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Vol. 124, Issue 54 Rotunda Reconstruction

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Final Exercises would remain on the Lawn, but the length of the ceremony is expected to double and guest tickets will be limited to two per student

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OPTION 2

OPTION 3 Graduates walk the Lawn before proceeding to Scott Stadium, where guest tickets are unlimited

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences would graduate Saturday and all other schools Sunday

Rotunda renovations affect Class of 2015 Final Exercises, potentially 2016, future graduations impacted by student body increases Kaelyn Quinn

Construction fencing will completely surround the Rotunda on all sides beginning May 19, blocking almost all access to the Lawn from the north side.

“I don’t think people really understand how extensive that fence is going to be,” Director of Major Events Pamela Higgins said.

The fence will block off the walkway between Pavilion I and the Rotunda and extend westward, blocking the area between the Rotunda and Brooks Hall.

The renovations will make the traditional procession down the Lawn infeasible and will place a roadblock in the middle of the Final Exercises ceremony starting with the Class of 2015.

With the Rotunda out of commission, “our problem is how we get the students onto the other side of the

Lawn,” Higgins said.

Pat Lampkin, vice president and chief student affairs officer, said the renovation is a once-in-a-lifetime event that unfortunately coincides with the Class of 2015 graduation. In addition, Lampkin said the increasing number of graduates also poses a problem.

“Our numbers are going up, and it will be a problem,” Lampkin said. “In 1991, about 12,000 people were on the Lawn for graduation. We are now closing in on 27,000 to 30,00 people in that short period of time."

The growing number of graduates, combined with the compressed size of the already-overcrowded Lawn, brought the situation to what Lampkin called “a tipping point.”

Short-term problem The second phase of the renovations necessitates changes to the Final Exercises for the Class of 2015, and possibly the Class of 2016, Higgins said.

The administration has proposed

three options for next year’s graduation ceremony: stay on the Lawn and limit the number of guest tickets to two per graduate, hold two Final Exercises ceremonies on the Lawn, or walk the Lawn en route to Scott Stadium, the site of Final Exercises.

The three options are the only ones being considered, Higgins said.

These options are the ones which “the [graduation advisory] committee and the University feel are feasible,” she said.

The three options were detailed in document related to the “A Final Exercises Survey” sent out by University President Teresa Sullivan on April 11 to the classes of 2015, 2016 and 2017, and their parents. The Graduation Advisory Committee, comprised of both undergraduate and graduate students and co-chaired by Higgins and Dean of Students Allen Groves, compiled the survey.

The survey will open April 16 and close April 22. Before they respond, Higgins said students should “con-

sider all of the options and discuss them with their families.”

Option One The first option retains the traditional Final Exercises framework, with all schools graduating on the Lawn together on the same day, and limits the number of guests tickets to two per graduate, with no standing room only area, according to the survey.

This proposal will take more than double the amount of time, with the ceremony lasting an estimated three and a half hours or longer, Higgins said. The extended duration is because of “the very narrow opening” of the alleyways onto the Lawn, she said.

Students of the College, Engineering, Nursing, and Medical Schools all originally processed from the north side of the Rotunda onto the Lawn.

These students must now enter onto the Lawn through the alleyways, along with students from all the other schools who have always processed through the alleys.

Where students could once walk 8 to 15 abreast down the steps on the south side of the Rotunda, only 2-3 can walk abreast through the alleys, slowing the procession significantly, Higgins said.

The standing room area would also be eliminated in this option.

“Only guests with tickets will be able to be on the Lawn if we keep everything the same,” Higgins said.

As all students will now be entering through the alleyways, the former standing room on the Lawn becomes part of the procession, Higgins said.

“From a safety perspective as well, we cannot have standing room only area,” Higgins said. "As the Rotunda steps and the portal between Pavilion II and the Rotunda will be closed off, there will be too few exits to accommodate a standing room only area in the case of an emergency. You don’t

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GRADUATION Change inevitable, Holmes says Continued from page 1 want to get people in there who can’t get out."

Option Two The second option proposes two separate Final Exercises on the Lawn, one on Saturday and one on Sunday of Final Exercises weekend. One ceremony would be for the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, while the second would include all other undergraduate, graduate and professional schools.

A similar idea involving two separate ceremonies was once on the table, Higgins said. That proposal split up the graduate and undergraduate ceremonies into two separate events, so as to reduce the overwhelming numbers, Higgins said.

However, Higgins said this solution would not ultimately solve the problem for two reasons. First, the undergraduates account for the largest number of guests, and even a separate undergraduate ceremony would still pose challenges.

Second, many departments and major programs host combined undergraduate and graduate diploma ceremonies. Splitting the Final Exercises would complicate these procedures, perhaps necessitating two separate ceremonies within each major, Higgins said.

Option Three The third option includes a procession down the Lawn, which then continues to Scott Stadium for the ceremony. In Scott Stadium, students could have an unlimited number of guest tickets, according to the survey.

The exact route of the procession has not yet been clearly identified,

nor the estimated time such a walk would take, Higgins said.

“We have not yet determined what the route would be,” Higgins said. Higgins said she the route might continue down McCormick road, turning onto Engineer’s way — the “shortest route” to the Stadium.

That route is approximately ¾ of a mile.

Higgins reiterated that many of the University’s peer institutions have a similar tradition. “William & Mary does it, Yale does it,” she said At the College of William & Mary, students process about ⅔ of a mile from the Wren Building on to William & Mary Hall.

Graduates of Yale University walk from ‘Cross Campus’ to the New Haven Green and then through the Phelps Gate, combined nearly a ⅓ of a mile, to their Commencement Exercises.

Comparing the options Higgins said all three options retain the tradition of “Walking the Lawn,” which the graduation advisory committee identified as very important to students.

Will Laverack, Class of 2015 President and College student, said no option offered an ideal solution.

“With all these options there are problems we are going to have to confront,” Laverack said.

“We want to compromise, but we don’t want to concede,” said College student Blake Griggs, Class of 2015 Vice President.

Despite the changes, Pat Lampkin hoped the ceremony would remain memorable for the Class of 2015.

“We want to make it special,” she said.

Moving forward Laverack said the survey presents

an opportunity for the community to engage in the decision making process.

“A big part of the problem is that people don’t think they have a voice," Laverack said. "People think the Lawn is off the table."

The advisory committee, comprised of third-year students and headed by Laverack, met in early March to brainstorm ideas for graduation. The committee has met once since its creation.

“At this point, we are late in the game, and this isn’t happening as ahead of graduation as I’d like it to be,” Griggs said.

Class of 2016 and 2017 presidents, Jack Vallar and Abraham Axler, both College students, invited students to a town-hall style meeting Monday evening to address concerns and questions about the process.

Results from the survey will be sent to Sullivan. What weight the survey results will carry in the decision, though, remains unclear.

The advisory committee will not be making the final decision, Higgins said — this is a task ultimately left to the administration.

The original deadline for the decision was sometime in April, but the date has since been pushed back.

Higgins said the exact timeline is not clear.

“I’m hoping it will be made before graduation this year,” she said.

Class of 2016 For the Class of 2016, the 2015 graduation will function as a trial run, said former Class of 2016 president Andrew Kwon, a College student.

“We’ll see what steps [the Class of 2015] takes," he said. "Our [graduation] can be a build off of what [the Class of 2015’s] is … innovate from

their base."

If construction goes according to schedule, the Rotunda will reopen before Final Exercises in 2016.

If “something unexpected” occurs, Higgins said, such as the heavy snow of this winter, work could be delayed.

Higgins called the time between the estimated completion date and 2016 graduation “a slippery window.”

Long-term planning Whether graduation will continue to be held on the Lawn in the long run seems ambiguous.

Vallar foreshadowed eventual change in an email to the Class of 2016 Friday afternoon, though moving graduation from the Lawn was never explicitly mentioned.

“Over the long term, because of crowd size as well as safety and security issues, changes to the Finals Weekend are inevitable,” he said in the email.

Axler sent a similar message was sent to the Class of 2017 via email.

“Knowing that crowd size and safety will sometime in the future bring more change to Finals Weekend, the committee wanted to make this a broader discussion,” Axler wrote.

In a meeting March 5, Associate Provost and Professor Archie Holmes said as long as all graduates from all schools are to graduate together on the same day, the question was not if graduation would have to move from the Lawn, but when.

“I think … if we want to keep it together … it’s inevitable that it is going to have to move at some point,” he said. “When that point is, is unclear.”

Higgins said no decision to eventually move graduation from the Lawn has been made.

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Former Sen. Jim Webb was awarded the University’s highest honor at Monticello Thursday from the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. The Foundation works with the University annually to bestow three medals on the men and women who embody Jefferson’s ideal of a strong public life in the areas of law, architecture and citizen leadership.

The Batten School, which helps recommend candidates to the Foundation, chose to honor Webb with the Medal in Citizen Leadership for his exemplary contributions to the nation, Batten Assistant Dean Gerald Warburg said.

“Jim Webb’s remarkable and eclectic career is an outstanding example of the many ways citizens can help lead the nation forward,” Warburg said.

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Webb receives Jefferson medal

Veteran, former senator, secretary of the Navy discusses political discourse, core leadership principles at Batten Eclectic is a fitting description of Webb’s long history of public service. After graduating from the Naval Academy he served in Vietnam, where he was decorated for his efforts as the commander of a Marine rifle company. Following the war, he became counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and eventually assistant secretary of defense for reserves. Later, Webb was elected to the U.S. Senate from Virginia.

