalter (top left) sells her flowers from Portwater Gardens at the miniature market, brought by JMU Dining Services and the Harrisonburg Farmers Market. Smells of freshly popped kettle corn, cups of apple cider, pumpkins and gourds, jellies and honey from Broadway’s Mud-E Acres attracted students to the local vendors.

“I’m a sucker for fresh apple cider,” said Shauna Plesmid, a senior political science major.

The on-campus selection was much smaller than you would find downtown on Tuesday and Saturday mornings at the Turner Pavilion, which boasts four rows of vendors selling everything from cheese to jewelry to paintings.

“I like supporting the local farmers,” Plesmid said. “Everything tastes 10 times better than it would from a grocery store.”

Students can use Dining Dollars to purchase produce. The next Warren Hall market, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., is scheduled for Oct. 17. photos by blair boswell / the breeze

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Indie band surprises with songs that roar Grizzly Bear’s fourth album strays from strictly mellow acoustics to a ‘hailstorm of noise’

By Jack Knetemann The Breeze

Grizzly Bear has always been surprisingly docile, being an indie band characterized by weaving vocal harmonies and clean electric guitar.

But with its latest album, the band is finally letting out a roar.

The ornate harmonies take a backseat to biting guitar and crashing

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drums on “Shields,” their latest release. The harmonies and wind ensembles of the past are almost completely abandoned in favor of a more aggressive, rhythmic approach.

The production reflects this as well, with bassist and producer Chris Taylor placing the vocals much lower in the mix than found on 2009’s “Veckatimest.”

Opener “Sleeping Ute” epitomizes the album’s vibe. Guitars push the music to a gallop that doesn’t even let up during an acoustic interlude. Daniel Rossen’s guitar playing, the prominent sound on

the record, is miles beyond his indie contemporaries, both in harmonic complexity and placement.

Ed Droste, vocalist and original member of Grizzly Bear, takes the spotlight for the next two standouts, “Speaking in Rounds” and “Yet Again.” Droste’s voice has never been more passionate than on these two songs. “Yet Again” features the album’s only traditional chorus,

making it the most inviting.

If the momentum from the opening four songs could have been sustained through the last half of “Shields,” Grizzly Bear would have created the album of the year.

The hailstorm of noise that closes “Yet Again” requires a breather, but follow-up “The Hunt” fails to meet see bear, page B2

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Spaghettifest still cookin’ after 10 years The decade-old festival introduces yoga, special performances from former band members while still sticking to tradition

By Bridget Condon contributing writer

While most things would have gone stale after 10 years, Spaghettifest is still as fresh as ever.

The three-day festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary much closer to JMU’s home. With plans of JMU alum getting back together to rock out this weekend, the festival will be held for the first time at the Rockingham County KOA campgrounds in Broadway.

From just 13 bands and 400 people its first year in 2002, Spaghettifest now has 34 performers and nearly 1,000 fans.

The festival this year adds yoga classes every morning before the performances begin. For the first time, festival coordinators will award “s p a g h e t t i a c h i e v e m e n t awards” to artists and production crews Midnight Spaghetti considers major influences to the local music scene and to Spaghettifest over the years.

Mikael Glago, 2003 alum, producer and leader of the host band Midnight Spaghetti & The Chocolate G-Strings, hopes the festival’s close proximity to campus will attract more JMU students.

Glago is the only original member from Midnight Spaghetti, the band that started the festival 10 years ago.

“Over the years, the festival has evolved, and our band has accumulated new members from people we’ve met and played with at the festival,” Glago said.

While coordinators request national acts, regional bands can submit their tracks to festival coordinators, who then

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Midnight Spaghetti members Scott Vejdani (left), emcee Ricky Night and Mickey Glago headlined last year’s Spaghettifest, held at Stony Creek Resort in Greenville, Va. The funk band will perform again this weekend with Ceeknowledge and DJ Kool.

determine if the band is a good fit for the show. Wellknown artists like DJ Kool, a go-go and rap circuits inspired artist, and Ceeknowledge of Digable Planets are headlining this year.