To celebrate the award, the Batten School hosted a luncheon in Garrett Hall, during which Webb gave a speech packed with anecdotes from his personal experiences.

“If you want to be a successful leader there are about five basic principles that cross all the lines in terms of what a leader needs to be proficient,” Webb said.

“These are true if you’re an infantry squad leader or whether you're a corporate CEO or in the Senate.”

These bedrock principles included loyalty, responsibil-

ity, knowledge, management and courage. Webb offered a sobering evaluation of the current political process in the United States.

“The necessity to raise so much money in the political process is driving people away who would otherwise be good leaders,” he said.

Webb discussed different leadership styles, contrasting the extroverted, high-octane personality of General George Patton with that of General Omar Bradley, who he said is fatherly and soft-spoken, but equally successful.

After Webb’s time in the military, he decided to pursue his writing career. In the political realm, Webb opted out of running for re-election for his Senate seat in 2012. Many of his supporters were shocked to see his above-politics persona leave the Senate at a time of hyper-partisanship.

“You know, its amazing that he didn’t run for re-election,” Warburg said. “Not many people

would do what he did and we applaud him for that.”

Webb told students it is OK to focus on pursuing their passions in life.

“It’s healthy in our society to step away from time to time,” Webb said. “This is the fourth time in my career I’ve actually done this.”

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Former. Sen. Jim Webb, above, spoke in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall Friday after receiving an award for public citizenship from the Jefferson Foundation.

University announces Rolls-Royce partnership University Technology Centers network deepens college-corporate relationship, adds University to global research network

Meg Gardner Associate Editor

The University has officially joined the global Rolls-Royce University Technology Centers Network, the two organizations announced Wednesday. The network is made up of “research groups in world class universities identified to develop longterm research and technology programs,” according to a press release. Both Engineering and Commerce students will be involved in research and business projects for the company.

Hossein Haj-Hariri, mechanical and aerospace engineering department chair, said the University will join an elite group of 31 other centers, 29 of which are in Europe.

“Some of [the other Centers] I would say we are far better than, because they are regional and very much focused on application and not as much to research,” Haj-Hariri said. “But there are a couple of universities in Europe that we would be proud to be on the same level as.

In Europe there is Cambridge and in the U.S. there is Purdue

and Virginia Tech. I think we are in the right ballpark and are in good company.”

The partnership with RollsRoyce has brought new funding, which will provide resources

Courtesy Meghan Luff

Officials from jet engine maker Rolls-Royce announced a deepened partnership with the University last week. The University will join Rolls-Royce’s University Technology Centers Network.

for students, including unique internship opportunities, and chances to bring in new faculty.

“Rolls-Royce donated a lot of money to the University to create new labs and to update old ones,” Haj-Hariri said. “We [also] received funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia in support of this partnership to bring eight new faculty members to the University as well as six new endowed chairs, so senior faculty at other universities can be attracted to U.Va.” Haj-Hariri said the partnership shares ideas both ways.

“There’s a lot of research we do through Rolls-Royce so it’s been a good source of new activity,” Haj-Hariri said. “[But] we don’t want to necessarily just get homework from RollsRoyce. We also come up with new ideas. It’s a back and forth partnership.”

Fourth-year Engineering student Max Newman said RollsRoyce’s resources are of great benefit to Engineering students.

“They fund a lot of different projects,” Newman said. “A lot of students utilize the lab facilities that Rolls-Royce funded. There’s been funding [from the compa-

ny] and collaboration with the University on projects for about seven years now.”

Commerce students will also be able to work on the business side of the company’s projects, third-year Commerce student Jamie Wasserman said.

“It’s been a great experience actually getting to work on something that you can see in the real world,” Wasserman said.

“The fact that Rolls-Royce takes our input seriously is really cool, and it’s really great to be able to go into an interview and talk about real-life projects that you have been working on. At first I never thought that would be possible for me to partnership with a company, especially one that’s as prestigious as RollsRoyce.”

Haj-Hariri said relationships with companies like Rolls-Royce are important to the University.

“Going forward, it’s research," he said. "So hopefully we will continue to do research with them and grow that volume. … A lot of good things have happened because we took a few risks. Research is the lifeblood of research universities like U.Va.”

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Medicare releases spending data

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Medicare released extensive data last week about how much it paid to providers in 2011. The data set includes information about various procedures and how much they cost, who performed them, how many they performed, the average cost of each procedure and the average reimbursement provided by Medicare.

The data release included information on the University Medical Center and its Medicare-related procedures. For the 28 outpatient procedures listed, Medicare paid a total of $14,600,718.49 to the Medical Center and, for the 91 inpatient procedures listed, Medicare paid a total of $76,850,532 to the Medical Center and Health Sciences Center.

Notably, there was a sizeable disparity between how much providers, such as the Medical Center and its doctors, charged Medicare and the actual amount Medicare paid them. Overall the University’s claims, or the amount it charged Medicare, for outpatient services totaled $37,070,125.36 and the claims for inpatient services totaled $210,742,860. In the case of outpatient procedures, most of the claims came from clinical visits to the Medical Center.

Health System spokesperson Eric Swensen said this disparity seen in the data on payments from Medi-

to see if [a] physician does a ton of other procedures,” Engelhard said.

Engelhard said the government could use this data as well, since it could serve as a tool to detect health care fraud.

“People could use it to weed out abuse in the system,” Engelhard said.

“I think that is the hope behind it.”

People still need to take this approach to the data with caution, Engelhard said, because the data only shows the volume of procedures, not their outcomes, and there can be many reasons why there is high volume for certain procedures.

“This just looks at volume,” Engelhard said. “It doesn’t really tell us whether the care was delivered in an effective and cost-effective way.”

The University launched an Accountable Care Organization in January for some of its Medicare patients. The ACO saves money when patients cost less to treat, so the Medical Center can make money by improving health care quality and decreasing the number of procedures it gives patients.

An article in JAMA Internal Medicine from last year found many echocardiograms, a specific type of diagnostic test for heart problems, did not cause doctors to change the kind of care they were giving. The authors said their results indicated echocardiograms were potentially being overused.

Medicare paid the Medical Center $1.17 million for echocardiograms in 2011, making the diagnostic test the second largest outpatient

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care to the Medical Center extends to a much broader context.

“This is common for hospitals and all other providers across the U.S., as Medicare payments are set by law and are typically well below hospitals' prices,” Swensen said in an email.

The amount Medicare pays for certain coded procedures depends on well-established policy based on the nature of the procedure.

Medical School Prof. Carolyn Engelhard, a fellow at the Batten School Center for Health Policy, said people will be able to use this information to make important decisions about health care going forward.

“It will be used to look at appropriate utilization of Medicare services,” Engelhard said. “Up to 30 percent of everything [providers] do is probably wasted.”

Engelhard said this specific data shows information on what procedures providers are performing and how often they are performing those procedures. Patients should be able to use this information as a tool when choosing a health care provider.

“There are more Internet tools that consumers are using to look at [health care data],” Engelhard said.

Engelhard said a Medicare patient who is unsure about whether or not to undergo a procedure can look at the amount of times a provider has performed it and go from there.

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charge for the Medical Center. Swensen said the Medical Center only looked to give patients the best care possible.

“We always seek to make decision on tests, imaging and procedures that are in the best interest of our patients and to provide the best possible care,” Swensen said.

The University received $5.7 million from Medicare for performing spinal fusion surgery and $5.1 million for performing major joint replacement surgeries, such as knee and hip replacements. Both spinal fusions and joint replacements are often elective, rather than done in an

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emergency.

Swensen said, regardless of the Medicare data release, the Medical Center’s first priority is to develop means through which to best care for its patients.

“In this rapidly changing health care environment, we will continue to focus in the future on ensuring we are providing the right care at the right time and in the right place for our patients,” Swensen said.

Engelhard said this data release may prove useful, but ultimately it cannot stand on its own.

“Any data like this has to be taken with a grain of salt,” Engelhard said.

Charlottesville farmers market attracts vendors, buyers

Market gives 150 low-income, SNAP recipient families access to fresh fruits, vegetables, wider food variety, outreach coordinator Gardiner says Jenna Dickerson Senior Writer

More than fruits and vegetables are on sale at the Charlottesville farmers market, which recently started its 2014 season and will be open downtown every Saturday morning through December. With the acceptance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at the local market, families of all incomes have the freedom to shop for healthier lifestyle choices.

SNAP is a federal program that was started in the 1930s and expanded in the 1960s to be the top program for feeding low income families.

SNAP outreach coordinator Kyle Gardiner, a first-year Batten graduate student, said the farmers market has used the SNAP program for the past four years.

“With the SNAP program at the market, lower income families are able to have access to foods that are top-notch in healthiness,” Gardiner said.

Farmers market enthusiast Elsa Spencer said she has received SNAP benefits for almost two years.

“I used to come to the market and it seemed so expensive so I wouldn’t buy much,” Spencer said. “But now that I’m on SNAP, I’m able to better support the farmers.”

At the farmers market, SNAP allows low-income families to purchase items they can take home to eat, however, the program excludes hot foods that are eaten immediately, such as tacos or sandwiches. One hundred fifty families used the SNAP program at the market last year, a number which has grown each year.