“I’ve never been the type of artist to feel separate from the audience,” DJ Kool said. “I never feel above my audience in any fashion. My music is more an expression of my natural personality.”

Following tradition, fans in the food vendor row will be

served free spaghetti.

Ceeknowledge, a mid-90s hip hop artist, came to the festival in 2009 with his own band Ceeknowledge & The Cosmic Funk Orchestra. This year, he’ll be making an appearance with Midnight Spaghetti & The Chocolate G-Strings.

“Once I got the call inviting me to the festival, I was honored to be a part of the 10th anniversary,” Ceeknowledge said.

Murphy’s Kids, a band headed by JMU alum Reid Attaway,

will perform at Spaghettifest for their seventh time this year. The band tracked down Glago in class years ago to submit their recordings, hoping to play at that year’s festival.

“We’re part of a family,” Attaway said. “We know everyone who works there consistently. It’s something we go to every single year. It’s basically expected.”

Murphy’s Kids have a headline spot on Friday night for the fifth year.

With the 10-year a milestone

for the festival, Glago’s goal is to bring Spaghettifest to other locations, eventually creating a Spaghettifest tour, ranging from the JMU area to other places around the country.

“We want people to think of Spaghettifest as a norm and know we will always be around,” Glago said.

Event coordinators will donate proceeds from the festival to the Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance concert park fund. “ We’ re d e d i cat e d a n d

proud of the artistic evolution and growth in the valley,” Glago said in an email. “Music should be played live and outside.”

Bands will play throughout the event on different stages.

The main stage, “Fountain of Funk,” got its name from Midnight Spaghetti and the Chocolate G-String’s summer tour. The second stage is reserved for acoustic set, and the third stage, “Ohio Avenue,” is dedicated to bands that are just beginning to take off.

The festival will include separate parking from the camp area, with shuttles transporting people to and from the performance area.

Seth Casana, a former member of Midnight Spaghetti and the Chocolate G-Strings, will return to celebrate the 10-year anniversary and play with the band.

Midnight Spaghetti and the Chocolate G-strings have one album, “Velour On the Floor.”

This was released at Spaghettifest 4 in September 2006, including eight studio tracks and one live version.

“I wouldn’t call us big, but we’re proud of where we’ve come from,” Glago said. “We’re connected and grounded and don’t value ourselves more than others. We may not have the most popular artists perform, but we have true artists who’ve pioneered.”

Tickets are available online for $50, and are $60 at the box office. They’re also available at Greenberry’s Coffee C. and Whitesel Music on S. Main Street.

CONTACT Bridget Condon at condonbj@ dukes.jmu.edu.

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the university and the community.”

At IVS, event-goers will hear from director David Ehrenpreis about the “Art of Writing,” an exhibit showcasing ancient religious texts, deeds, accounting notebooks and two interactive writing stations.

The tour ends at artWorks Gallery, which highlights student art. Here, visitors will see paintings and three-dimensional work from student artists Zoe Cooper, Hannah Gentry, Chrissy Sibilia and Julian Williams.

The event was originally scheduled to include a tour of the James and Gladys Kemp Lisanby Museum, a space in Festival that features rotating exhibits from the Madison Art Collection. But because of recent flooding in Festival, artWorks was chosen as the alternative.

“As artists, all we want is for people to see our work,” said Williams, a junior studio art major whose photography is displayed in artWorks. “Forbes is giving us a chance to share our heart with the rest of the community.”

The gallery crawl is a way to build a relationship between Forbes and Duke Hall, which will house Sawhill Gallery.

According to Regan Byrne, executive director of Forbes, this will involve moving students, faculty and community members between the two spaces, ultimately creating an arts quadrant on campus.

“It’s a way for people to start looking at the gallery spaces as community spaces ,” Byrne said.