Farmers market attendee and SNAP user Reagan Greenfield said she lives within walking distance of the market, attends weekly and typically spends 20 to 30 dollars per trip.

“I love that I’m able to get fresh, local food and support local vendors while still staying on my budget,” Greenfield said.

Vendors benefit from the SNAP program because it means they get more business. The market is home

to a wide variety of businesses.

Cygnet Hollow Farm owner Lindsay Swan said she uses the profit she makes selling yarn, baked goods and eggs at the market to help offset the cost of maintaining her Louisa farm.

“It’s my second year at the market and during the off months, I sell my goods online to family and friends,” Swan said. “My profit varies greatly from week to week depending on day, people, weather, many factors. I would say I make between $60 and $300 per market.”

Daniel Perry, the owner of Jam According to Daniel, has been selling his local fruit jam at the market for seven years.

“Selling the jam here at the market is my livelihood," Perry said. "I make an average of $700 in gross profit per week. This market has helped grow my business tremendously. I didn’t have a business before the market.”

Bee Dreaming Designs owner Robin Braun said she sells handmade earrings and cards as a part-time job, in addition to another job.

“This in my third year at the market and I love having access to all these people and being able to represent my store and myself here,” Braun said.

The market also sees business from Charlottesville residents who are not SNAP users. Community member Katie Lecker said she comes every weekend to see different vendors and vegetables that are in season.

“I love that the market is expanding,” Lecker said. “My favorite stands would probably be the tacos, the or-

chids and Jam According to Daniel. I spend about 20 dollars a week here.”

In addition to community members, the farmers market also attracts University students.

First-year College student Kendall Crowne said she just discovered the market.

“I love that everyone comes together as a huge community at the market,” Crowne said. “We get to have a taste of small, local businesses that we wouldn’t have had otherwise.”

Marshall Bronfin | The Cavalier Daily

The Charlottesville Farmers Market, above, offers fresh fruits and vegetables to local consumers.

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Chem-E-Car comes to U.Va.

H&S health & science

Students compete as University hosts engineering competition for first time in 15 years

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Teams of engineering students compete to build the most fuel-efficient, non-gasoline powered cars.

Michael Lingelbach Senior Writer

The University hosted 16 student teams hailing from New York to Virginia late last month for the regional Chem-E-Car competition. Students competed to build a vehicle capable of carrying a weight across a distance of 15-30 meters. This year marked the University’s first turn as the host for

the regional conference.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers began the Chem-E-Car competition in 1999 as a way to increase student involvement in engineering. The competition is a test of engineering aptitude, with a top prize of $200 and a chance to compete in the national competition.

Fourth-year Engineering student Gregory Ott was responsible for organizing this year’s competi-

tion.

“When there’s 16 schools, they’re all really eager to get to the national competition; they want everything to be just right,” Ott said. “The idea of the competition is that it’s mostly a student-run thing.”

The competition has drawn a small but devoted following at the University.

“It’s kind of a small niche kind of thing to be a part of, because as a chemical engineer I love this kind of stuff — I like chemical reactions,” Ott said. “Those who are chemical engineers really enjoy it.”

Ott collaborated with the chemical engineering department, recreational sports staff and the environmental health and safety office to execute the competition.

The institute requires teams cap chemicals to a total rating of two as dictated by the National Fire Protection Agency 704, a standard system that classifies the potential hazards of chemicals. The ratings rank chemicals on flammability, health hazard and reactivity on a

Stem cell barriers broken U.Va. researchers grow zebrafish embryo, shed light on artificial organ growth Yash Maniar Staff Writer

Researchers in the Medical School's Thisse Lab have successfully created a complete zebrafish embryo from uncommitted embryonic stem cells, breaking new ground in the world of stem cell research. This research provides key insight for sci-

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entists interested in growing organs for transplants.

Shortly after body cells are created, they specialize to perform different jobs, serving as skin cells, nerve cells, brain cells, muscle cells and whatever else the body may need them to be. Stem cells are newly created cells that have not had a chance to specialize.

Pluripotent stem cells, the type used

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Stem cells have not finished developing all of their inner structures, and therefore have the ability to develop into any kind of cell, giving them the potential to fulfill multiple functions.

in this experiment, can specialize into any time of cells. Generally, the cell will develop based on its location in the body. By discovering the pathways that signal for stem cells to specialize, scientists have figured out how to induce specialization into whatever type of cell they need.

“We have generated an animal by just instructing embryonic cells the right way,” Cell Biology Prof. Dr. Chris Thisse said in a press release.

The researchers identified key signals responsible for a number of processes that eventually lead to fish embryo development. In order to create the embryo, mRNA — molecules that carry the blueprints of DNA — of the genes BMP and Nodal was inserted into one end of zebrafish egg cells.

In the future, scientists hope to use the information they’ve discovered about signal pathways in order to grow new organs and tissues for transplantation.

Researchers have already begun testing the model using mouse stem cells. Molecular mechanisms are expected to be similar between mice and other mammals, possibly even humans.

scale of zero to four, making note of special precautions.

“There’s different ratings for the chemicals based on how flammable they are, how reactive they are, how dangerous they are to your health,” Ott said. “Nothing very dangerous. There is some hydrogen here, which is flammable, but there’s extra precautions taken to make sure that’s OK.” Despite the limitations, students have devised a variety of ways to power the vehicles.

“Most cars run off either hydrogen fuel cells, some kind of pressure generating reaction such as

manganese dioxide, hydrogen peroxide — just two things you combine and they create a gas that makes a pressure difference so you can move the car that way — [and] a couple lead acid batteries just like you have in a car except they're built by students from scratch,” Ott said.

The winner of this year’s competition was Virginia Tech.

“I love seeing so many people interested,” Ott said. “It’s a good way to kind of think about alternative energy — using different chemicals instead of just gasoline to power a car.”

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Brittany Hsieh Feature Writer

Ashley Self was a junior in high school when her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer, beginning a battle with the disease which eventually claimed her life.

Now a third-year nursing student, Self participates in Relay for Life to create a positive change in light of this tragedy.

"I came to U.Va. confused and lost — and I joined Relay," Self said. "It was a place where I could channel that negative experience with something positive, and give back to other people who are currently fighting the disease — and do it for my mom," Self said.

Saturday marked Relay for Life’s annual 12-hour charity fundraiser, which lasted from 6. p.m. to 6 a.m. in Memorial Gym. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society , the event raises money for

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Funding the fight against cancer Relay for Life hosts 12-hour cancer-fighting event, raises more than $164,000 for research cancer research, education programs, advocacy and services for cancer patients.

“Most people think that Relay is a run,” said Co-Event Chair Katie Bailey, a third-year Architecture student . “It is not a run — it is an all-night party. It is the longest cancer-fighting party on Grounds.”

The event’s opening ceremony featured Mary Ann Wasil, CEO of the Get In Touch Foundation, and Batten Prof. Jim Todd. Performances by groups such as the Hullabahoos and Tae Kwon Do club provided entertainment every 15 minutes.

The Luminaria and Fight Back Ceremony lent a somber tone to the event. At 10 p.m., the track was lined with luminaries in honor and memory of friends and family who have been affected by cancer. Four hours later, Relay for Life members spoke about the importance of committing to finish the fight against cancer, showing a video from Katie Couric who shared why it was important to support Relay for Life.

“I’ve been participating for the last four years and watching [Relay for Life] grow has been amazing,” said Co-Event Chair Kelly Sullivan, a fourth-year College student. “It has brought together such an array of people. Everyone is in it for the right reasons and they are so passionate about it. Cancer touches everyone. This is a unique organization where you can turn a negative thing into something great.”

More than 1,400 people registered for the event Saturday, which raised a total of $164,522.77. Relay for Life is continuing to raise money until August on its website.

Next year, the organization aims to attract more than 1,500 participants to raise a grand total of $165,000.

“This year was a year of milestones — we set new participant and fundraising records,” Bailey said. “We hit our one million cumulative fundraising total over spring break and have gained national recognition from the ACS.” In addition to the 12-hour

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Relay for Life held its annual 12-hour fundraising event last the weekend to raise money for cancer research. The CIO will continue to accept donations until August.

event in the spring, the group hosts Concert for a Cure and a 5K in the fall. Members also participate in bake sales and bar nights to raise money.

“The purpose [of Relay for Life]

on Grounds is to bring together the U.Va. community and provide a support network here and to honor members and fight back for all those who have been affected,” Sullivan said.

University takes Tom Tom fest Students work behind scenes to make Tom Tom Founders Festival a success Jane Winthrop Feature Writer

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“Tom Tom is about Charlottesville for Charlottesville,” second-year College student Daniel Willson said. “It’s about how a world class Univeristy can come together with the community.”

More than 170 hours of free arts and musical events took over Charlottesville last weekend as part of the Tom Tom Founders Festival — a spectacle held to celebrate the Charlottesville community that marks a culmination of efforts of many University students who have spent the past few months behind the scenes to make the event a success.

Student Outreach Coordinator Sana Khawaja, a fourth-year College student, along with Arts Coordinator Steph Katsias and Innovation coordinator Daniel Willson, both second-year College students, offered nothing but praise for the festival.

“Tom Tom is about Charlottesville for Charlottesville," Willson said. "It’s about how a world class University can come together with the community. I think people maybe come out for the concerts, but they’ll stop by to see what else there is to see. … There’s some-

thing for everyone.”

This union of Charlottesville and the University is key to the success of Tom Tom. “Slowly Tom Tom is gaining its presence on Grounds," Khwaja said. "People recognize the buffalo [Tom Tom logo] — they want to know what it is, which is something we have never really had before. Our presence on Grounds has really seemed to grow by the semester, which is great.”

Helping to organize the event was an important learning experience for the students involved, they said.

“I’ve also learned a lot about how a city works, how local government works with nonprofits and how they work with businesses,” Willson said. “I find that really fascinating to see how the moving pieces work together throughout the year and how they have to come together for an event like this.”

Khawaja said though the time and effort involved in an offGrounds activity can be intimidating, the stress pales in comparison

to the rewards.

“It can be tricky to balance with school, but Tom Tom has become a passion in many of the students’ lives, and keeping up with things becomes less of something that you have to do and becomes something that you truly want,” Khawaja said.

The successful conclusion of the festival marks the beginning of another year of preparation for these student coordinators, and a renewed opportunity to increase student involvement in the event — which has seen a huge growth in the past three years to become a full-fledged festival. “[Tom Tom] is important because it widens [a student’s] experience at U.Va. and makes it less about this square-mile radius of Grounds and pushes it out toward the Charlottesville community," Katsias said. “To know that you’re a part of something that will continue to thrive and be such an important part of this community [is] a really special opportunity, and I think you would be really mistaken to miss that opportunity.”

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HANNAH Year: Third Major: Nursing U.Va. Involvement: Student Council

LOVE CONNECTION:

Thomas

Nursing

Hobbies: Long walks, going on car rides, visiting the park Ideal Date: Sweet, caring, energetic, passionate What makes you a good catch?

I’m nice and I care about people’s well being.

Hannah

Favorite Pick-Up Line: Do you believe in love at first sight? Or should I walk by again?

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Interesting conversation, delicious food and an uncertain romantic connection Allie Griswold

THOMAS

Love Guru

Thomas and Hannah met at the Rotunda at 7 p.m. and went to Crozet Pizza.

Thomas: I filled out the survey on the last snow day when everyone had gotten tired of going out and playing in the snow. I was procrastinating to try to do anything but work on my thesis. I had just seen the article that talked about Love Connection and saw that there weren’t many grad students that did it, so I thought I would fill it out.

Hannah: I thought [Love Connection] would be fun. I knew other people who had done it and I was looking for a new experience.

Thomas: I was excited when I found out that I had been chosen. I think it takes some guts to put yourself out there, but I was excited for the chance to meet someone. I told a friend of mine about it and he immediately asked who had filled out the survey for me and then refused to believe me when I said I had filled it out for myself.

Hannah: I was really surprised when I found out because it was like a month later.

I was a little nervous because I don’t usually go on blind dates.

Thomas: It was my first time on a blind date. I didn’t have many expectations. I was looking for the chance to meet someone and was hoping it would be nice and not too awkward.

Hannah: I was sitting around at the Rotunda for a while because I got there early to enjoy the weather. They were doing this random Shakespeare thing on the steps so I was watching that until he showed up.

Thomas: When I got to the Rotunda, there was a whole bunch of people taking pictures for a sorority formal. I had to fight through the crowd of sundresses to find Hannah.

Hannah: My first impression was that

Year: Fifth — Master’s candidate at Curry School of Education Major: Higher Education Administration U.Va. Involvement: Resident of the East Range, Raven Society, former President of the Jefferson Society, "Academical Heritage Review" as an undergraduate Ideal Date: A nice dinner then relaxing in front of the fireplace What makes you a good catch? I’m a passionate person that values friendships above all else. I’ll go the extra mile for someone I care about every time. I’m the guy who you can take out to bars and home to your parents — moms love me. he was dressed nicely. He suggested Crozet for dinner and I was good with that.

Thomas: When I saw her sitting over to the side of the steps, I thought she was cute. The deal was to find somewhere outside to eat, but there was like [a] half-hour [wait] to get an outside table at Crozet, so we ended up sitting inside.

Hannah: During dinner we talked about everything. We talked about our majors, where we’re from, history, travel, what we’re involved in and what we want to do after college.

We didn’t talk about TV or anything like that, but did end up talking about Pinterest because he has an account.

Thomas: It was a pretty good conversation. There weren’t many dead spots at all and I thought we were

both interested in what the other person was saying. I didn’t expect it to be easy to carry out a conversation for a long time with someone I had just met but we both made the effort to keep it going.

Hannah: It was pretty even with us asking each other questions. I’m not much of a talker, but he was. We didn’t have that much in common — he’s very involved in things and seems to like books and history, but we did agree that we both really like to sleep.

Thomas: We don’t have any mutual friends and [we] have different majors, but we talked a lot about how we both want to travel. I don’t think it was terribly flirty. It was just good conversation and a nice dinner.

Hannah: After dinner, we went back to his Range room and sat out-

Courtesy Thomas

side and drank wine and watched fireworks. It was nice.

Thomas: We talked for a little while longer outside my room. I asked for her phone number and she gave me a hug goodbye.

Hannah: It was a really nice date.

I would give it an 8.5. I had fun and there weren’t any bad moments.

Thomas: I would give it a 6 or 7. It was a good time; we both enjoyed getting to know each other, but I don’t know if there was a huge romantic connection or anything.

Overall, it was a good date. I have her number, so I might give her a call at some point.

Hannah: I could see us going out again for a casual coffee thing. It was a nice time.

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sports Matthew Morris Senior Associate Editor

This weekend at Davenport Field, the No. 2 Virginia baseball team faced arguably its biggest test of the year: a three-game set against a dangerous No. 14 Clemson team. The series shaped up as a battle of defense versus offense, with the nation’s top fielding team, Virginia, seeking victory against the ACC’s leader in batting average.

Though the Cavaliers — also owners of the conference’s lowest ERA — slipped up Saturday in a 7-1 loss, the team had its run-prevention talents on full display in Friday’s opener and Sunday’s finale, twice quieting the predatory Tiger bats for a low-scoring, one-run win. Virginia (30-6, 14-4 ACC) improved to 9-0 in weekend series despite scoring just five runs in three games.

“Runs certainly were at a premium this weekend, and that’s a testament to both teams’ pitching staffs,” Virginia coach Brian O’Connor said.

“You know, I feel great — however we did it — I feel great that we won

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Cavs take series against No. 14 Clemson Pitching, fielding buoys No. 2 Virginia in low-scoring Friday, Sunday outings, Harris throws out first pitch another series.”

Basketball star senior Joe Harris strode to the pitcher’s mound minutes before the series began in earnest Friday night, delivering what Virginia play-by-play man Channing Poole termed a “borderline” high strike before joining his hoops teammates just off the right field line. Then, the Cavaliers offered the nine-inning, sandlot equivalent of Tony Bennett’s pack-line defense in a 3-2 win.

“I thought it was a clean-arm action out of Joe Harris,” O’Connor said. “I love his size. I’ll tell you, I mean, he did a heck of a job. So, I might talk to Joe and see if we can get, you know, maybe some help in the back half of the season here.”

The Cavalier hurlers squeezed the Clemson (21-14, 10-7 ACC) bats for much of the night, yielding five hits and three walks while combining for nine strikeouts. Sophomore lefthander Nathan Kirby did not match his April 4 performance against Pittsburgh — when he tossed an 18-strikeout no-hitter — but he did register his ninth consecutive quality start to begin the year. He credited the guys behind him for making pitching a reasonable proposition, even when he is not at his very best.

“I definitely didn’t have everything and couldn’t throw a strike ev-

ery time I wanted to, but, you know, I just tried to throw as many strikes as I could and let them hit the ball,” Kirby said. “And, you know, with our fielding percentage and the way our defense has played, it’s helped … on a day like today.”

Virginia jumped out to a 2-0 lead after junior first baseman Nick Howard and junior center fielder Brandon Downes hit back-to-back one-out singles against Clemson sophomore left-hander Matthew Crownover.

Junior catcher Nate Irving walked to load the bases.

Junior third baseman Kenny Towns then drove a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Howard. Clemson freshman catcher Chris Okey threw to third base following the play at the plate in an effort to nab Downes, but the ball skipped into left field and Downes came home to score.

Clemson scored two runs against Kirby in the top of the third, but Irving answered an inning later, lining a double into the left-center gap for the go-ahead RBI. Kirby, redshirt senior right-hander Whit Mayberry and Howard held Clemson to one hit and three walks the rest of the way.

Saturday, Virginia became suddenly and inexplicably mediocre in the field, committing two errors and showing a lack of moment-to-

moment sharpness. Sophomore right-hander Josh Sborz gave up no hits in his first five innings of work, but the Tigers pounced on him and the Virginia bullpen in the sixth and seventh innings, when they scored all seven of their runs.

After the game, O’Connor said he was looking for the team to play its usual fundamental baseball in the finale.

“I didn’t think that we played with the kind of intensity that you need to play with against a really great club like Clemson,” O’Connor said. “Outfielders overthrowing cut men and allowing extra bases, those are things that we’ve done well all year. Hope-

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Sophomore left-hander Brandon Waddell pitched six and one-third scoreless innings Sunday against Clemson, striking out four and walking none.