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David Ehrenpreis, director of the Institute for Visual Studies, practices Chinese calligraphy at one of the exhibit’s interactive stations.

to include more displays of performance photography.

Freeburg hopes the event will spur more collaborative efforts between Sawhill Gallery and Forbes, citing initiatives to bring ticket-holders to the gallery for refreshments before heading to a theatre production.

“I really want to make a

strong connection with Forbes … to make the arts alive on campus,” Freeburg said. “I’m trying to bring in artists who would go beyond the galleries, who will incorporate music and dance.”

Student tickets can still be purchased at a reduced price of $20 before boarding the bus behind Forbes, in front of the

Warsaw Parking Deck.

The next visual arts event, Taste of Forbes, is scheduled for March 28 and will combine 20-minute music, theatre and dance productions, with a director-led presentation of the Madison Art Collection.

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the strength of the opening suite.

“The Hunt” is the first piano-led song of the album, which becomes an aimless figure that sucks all the energy that had built up. It’s here that “Shields” meanders, and this loss of focus is a grave mistake.

The following songs, “A Simple Answer,” “What’s Wrong” and “gun-shy” are all fine, but in the context of the album, they have the tendency to blend together.

“Shields” may drift in the middle, but the last two songs provide a thrilling end. Penultimate “Half Gate” opens with Droste singing over electric guitar and pattering drums.

Rossen’s shady guitar and intense vocals take over from Droste halfway through, giving the song its dynamic arc. “Half Gate” lacks a distinctive chorus, but the two singers’ contrasting styles and Christopher Bear’s masterful drumming make that irrelevant. The song is the album’s unassuming masterpiece.

The conclusive “Sun in Your Eyes” starts quietly, with Rossen singing apprehensively over a piano riff. Drums suddenly unfold into a forceful rhythm that launches a massive horn section.

Rossen’s voice climbs to meet them, bringing the album to a dark, powerful close.

“Shields” is a labyrinth of

“The conclusive ‘Sun in Your Eyes’ starts quietly, with [Daniel] Rossen singing apprehensively over a piano riff.

Drums suddenly unfold into a forceful rhythm that launches a massive horn section. Rossen’s voice climbs to meet them, bringing the album to a dark, powerful close.”

diverting song structures, textures and vocal approaches.

It’s difficult to know where the songs are going, which adds to the off-kilter rush that is the record’s bookends. The middle of the album may drift, but the overwhelming beginning and end alone will make listeners glad that the Grizzly Bears have come out of their cave.

Contact Jack Knetemann at knetemjw@dukes. jmu.edu.

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LEFT Head coach Lauren Steinbrecher talks to her team during a timeout. TOP RIGHT Senior outside hitter Danielle Erb takes some hits during Tuesday’s practice. In Saturday’s game against Florida International University, Erb finished with seven kills and 12 digs. BOTTOM RIGHT Freshman defensive specialist Jaclyn Placha gets the ball over the net in Tuesday’s practice.

Despite rough beginning season, volleyball gears up for conference competition

By CARISSA WOLKIEWICZ and MEAGHAN MACDONALD The Breeze

The women’s volleyball team is ready to put its earlier performances in the past and to enter conference play Saturday against Georgia State University.

The Dukes, who are currently -, had a rough beginning to their season, going - between Aug. -Sept.  with a five-game losing streak. One of the biggest adjustments

that the team faced was season-ending injuries for junior middle blocker Kelly Maguire and redshirt sophomore setter Kristi Richardson. Maguire was injured before the season began and Richardson hurt her knee in the first set on Aug.  game against University of Minnesota.

“It’s definitely hard losing the two of them, but we’ve realized that we’re going to play the season for them,” said junior libero Katie Daorai. “We need to rally around it and become stronger than ever just to show them that we’re not going to let anything stop us.”

After their Sept.  loss to Cal. State Northridge the team began a four-game win streak and finished - in last weekend’s University of South Florida Volleyball Invitational.