Pastore aces second chance, wins first tournament After year-long absence, Pastore earns roster spot back, senior recovers from fall injury, wins Jim West Intercollegiate in playoff Zack Bartee Sports Editor

Three years before senior David Pastore won his first collegiate event in a one-hole playoff at the Jim West Intercollegiate, he did not compete in a single tournament for the Virginia men’s golf team. The next year, he was not even on the team.

Following Pastore’s first year, coach Bowen Sargent dismissed him from the team. Sargent, now in his tenth season at Virginia, recounted Pastore as “obstinate” and “hardheaded” during his freshman season, unwilling to listen to the coaching staff.

Pastore did not play golf at all during the first semester of what would have been his sophomore season. After not touching a golf club for four months, he decided to email Sargent.

“I told him what he needed to do to in the next year if he wanted to try to come back and walk onto the team, and he did everything I asked and even more,” Sargent said.

“And when I took him back on the team, he’s been the most pleasant,

probably one of my favorite kids I’ve ever coached. He’s just done a 180 in terms of being able to coach him. ...

And I think he would agree that he’s really benefitted from opening up and being willing to change.”

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Senior David Pastore won the Jim West Intercollegiate last week in a playoff, the first win of his Virginia career.

Sargent gave Pastore three conditions he had to meet to come back to the team. He had to get his grades back up, he had to show that he was practicing and working hard on his game and, most of all, he had to change the attitude that led to his dismissal the previous spring.

So in January 2012, Pastore began to practice again by himself at Birdwood Golf Course, a memory he describes as lonely. Yet even after he began competing with Virginia’s club golf team in the spring, things only seemed to get worse.

“I remember distinctly one club tournament where one or two of the guys on the club team beat me and that was probably one of the low points, not because they weren’t good players, but I knew that wasn’t where I belonged,” Pastore said.

“There’s a lot of doubt and things that go through your mind, but I just tried to get through it, work hard and I knew it would happen in the long run.”

Pastore’s perseverance paid off, as Sargent welcomed him back to the team that fall. The decision proved to be mutually beneficial. Pastore started in seven events that year — fourth

most on the team — and finished as high as 12th at the Navy Invitational.

Entering his senior season at Virginia last fall, Pastore felt his game was in top form. He notched top-20 finishes in his first two tournaments and beat junior All-American Denny McCarthy by one stroke in the Cavaliers’ qualifying competition.

Before the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate in October, however, the senior suffered another setback. Pastore broke his hand, sidelining him until the spring season.

“I tried to tell myself it’s good it didn’t happen in the spring,” Pastore said. “It kind of happened at a good time, if that’s possible.”

Unable to practice, Pastore instead reflected and set clear goals for the spring. One of those goals: winning his first collegiate tournament.

By March 14, Pastore was back.

He competed as an individual in the Schenkel Invitational, Sargent’s “soft way to break him back into competition.” After Pastore posted the thirdbest score of Virginia’s six golfers at the event, Sargent felt he was ready to start again.

Just more than a week later, Pastore shot his way to his first-ever

top-10 finish at Hootie at Bulls Bay in Charleston, S.C. He finished in eighth place at 3-under 213, four strokes off the lead.

But with two regular season events remaining before the ACC and NCAA Championships, Pastore’s chances to win a tournament grew increasingly slim.

Then, at the Jim West Intercollegiate, he opened the event with a 6-under 66, the best 18-hole score of his Virginia career. After shooting a second-round 1-under 71, he went to bed Monday night four strokes off the leader, Virginia freshman Derek Bard, while also trailing teammates McCarthy and senior Ben Rusch by two and four strokes, respectively.

Pastore then shot another 6-under 66 Tuesday and when he entered the clubhouse at the end of the round, he discovered he and McCarthy were tied for first. To win his first collegiate event, he would need to edge his teammate in a playoff.

“I didn’t really know throughout the day where I stood, I tried to just

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Football holds annual Orange-Blue game Lambert throws for 220 yards, two touchdowns, Harris, Coley, Parks, Lambert named 2014 captains Matthew Morris Senior Associate Editor

Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va. football fans of all ages streamed into the sun-painted Scott Stadium for the Cavaliers’ annual Orange-Blue Spring Game to catch an early glimpse of the newest version of Virginia football.

“We will be a different team [this fall], but the good thing about it, you know, every aspect of the team we have is improving,” coach Mike London said. “The guys that were going to be in the depth had a chance to get significant reps this spring, and if anything has come good out of this whole process, it’s been [being] able to get a lot of guys reps.”

Sophomore Greyson Lambert, junior David Watford and sophomore Matt Johns switched off under center as the orange-clad offense scored 20 points against the bluedecked defense for a final score of Virginia 13, Cavaliers 7.

While no signal-caller truly shined for the Cavaliers, each had memorable moments. Johns connected with sophomore wide receiver Kyle Dockins for a 23-yard reception in the second quarter — the longest offensive play of the day. Watford counted an 18-yarder among his four completions.

Lambert came closest to stealing the day, throwing for 220 yards and both of the Cavaliers’ touchdown passes. At halftime, he was announced as one of Virginia’s four captains for the 2014 season, along with senior safety Anthony Harris, senior linebacker Henry Coley and senior tailback Kevin Parks. Parks sat this game out due to injury.

Lambert’s prominence in the game prompted a consequential question: is he Virginia’s starting quarterback? London would not go that far, though he did praise the sophomore’s character.

“We’ll make that decision early,” London said. “We’ll make that decision soon … when all the opportunities to evaluate these guys presents itself. But I will say this: that the captains that were voted on were voted by the players. … I think it’s a testament to the fact that players on this team recognize leadership abilities.”

Watford battled through a frustrating first half in which he completed only 1-of-6 passes and was picked off twice — once when redshirt freshman cornerback Kirk Garner came up with the ball off a high deflection in the opening minutes of the second quarter. Last

season’s starter was not pleased with his performance, but he also said he does not intend to let the lows define him.

“I definitely didn’t do my best today, but you know, it’s a part of the spring,” Watford said. “You have your good days, you have your bad days. It’s all about how you bounce back from it, how you respond to it.”

Early in the second quarter, Lambert floated a pass into the left extreme of the endzone, where redshirt freshman wide receiver Andre Levrone won the jump ball in single coverage. The play was one of the more memorable on a day when points — and, in the first half, yards — were often hard to come by.

“He dropped back,” Levrone said. “I guess he liked the matchup he saw over there. … He underthrew it a little bit, but I went back up and I got it. When I came down, I was just excited — excited to get some points on the board.”

Lambert, Watford and Johns combined to throw for 294 yards on the day, completing 28-of-64 pass attempts. The defense hounded Lambert into two interceptions, both by junior strong safety Mason Thomas, and sacked the trio of quarterbacks nine times for a loss of 62 yards.

Lambert’s last series began with 4:39 to play and was the offense’s most fluent of the day. The quarterback hit sophomore tailback Taquan Mizzell for a 14-yard gain and followed with a nine-yard keeper. Two plays later, senior wide receiver Darius Jennings pulled in a pass near the right sideline to move the chains another 13 yards upfield.

The sequence took a worrisome turn when Jennings went down following a four-yard reception by Dockins. Jennings retreated to the sideline — London could not speak to the severity of his injury postgame — but the offense kept churning out positive yardage.

In the red zone after senior tight end Zachary Swanson’s 11-yard reception, Lambert slung the football slightly behind Dockins. His receiver made the adjustment and broke the goal line 2:47 after the drive’s start.

Though Lambert had the better day under center, he and Watford will continue to compete for the starting nod in the months to come.

Levrone believes Virginia cannot go wrong with either quarterback.

“I mean, I love both of those guys to death,” Levrone said. “Both of them are very selfless players … both of them have extreme ability that they’ve been blessed with.

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Sophomore quarterback Greyson Lambert threw for a game-high 220 yards and both touchdowns during Saturday’s Orange-Blue spring game.

Hopefully in the early stages of summer camp we can decide who’s going to lead us on, but I’m confident with whoever we have in the huddle.”

All in all, the defense won the day: Mizzell ran the ball the best of the rushing corps, managing just 28 yards on nine carries against the stifling unit.

Coley, whom London praised after the game, led the defense with 12

tackles. Garner, junior defensive end Eli Harold and sophomore outside linebacker Max Valles each picked up two sacks while combining for 21 tackles. Valles, in the midst of his first spring conditioning with the team, thinks he may be ready to take a big step as a pest to opposing quarterbacks.

“I was in good shape, but I wasn’t in great playing shape last season,” Valles said. “A lot of times, you guys

picked up on it, I would cramp up a lot on the sidelines. [The coaching staff and trainers] would always bring ice over to me. This season, I feel like I’m in much better shape.

My body fat’s really low now, so I’ve gained weight too, but I feel like [it’s] pretty much all muscle. I can really give everything I have now.”

Virginia opens the 2014 season at home Aug. 30 against UCLA.

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Men’s tennis breaks ACC all-sport record Program notches 117th straight win Sunday against Wake Forest, bests NC State Friday Krishna Korupolu Associate Editor

In the final two home matches of the season, the No. 5 Virginia men’s tennis team celebrated the careers of its seniors — Alex Domijan, Justin Shane and Ian Uriguen — while clinching its 11th consecutive ACC regular season title and breaking an all-sport ACC record. After tying the record Friday upon defeating No. 32 North Carolina State, the Cavaliers extended the program’s conference win streak to 117 matches Sunday in a 7-0 rout of No. 23 Wake Forest.

Friday, the Cavaliers (19-2, 10-0 ACC) took on the Wolfpack (14-8, 3-6 ACC). Because the match was part of the USTA College Match Day series, the teams played singles before doubles.

NC State managed to put up a tough fight early. The sole exception was No. 63 sophomore Mac Styslinger, who was able to pull away to an early 4-1 lead in his first set and go onto win the match 6-1, 6-2 to give the Cavaliers a 1-0 lead.

No. 24 Domijan, known for jumping out on his opponents, was held at bay during the first set by junior Robbie Mudge until 4-3, when Domijan was finally able to break Mudge with a nice passing shot. Domijan steamrolled Mudge in the second set to win the match 6-3, 6-1.

The senior has been red-hot the last two months and has dropped only one set in conference play.

"I believe he is playing the best tennis of his life right now,” coach Brian Boland said. “He is really click-

ing on all cylinders. He's improved his serve a great deal over the past couple of months."

On the second singles court, No. 4 junior Mitchell Frank was locked in a tight battle with No. 52 junior Austin Powell. Frank emerged the victor in the first set after a tiebreaker, 7-6. The long first set appeared to wear down Powell, however, and Frank pulled away to a 6-2 victory to give the Cavaliers a 3-0 advantage.

“For me to be successful — regardless of who I play — I am just going to rally with him,” Frank said.

“That's when I am at my best. When I play matches like that, where the guy kind of does the same thing, it is going to [be a] long match, but at the end of the day I believe that I am the better player so he is not going to want to suffer as much.”

The Wolfpack got on the board when freshman Ian Dempster took down Justin Shane, cutting Virginia’s lead to 3-1.

No. 43 sophomore Ryan Shane posted a comeback victory after dropping the first set. Ryan Shane seemed to get going after his opponent, sophomore Simon Norenius, made a few questionable calls on Ryan's shots in the second set. Ryan served his way to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory, clinching the match for the Cavaliers, 4-1.

At No. 5, No. 117 freshman ThaiSon Kwiatkowski would finish the singles portion with a victory against freshman Nick Horton, 7-5, 7-5.

Led by Domijan, the Cavaliers would take down NC State in the doubles portion as well, winning two out of the three matches. Virginia has

been changing up its doubles pairings quite a bit this year and have now fielded 26 different doubles combinations compared to just seven last year.

“We have mixed it around but I think that is one the reasons we are playing pretty well in terms of our doubles right now,” Boland said. “We had a little bit different way of going about it this year. Come the postseason we are going to have three really strong teams on the court" Sunday, the Cavaliers hosted Wake Forest (14-10, 3-6 ACC), starting off the match with a close doubles point win.

After the pair of Domijan and sophomore Harrison Richmond won their match 8-1, the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles would both go to a tiebreaker. At No. 2, the No. 71 pair of freshman Luca Corintelli and Styslinger pulled away with their powerful serves to clinch the doubles point for Virginia. Frank and Kwiatkowski would go onto to fall at No. 3 as the teams decided to finish the match even after the point was decided.

Virginia honored its three seniors between the singles and doubles portion of the matches. During their tenure the Cavaliers won three ITA Indoor Championships, four ACC Championships and the program’s first NCAA Championship.

"It is going to be impossible to replace those guys,” Frank said. “Alex and Justin are one of a kind individuals both as tennis players and as people. The leadership that [Domijan] has provided me has been invaluable.

And Justin, I grew up with him and we have been great friends our whole lives. Definitely going to miss having

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Senior Alex Domijan was honored along with Justin Shane and Ian Uriguen during Sunday’s Senior Day ceremony. Domijan won both of his singles matches on the weekend.

those guys around.”

On Sunday, the Demon Deacons started off sluggishly in the singles portion of the match, dropping the first set on all courts. Frank doubled the Cavaliers’ advantage with ease on the second court, winning against No. 58 senior Adam Lee, 6-1, 6-1.

At No. 1, Domijan would grab an impressive victory against No. 34 sophomore Romain Bogaerts, 6-3, 6-2. Domijan simply overpowered Bogaerts throughout the match, and Bogaerts expressed his frustration many times during the match as he

was unable to match Domijan’s forehands down the line.

On the third court, Ryan Shane clinched the match for Virginia for the second time during the weekend.

The victory gave Virginia the outright claim for the most consecutive ACC wins in any sport with 117 — previously set at 116 by Duke women’s tennis from 1989-2000 — and clinched the school’s 11th straight ACC title.

Virginia will travel to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech in its final regular season match Saturday at 11 a.m.

BASEBALL Waddell continues to shine, throws six scoreless Sunday Continued from page 8 fully this is just a blip for us and we can come back tomorrow and play a clean game.”

Virginia was not perfect Sunday, as Clemson tallied eight hits to the Cavaliers’ four, and O’Connor’s bunch made the only error of the game. The Cavaliers, however, put

together a run-scoring inning, and sophomore left-hander Brandon Waddell pitched a gem for the second week in a row, blanking Clemson for six and one-third innings seven days after throwing eight scoreless frames at Pittsburgh.

Waddell fired 86 pitches against the Tigers while fanning four. What stood out to O’Connor, however, was his walks total: zero. Waddell said he

is not afraid to keep the ball in the strike zone because he knows his fielders have his back.

“We really just go after contact and we trust our defense — one of the best in the country,” Waddell said.

“Knowing you have them behind [you], there’s no reason not to pitch to contact, so we kind of stick to that, and [our approach] stays efficient.”

Virginia and Clemson played be-

fore a packed house Sunday, when the sun shone brightly and temperatures neared 80 degrees. O’Connor is hoping for more of the same when his team matches up with North Carolina next weekend in its secondto-last home series of the year.

“This is what it should be like,” O’Connor said. “It should be like this next weekend against North Carolina, too. And, certainly the players en-

joy playing in that environment. You know, they enjoy signing all the autographs after today’s game. It’s part of the deal. …We owe a lot to what we have in this program because of the fan support that we’ve gotten over the years.”

Virginia plays Radford Tuesday at Davenport Field. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

GOLF Pastore handles playoff pressure, wins first collegiate event Continued from page 8 the day where I stood, I tried to just stay focused on my game,” Pastore said. “I knew I had to be close to the lead, but I didn’t know where exactly I stood. It was a weird dynamic definitely to play a teammate in the playoff. ... I know I wanted to win just as bad as he did, so we went out and

tried our best to win despite being teammates.”

Before that day, Sargent had never had two of his own golfers tie for the lead at the end of a tournament.

He wished them both good luck, but otherwise attempted to remain impartial.

McCarthy reached the middle of the green in two shots, while Pastore still had to chip onto the green after his second shot. But the senior man-

aged to leave the ball four feet from the hole and after McCarthy threeputted, that four-foot downhill putt would finally give Pastore his first win.

Legs shaking, an “extremely nervous” Pastore sank the putt he said he’s visualized making in his head many times previously.

“I just really wanted to show myself, my teammates and coach that I can play well on a good course, I

can shoot a good score and I can win,” Pastore said. “Denny’s a really good player and he’s had a good college career. I don’t want to say we’re rivals, but he’s definitely pushed me to get better. That’s why it means so much to me.”

Sargent said Pastore, who plans on turning professional after graduating, has always been one of the team’s top five golfers from an ability standpoint. Pastore’s tournament

win further validated his hard work and his coach’s decision to give him a second chance.

“The odds of somebody winning are always small, even if you’re the best player,” Sargent said. “It’s always neat to see kids, how they respond to when they’re playing well, how they handle the pressure. And David is a very quiet, confident kid and he handled it beautifully.”

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University business partnerships can be risky, but offer promising opportunities

Comment of the day “I have a couple problems with this article: 1. Religious proselytization — even if it includes antiLGBTQ rhetoric — should not be called ‘a protest.’

2. Missionaries — even if they harshly condemn LGBTQ people — should not be called “a hate speech group” 3. When people vocally disapprove of LGBTQ people or of their behavior, it doesn’t constitute “a demonstration of how a space can be made unsafe.” On the contrary, it demonstrates just how safe UVA’s space is — everyone can express their opinion openly, no matter how stupid it is.”

“ERIK” responding to Matt Comey’s April 10 article, “Students respond to hate speech in Amphitheater.”

The University recently officialized its partnership with RollsRoyce as part of a network of universities affiliated with the company which have centers dedicated to research and new technology. RollsRoyce will provide the University with funding for student resources, and in return, students from the Commerce School and the Engineering School will contribute to business and research projects for the company.

Partnerships like these have existed for graduate schools, polytechnic schools and community colleges, but traditional undergraduate programs are relatively new territory. Douglas Belkin and Caroline Porter of the Wall Street Journal postulate these partnerships are becoming more common at the undergraduate level because the recession caused public funding for state schools to decline, and because companies feel not enough college graduates have the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace.

A partnership between a company and a university manages to solve both problems at once. The company has a whole batch of graduates to hire with exactly the skills they are

looking for, and the university gets to use the company’s funding to enhance students’ education without having to raise their tuition too significantly. The students also benefit from the employment opportunities they gain.