“We’re figuring out who we are and what we can do,” said head coach Lauren Steinbrecher. “We played two pretty good teams … and went - with them. It’s definitely getting us ready for CAA because we’ll meet the same caliber see GEORGIA, page B5

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Road to Rhode Island starts CAA play Last weekend’s loss to West Virginia, laundry list of injuries won’t hold Dukes back from potential win this Saturday

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Senior free safety and team captain, Jakarie Jackson (#15) leads the Dukes onto the field in last weekend’s game at FedEx Field. The Dukes lost to West Virginia University 42-12 and lost three key players to injuries.

By TONY SCHAFFNER The Breeze

The Dukes hit the road Saturday for their first Colonial Athletics Association match-up against the University of Rhode Island.

The No.  Dukes, (-) are coming off a Division I beatdown at the hands of West Virginia University and will take on the Rams who are -. Although they’re winless, the team can still cause issues for JMU if they play clean football.

“If Rhode Island doesn’t turn the ball over or get a major penalty they’re going to be hard to beat,” said head coach Mickey Matthews. “That’s exactly what West Virginia did on Saturday.”

The Dukes left last weekend’s game at FedEx Field with many players needing help from the athletic training staff. Red shirt sophomore wide receiver Daniel Brown left the game with a torn ACL, strong safety Titus Till has been ruled out this week with an ankle injury sustained against WVU, and running back Dae’Quan Scott is still nursing his ankle injury received two

weeks ago against Alcorn State University.

Matthews compared battling these injuries to what General Lee faced at the battle of Shiloh with his troops.

“[Rhode Island has] struggled so far on the road, but ... is very good at home.”

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“Evaluating the casualty report, we had  starters out that we’re not practicing on [Monday],”Matthews said, which equates to more than half of the starting roster on the sideline.

The depleted Dukes team will have their hands full with a URI team still looking for their first win. Matthews admits his team has some bad luck up north.

“We never seem to play well … every game has been a nail-biter in the fourth quarter,” Matthews said. “They’ve struggled so far on the road, but Rhode Island is very good at home. They’re a different team at home.”

On offense, the Rams run a gun-option offense and like to line up in many different formations to throw the ball, but haven’t been as successful as envisioned having only scored  points through the first two games.

On defense, URI likes to run a -- with an eight man front.

The Rams also like to blitz a lot.

The Rams are coming off a - loss against Villianova University. Rhode Island took at - leads into the half, but Villanova scored  unanswered points.

The Dukes should look to continue rushing the ball as the Rams’ defense is giving up an average of  points and  rushing yards per game.

The team returns to action at  p.m. Saturday at Meade Stadium in Kingstown, Rhode Island.

CONTACT Tony Schaffner at schaffaj@dukes.jmu.edu.

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High score games a total bore for viewers, teams

Every year, it starts around Aug. 1. The shows on ESPN and NBC sports start creeping onto the airwaves.

Fans start taking their jerseys out of their neatly hung casings. Blogs start counting down preseason Top 25s.

And then, kickoff. College football arrives in spectacularly glorious fashion. Saturdays are rendered useless in the best way possible for months.

But if I’ve been blowing off work for three straight Saturdays now, why does it feel like the season hasn’t even started?

These maddeningly lopsided early season matchups might have something to do with it.

Each new season brings a fresh new batch of Football Bowl Subdivision vs. Football Championship Division matchups that serve as little more than scrimmages for the big schools and paychecks for the little ones. Dedicated fans are forced to sit through three and four weeks of terrible blowouts at midseason ticket prices. Who does this situation benefit? Certainly not the brand of college football as a sport, whose legitimacy

is already called into question because of its postseason structure as well as rampant recruiting scandals. Certainly not fans, who would much rather see a marquee win in September than a raucous, one-sided affair.