Such a partnership is not without risk, though. Some academics are concerned these kinds of business-university partnerships may give corporations too much control over academic decisions. Hossein Haj-Hair, mechanical and aerospace engineering department chair at the University said “we don’t want to necessarily just get homework from Rolls-Royce. We also come up with new ideas. It’s a back and forth partnership.” This is the ideal relationship that should be in place in order to accomplish the goal at hand — to provide students with education opportunities that are directly applicable to the work force.

Haj-Hair also said the University’s new technology center is better than many others of its kind, because at the University the focus is more on research than application. This focus stays true to the University’s primary commitment to academic excellence. As research-

ers, students develop critical thinking and innovation skills, providing them with a more well-rounded education, as opposed to the education they would get if they just executed projects already outlined by the company.

Third-year commerce student Jamie Wasserman, working on the business side of Rolls-Royce’s projects, says the company really takes the students’ input seriously. Given that many University students have already worked on Rolls-Royce projects, the newly solidified partnership shows promise in giving students and professors a great amount of autonomy over the research they conduct with Rolls-Royce’s funding.

The most crucial concern regarding a partnership like this is that the University may be hesitant to terminate such a relationship for fear of losing the funding that has provided new and updated lab equipment and brought in new faculty members. Public funding for higher education is already scant, so alternative revenue streams are attractive for their monetary value alone. But if a company proves to be more interested in its own profit rather than the education of the stu-

dents it is supposed to be funding, such a partnership is not worth the money. It is crucial that academic officials maintain a critical eye over partner corporations — perhaps by conducting regular student and faculty surveys to gauge their satisfaction with the programs.

Another concern is that a company could exert greater control over a university’s curriculum, beyond just providing funding for research projects. At the University of Maryland, for example, Northrop Grumman is designing the curriculum for a concentration in cybersecurity as part of their business-university partnership. Rolls-Royce will not exercise this much control over the University’s curriculum, for the time being. University academic officials should maintain the relationship as it is now, so that the company does not exert too much influence over such academic decisions.

The Rolls-Royce partnership opens up many promising opportunities, but we must proceed with caution. A year of in-state tuition may cost $10,000, and a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine may cost over $16 million, but a well-rounded education — that’s priceless.

A drunken shuttle no more The University must find a solution to lack of Foxfield transport occurrence of drunk driving: inehe spring Foxfield races, steeple- briated attendees who elect to drive chase events marked by day drinking home will present significant danger and bacchanalian debauchery, are set to members of the University and to occur on April 26.

Charlottesville communiLast year, Albemarle ties. Per a 2006 survey of County Police arstudent behavior, approxirested 37 individuals mately 3 percent of Uniat Foxfield, primarily versity students attending on public intoxication Foxfield drove home after charges, an indication drinking. Assuming the of the heavy drinking responses of the students culture surrounding sampled are consistent the event. This year, with those of the student the University Tranpopulation at Foxfield, sit Service (UTS) has NAZAR ALJASSAR 240 students drove home announced that it will Opinion Columnist after consuming alconot offer to shuttle hol. If that number hasn’t students to and from changed, then there are Foxfield due to a dearth of buses 240 students each year at Foxfield at its disposal. “It’s just a matter of who drive under the influence and available resources,” UTS Director put the lives of others at risk. We can’t Rebecca White said. “We book buses afford to increase that number. on a first-come, first-serve basis.”

Albemarle County Police aims The University must take action to to curb the risks of drunk driving by solve this problem of insufficient re- situating its taxi stand in a more consources, in order to protect the safety venient location; however, the price of University students and others. tag attached to a cab will surely disinThe most obvious concern in centivize student use of the taxi stand light of the UTS statement is the as an alternative. Taxi stands are no

replacement for free transportation is as essential as providing services through bus shuttling, an option that such as Counseling and Psychologistudents will be more inclined to ac- cal Services (CAPS). The Univercept over driving drunk. sity already offers programs like Safe I’ve found that those who aren’t Ride to help prevent drunk driving bothered by the lack of UTS shuttles during the week; at major events like often contend that the responsibility the Foxfield races, it should provide of protecting drunken students at additional programs. Furthermore, Foxfield does not belong to the Uni- the University has an interest in preversity. Rather, they assert, the onus lies with each student who chooses to imbibe alcohol.

The argument falls apart The University absolutely bears the responsibility of for several reaprotecting its students, particularly at events such sons. First, the University absoas Foxfield, which are traditional to the student lutely bears the experience and impact student life to a great extent. responsibility of protecting its students, particularly at events such as Foxfield, serving a positive image, one that which are traditional to the student will be threatened if a student or experience and impact student life other individual is harmed in an acto a great extent. Ensuring the safe cident linked to drunk driving. transportation of students to and Not to mention that this philofrom an event host to heavy drinking sophical debate is meaningless given

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that our chief concern should be protecting as many lives as possible.

With Foxfield drawing nearer, the student population is under stress to generate alternative solutions to the approaching problem of drunk driving. As of now, Student Council has reached out to a Raleigh bus company in order to implement a shuttle system similar to that of previous years. Student groups and organizations that plan to attend the races should encourage members to serve as designated drivers by reimbursing the cost of their tickets.

Safety matters, and UTS demonstrated poor vision in failing to reallocate its resources to permit shuttling students to and from Foxfield.

If gathering the resources necessary to safely transport students to and from Foxfield is infeasible this year, then UTS must make it a priority to do so next year.

Nazar’s columns run Fridays. He can be reached at n.aljassar@cavalierdaily.com.

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Legalize drugs The War on Drugs should end because it is costly, anti-American and unnecessary cal tradition — stand to benefit the United States spends countfrom legalization of drugs. less taxpayer dollars on locking If you legalize drugs and put up non-violent drug offenders; manufacturing in the hands of indeed, this country, with the regulated American businesses, highest incarceration rate in the myriad economic benefits ensue. world, is home to 25 percent of First, manufacturing, regulatory the world’s imprisoned and has and sales jobs associated with over 2.3 million people behind the drug trade, and its enormous bars (many of these were jailed profits, would be transferred from for marijuana possession and are the hands of criminals to law- now becoming hardened crimiabiding Americans and Ameri- nals). can businesses. Second, tax reveBy pulling the rug out from nue from the sale of currently illicit drugs would be lucrative and could help fund schools, hospitals and medical initiatives that could treat drug The legalization of drugs would promote individual addiction as a liberty and self-governance while creating jobs, medical condifixing the deficit, helping — rather than hurting — tion and not a drug addicts and taking on organized crime. crime; one study estimated that the tax revenue on drugs (at similar rates to al- under organized crime, legalizacohol and tobacco) would yield tion of drugs would also improve $46.7 billion annually. Third, public safety. Organized crime the federal government could thrives during drug prohibition; achieve greater fiscal integrity during the era of alcohol prohiby ending the War on Drugs that bition homicide rates rose astrocosts $41.3 billion each year just nomically. It is not a stretch to say domestically — the United States that Americans would be safer if sends many more billions to Lat- organized crime’s main source in Americans to fight their own of revenue was eliminated. Adfruitless wars on drugs. Fourth, ditionally, it is hardly far-fetched

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is drug cartels, distributors and he purpose of this piece is dealers, who profit from the exnot to isprove the widespread no- orbitant risk-inflated costs while tion that drug use is bad; rather, I American businesses, the American economy and the want to illustrate how American people lose. legalization is the best Indeed, drug kingpins way to limit the soreadily admit this: cial, human and ecofor example, drug nomic costs of drug magnate Jorge Rouse. As a clarifier: this man called the War argument covers recon Drugs “a sham put reational drugs like on the American taxmarijuana, methampayer” that is “good phetamine, cocaine, for business.”

MDMA, LSD and herLet’s begin with oin. A brief outline of BEN RUDGLEY the foundational printheoretical, economic Opinion Columnist ciple that we should and public health and be able to do whatever safety arguments will demonstrate how legalization is we please so long as it doesn’t dithe best approach to taking on the rectly prevent others from doing enormous challenge presented by the same. Recreational drug use the growing illicit drug trade and in one’s own home doesn’t harm the War on Drugs that is spiraling anyone else nor does it infringe out of control — both in lives lost on others’ personal liberties.

Though illicit drug use can detand tax dollars wasted.

In 2003, the illicit drug bor- rimentally affect others or depender was a $320 billion industry. dents indirectly, so can alcoholThat was almost 1 percent of the ism, adultery, smoking cigarettes world’s GDP and exceeded the and chronic overeating — none of GDP of 88 percent of the world’s which can be justifiably outlawed countries. The War on Drugs, one either. The paternalistic notion of the world’s most costly wars at that the government should propresent, has killed or displaced tect us from ourselves is anathover 1.6 million in Mexico alone ema to what George Washington between 2005 and 2010. The et al fought for when they foundsheer enormity of the drug trade ed this republic. Thus, individual begs the question: whom does liberty and self-governance — the status quo help? The answer key ideals of the American politi-

to argue that treating rather than imprisoning drug addicts through initiatives like free, clean needle distribution in inner-city areas would be a boon to public health. Furthermore, federal regulations will compel drugs to be pure, whereas the status quo exacerbates — even incentivizes — the problem of dealers cutting MDMA, for instance, with cheaper, unknown, often more dangerous substances.

How many more Americans have to die from drug-related violence and organized crime, while federal deficits climb ever higher, for legalization to be seriously considered and promoted?

The legalization of drugs would promote individual liberty and self-governance while creating jobs, fixing the deficit, helping — rather than hurting — drug addicts and taking on organized crime. If Einstein was right in saying that insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” then maybe the War on Drugs and prohibition, not legalization, are crazy.

Ben’s columns run Fridays. He can be reached at b.rudgley@cavalierdaily.com.

More than just a newspaper The Cavalier Daily should focus on more objective reporting, but its editors and staff should be commended for their hard work and sacrifice

Public Editor

This past week in The Cavalier Daily I was reminded that this is, primarily, a newspaper, and that the first and most important thing it does is inform students. I was also reminded that The Cavalier Daily is something other than — and perhaps more than — a student newspaper, and I’ll come back to that in a bit.

This past Wednesday afternoon, April 9, a group gathered in the Amphitheater on Grounds at the University to, according to reports, preach about homosexuality or about the group’s religion. The problem is that I’m still not exactly sure about any of this. In a news story published on April 11, readers aren’t given much in the way of verified fact.

This is a real problem. There are a handful of comments on the article online that, to my mind,

correctly ask for much more information. There is also a problem with factual conclusions presented in the article. The headline tells the reader that students were responding to “hate speech” and the first sentence of the article tells us that there was a “hate speech group” on Grounds. We’re not given anything to establish these facts. For instance, is the group listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups? We’re not even given the name of the group, if they had one.

Further, we are not told at any point what the group was saying.

We’re told it is hate speech and that “[m]uch of the speech was homophobic” but are not given any examples of such speech.

While it’s possible that some of what was said would be inappropriate to publish, I’d expect that most of it would be all right, even if it was something many might recoil from. That the group’s presence coincided with Pride Week at the University was

also noted, but I’m uncertain whether readers are to draw the inference that Pride Week was the reason for the group’s presence.

The latter part of the article shifts to quotations from students and others who went to observe the event. Here, the

more objective and substantiate factual claims. Labeling a group and speech as hateful without support does readers a disservice. As one commenter online noted, those who were not there deserve a more substantive report. Many people care a great deal about these kinds of things, and there was a substantial response on the part of students. Knowing who the group is, what they said and what While I am sympathetic to finding some speech students were abhorrent, news reporting needs to remain more responding to, s p e c i f i c a l l y, objective and substantiate factual claims. matters to readers. news reporting works because it Beyond being just a newspauses quotes from those who were per, though, The Cavalier Daily there, rather than conclusions is also a collection of students drawn by the writer without sup- who have chosen to work toport. gether through long hours, beWhile I am sympathetic to tween and after classes. They finding some speech abhorrent, spend a time together and sacnews reporting needs to remain rifice many other parts of what

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could be a part of college life to try and inform, educate and entertain readers. The parting shots that the previous managing board and some editors have had published in the last several days are very much worth reading. They provide insight into who is doing the work to put out what is, ultimately, a high quality publication day after day. While The Cavalier Daily needs to get the news reporting right, it’s also worth remembering that there is a lot more going on than just a newspaper’s being published, and the students doing it have learned on the job and quickly.

It’s really quite impressive.

Christopher Broom is the Public Editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @CDpubliceditor.

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have always had a great respect for writers, as they can pull to the surface that which is anchored in only the depths of our minds. As someone who spends the majority of her free time writing and performing for the University’s comedy organizations, most of the “depth” I seek is usually cast onto folly and absurdity for the purpose of getting a laugh. Yet The Cavalier Daily was the one organization in which I could write what I wanted to without such an obligation. What’s more, it was a place where I was surrounded by a group of people who shared a passion for writing that paralleled my own.

But that was only part of what kept me on staff. I became an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily in the second semester of my first-year and started working as an Opinion Editor exactly a year after that. In addition to two talented staffs, my tenure coincided with the big redesign, Honor reforms and the Sullivan debacle.

As I’ll tell my grandchildren one day, “it was an excitin’ time to be

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an Opinion editor for my high school paper. Yet I was hesitant, since our high school only published content once a month and I had never considered myself to be a fantastic writer. In the end, though, I will always be grateful that I made the decision to continue journalism in college.

To be sure, my writing career did not begin seamlessly. My

first several columns took ages to ent voices comprising the Opinwrite. What’s more, they were of- ion section created. Editing did ten of questionable quality. Form- more than keep me up-to-date on ing a link between my thoughts current events: it exposed me to and words proved difficult. In- different viewpoints, argumentadeed, it was the better part of a tive styles and writing quirks that year before I could consistently certainly changed and improved produce articles with which I my ability to express myself in all was satisfied. Oftentimes I would respects. struggle with formulating a good Writing, I have noticed, is argument or achieving a sufficient something that too few people acword count. But, around the mid- tually improve upon during their dle of my second year, something undergraduate tenure, especially clicked. Writing — or at least writing a column between 600 and 800 words — became easier.

Around the same time, I was tapped to become Opinion’s Senior AsMy decision to write for The Cavalier Daily has sociate Editor. For enriched my time at the University more than the next two years, I had the fortune I thought it ever would. It has provided for a of simultaneously greater learning experience than I have found in writing and editing any one class. on a weekly basis.

This opportunity improved my writing and overall if their academic pursuits do not critical thinking more than any involve essays or papers. The same other experience I have had. I de- is true for presenting a cohesive rived immense benefit from the argument. My time in college has marketplace of ideas — to steal a consisted of almost entirely ecophrase I gleaned from my friend nomics, biology and other science and fellow Opinion colleague courses, none of which are very Russell Bogue — that the differ- writing-intensive. Those classes

have, at times, involved a lack of clear correspondence, which has resulted in confusion with group projects, presentations and even test questions (professors, I’m looking at you). Unfortunately, math- and science-oriented people often pursue academic and career aspirations to the exclusion of writing and other humanities.

So, over three years and nearly 100 columns later, I am glad that I chose to send in my two try-out pieces. It’s not just because I got to see my name in print or have the privilege to regularly expose my views to the world. My decision to write for The Cavalier Daily has enriched my time at the University more than I thought it ever would. It has provided for a greater learning experience than I have found in any one class.

To be clear, I don’t consider myself a Christopher Hitchens of student journalism — nothing could be farther from the truth.

Writing is often still difficult for me. My stint as a writer and editor, however, is something of which I am very proud. I am indebted to anyone who has ever read, edited, commented on or talked to me about one of my columns. You have helped to shape me into a more well-rounded person.

Hakuna matata, or something Aside from an occasional appear- the Fog,” a more recent example, is ance in the Jefferson Society, The featured as a song in the up-andCavalier Daily was my only life- coming “Fog Princess,” which is line to the University’s traditions set to release in 2018. and formalities, which in the case of the press, were the difference between an endash and an emdash, the correct way to punctuate As one of the Opinion Editors after the redesign “U.Va.” and the omission of an period, I championed the creation of a bi-weekly Oxford comma.

Humor Section, which thanks to the wonderful staff But The Cavaand production team, became a reality within a lier Daily also opened my eyes matter of weeks. With that, I feel as though some to several inforpart of me has fossilized in a broader tradition, mal formalities.

It’s customary however tiny it may be. for Parting Shots, for instance, to have headlines that sound like I’m graduating after only three lead numbers in a Disney musi- years, so it’s possible that I haven’t cal. In fact, a lot of people don’t had as much time to develop what know that “Circle of Life,” “You’ll some might call “maturity” — at be in my Heart” and “A Whole least not enough to just write a New World” were all parting shot damn parting shot without any headlines before Disney bought jokes and without referencing the rights to put them to music those jokes later in the sentence to in the late 80s. “Cutting Through take up space like I’m doing right

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here’s a scene from an early episode of “Seinfeld” in which a recently unemployed George Costanza is sitting with Jerry and mulling over ideas for potential jobs. He really has no idea what he wants to do, and he provides a healthy amount of rationalization for each possibility. “I like sports,” he says, “maybe I can do something in sports.” When Jerry prods a bit more, George says that he could see himself as a color commentator — “you know how I always make those interesting comments during the game?”

Despite the fact that George would be inept at every job he suggests, I can empathize with him in that scene. His logic is close to how I justified my decision to write for The Cavalier Daily. I came to the University knowing that I wanted to become involved in something with sports and something with community service. That was about it. I spent the first semester bouncing ideas around iwn my head of what other clubs I should join.

Come second semester, I decided to try out for The Cavalier Daily. I figured I could perhaps provide my own interesting comments on University life or current events. Moreover, I had been

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on the paper ‘cause new things were happenin’ and we were a swell bunch o’ kids.”

It was an especially exciting time to be an Opinion Editor, as I got the chance to read and format the columns of prominent students, alumni and faculty.

here, right now, at this time.

All jokes aside, however, I was able to contribute to The Cavalier Daily a coy little corner of the paper to publish the writings of those who just wanted to make people laugh. As one of the Opinion Editors after the redesign period, I championed the creation of a bi-weekly Humor Section, which — thanks to the wonderful staff and production team — became a reality within a matter of weeks. With that, I feel as though some part of me has fossilized in a broader tradition, however tiny it may be.

I realize this parting shot has no broader theme, which will probably make it harder for the editor to write a header for it. I’m sure whatever’s up there underneath the Disney lyric captures the sentiment perfectly, though, because I am a witness to how effortlessly the writers and editors on this staff can arrange thought into written word. Just as I’m eager to graduate myself, I am eager to see how they, too, will carry their love for writing into the real world. And that, of course, is no joke.

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