What about buying wins from FCS programs like JMU? Actually, JMU might be

If you need a million dollars to prop up your athletic department, isn’t it time to maybe consider cutting back athletics?

a bad example. Despite the 30-point West Virginia victory, the JMU defensive front looked formidable, even against the Mountaineers. JMU is such an elite program with a track record of hanging tough with and even beating FBS programs that I can understand why the Dukes might benefit from taking a payout and playing up.

But Savannah State? I hate to pick on the Tigers here, but they picked up nearly $1 million in additional revenue when they were trounced 84-0 and 55-0 by Oklahoma State

and Florida State, respectively. These teams don’t have a snowball’s chance to win the game.

Maybe it was just payback from the big boys for choosing a completely unoriginal mascot, but the fact remains that no amount of money is worth that kind of humiliation on the national stage.

More importantly, if you need a million dollars to prop up your athletic department, isn’t it time to maybe consider cutting back athletics? I know that sounds harsh, but think about it. We will all manage to make it through the weekend without Savannah State football. Meanwhile, the University could reallocate funds to academic projects that might be a little more successful in their own field of play.

I suppose that means these games must be majorly benefitting the FBS programs involved, but I can’t figure out how. They serve as nothing more than a glorified scrimmage, but isn’t that what the spring games are for? And should you lose to an FCS program? Oh, boy.

The short-term pitfalls are damning themselves, but the long-term impact on recruiting and image can be even worse. You can’t mention Virginia Tech around here without bringing up its 21-16 loss to the Dukes. At least for the time being, they’re inseparable.

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teams in our conference.”

In the final game at last weekend’s tournament, JMU defeated Florida International University by set scores 25-19, 25-16, 17-25 and 25-18.

Redshirt senior outside hitter Natalie Abel led all players with career-high 24 kills on .305 hitting and had a doubledouble, adding 13 digs.

Although Abel had a career game, the rest of the team contributed and helped with the wins. In the FIU matchup, three other players finished with between seven and 11 kills. Freshman outside hitter Meghan Miski had 11 kills, junior middle blocker Lizzy Briones had eight kills and senior outside hitter Danielle Erb finished with seven.

“We really fought last weekend as a team,” Abel said.” It was one of the first times we played as a unit together … it gives players the confidence to know that they’re ready and tat they’re good enough to step up and get the job done.”

The Georgia State may be 2-10 and coming off a 3-0 loss to Georgia Tech University, but the Panthers have given the Dukes trouble in the past. Last season Georgia State defeated

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The Dukes will try to get their first conference win of the season against Georgia State University on Saturday. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.

JMU 3-1 by set scores 25-17, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22 and outhit them .252. to .191.

This year, the Dukes are preparing not by focusing on their opponent, but instead on themselves.

“We basically decided that if we take care of our own side of the net, less focus on them [and] more focus on us, we shouldn’t have too big of a problem,” Abel said. “Making sure we are working together as a unit more [instead of ] worrying too much about what they’re doing.”

According to Daorai, team

chemistry is a must when it comes to competing at a stronger level in the future.

“We’ve definitely faced some adversity that we’ve had to face, but we have just been trying to work around it and be a really strong team together and work around the starters that we did lose,” Daorai said.

The Dukes take on the Pa n t h e r s S a t u rd ay a t 7 p.m. in the Godwin gym.

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Florida State wide receiver Bjoern Werner pushes aside Savannah State defensive back Wayne Johnson in a move that doesn’t reflect FSU’s expected 55-0 victory over the Tigers.

Winning isn’t impressive at all, though. If I’m a top program, I’m supposed to win by 50. I’m just doing what’s expected.

Thankfully, this will all go away soon. When the FBS college football playoff starts, teams will be forced to plan

their out of conference schedule wisely in order to prove their worth for the postseason.

No longer will it be a steady diet of creampuffs and conference games. We can actually start the college football season — at the start of the college football season.

So while Oregon scores another touchdown on Tennessee Tech or Arkansas Pine-Bluff, I’m stuck waiting for the real games to start. Hopefully, it won’t be much longer.

Contact Chase Kiddy at kiddyca@dukes.jmu.edu.

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