Monday, November 16, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

Vol. 126, Issue 24

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University communicates with Lyon study abroad staff, students visiting French capital Ella Shoup

Senior Associate News Editor

All University students studying in France are safe, University President Teresa Sullivan Saturday said in an email statement Saturday following the Paris terrorist attacks.

The attacks on the French capital Friday have claimed more than 120 lives with many more injured.

The Islamic State terrorist group has taken responsibility for the coordinated attacks.

President François Hollande has dispatched units of the military and closed the country’s borders. He also placed France in a nationwide state of emergency.

Since the news broke, the University has been communicating

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with staff from its study-abroad program in Lyon and monitoring updates from other Paris institutions where University students are studying, Sullivan said.

French Prof. Janet Horne, the program director, contacted the parents of University students Friday to ask how they felt about allowing their children to remain in France.

Third-year College student Julia Skorcz, who is studying in Lyon, said in an email that she and her parents believe there is no direct threat to Lyon.

“We are very fortunate to have been out of the way of these attacks and while I understand their gravity and mourn for the victims, their families, and the country of France, I personally do not feel any less safe

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living abroad,” Skorcz said. the innocent, and we stand together Skorcz, who was in Ireland at to oppose any attack on the values the time of the attack and will re- and basic human rights that bind us turn to Lyon on Monday, feltGraphic the at- bytogether as people.”

Kate Motsko tacks marked an important cultural Sullivan also noted the past and historic moment in the world. week was “marred by distressing “We should adapt to and learn events,” including the acts of “bigfrom events of and in this world — otry” committed in Missouri and even the most horrific ones,” Skorcz elsewhere. She encouraged all those said. affected by the events to reach out The total number of U.Va stu- to the University’s Counseling and dents studying in France is un- Psychological Services. known, but there are currently five “In this distressing hour, let's students from U.Va programs in come together with a renewed other countries who had traveled to commitment to respect and care for Paris for the weekend. one another as we know we should,” “Today and in the difficult days Sullivan said. ahead, we will hold our French stuThe French House will host dents and their families and friends a vigil Monday at 7 p.m. Student in our thoughts and prayers,” Sul- Council will host a separate vigil livan said in her email. “We con- on Tuesday at 9 p.m. in the Amphidemn intentional violence against theater.

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Men’s basketball wins season opener Cavaliers out-rebound Bears 50-21, have 42-12 advantage in paint Robert Elder

Senior Associate Editor

Virginia men’s basketball struggled through the first 10 minutes of play Friday night. There was never any real hope of an upset for Morgan State, but the Bears were staying in stride with the No. 6 Cavaliers.

Virginia (1-0) could not buy a basket to start the game, starting 1-13 from the floor. Coach Tony Bennett’s squad still was dominating the offensive and defensive glass, but with 9:12 remaining in the first half, Virginia had only two points in the paint. Save for two three-pointers from junior point guard London Perrantes, the Cavaliers had yet to make a jumper.

“I think guys were a little anxious,” Bennett said. “We didn’t finish the way we should have.”

Whether due to the influence of the new 30-second shot clock or using its size to overpower the undermanned Bears (01), the Cavaliers broke open the floor in transition to finish the first half, quickly jumping out to a 40-23 halftime lead and an eventual 86-48 season-opening victory.

Sophomore guards Darius Thompson and Devon Hall used their length and athleticism to break open the game, while senior center Mike Tobey found his groove in the second half, totaling 15 points and eight rebounds in 19 minutes.

“We just did a good job of figuring out what we wanted to run against their zone,” Tobey said. “I think we did a good job of executing in the second half.”

After failing to hit open shots, both in the paint and beyond the arc, the Cavaliers went on an 8-0 run to stretch the lead

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Transgender South Asian performance art duo DarkMatter performed at the University Chapel Sunday, commenting on issues from the recent Paris terrorist attacks to colonialism and transgender rights.

Based in New York City, the duo is comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. The two met at Stanford in 2009.

The show aims to “experiment in empathy,” Vaid-Menon said.

They pointed to what they believed to be certain holes in society’s conception of feeling and expressing grievances.

“People think that feelings aren’t political, but they are,” Vaid-Menon said.

The show began with the duo providing a provocative interpre-

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Duo performs provocative poetry at Chapel South Asian transgender performers deliver act with political commentary tation of the week’s events in Paris.

They pointed to France’s past as a “violent” empire and its citizens as displaying stronger xenophobic tendencies in recent years.

“We must acknowledge how some lives aren’t considered important and others are,” they said.

The introduction foreshadowed the show’s main content, in which Vaid-Menon and Balasubramanian discussed Western domination and imperialism. “[There are] no real ways to hold the sincere and utter desperation that comes from diffuse violence,” Balasubramanian said.

The pair alternated between dual and solo performances of spoken word. The first set consisted of Vaid-Menon recounting their cultural heritage and experience in the United States while Balasubramanian chanted. They then progressed to a commentary on the political environment in the U.S. Conner Roessler, vice president of education of the Queer Student

Union, who hosted the performance, said these alternative viewpoints could have been received adversely by members of the University community.

“I was really scared because they are really radical, and U.Va., to me, doesn’t seem like radical institution,” the fourth-year College student said.

However, the event incited a surprising amount of excitement once promotion, Roessler said.

While the exact number of students who identify as LGTBQ at U.Va. is unknown, it is certain they are a minority population. As a result, this reaction was eye opening, Roessler said.

Roessler said since the LGBTQ Center receives “a lot of flack for only being cis, gay white men,” it was important to host an event that could speak to many members of the University community.

“I really wanted a diverse perspective and, as it’s getting close to trans-remembrance day, to have perspectives that are so key to

Marshall Bronfin | The Cavalier Daily

Based in New York City, the duo is comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian.

understanding who we are as an LGBTQ and allied community,” Roessler said.

QSU co-sponsored the event with the LGBTQ Center and a number of University groups and departments, including the De-

partment of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Department, the Office of the Dean of Students and the Vice President and Chief of Student Affairs Officer.

Board of Visitors: University to renovate Inn at Darden Darden Inn to see new construction, liquidity management policy to increase credit access Thomas Roades News Writer

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The financial policy change was intended to streamline the process of approving small projects, while making the Board more efficient overall.

The Building and Grounds Committee and the Finance Committee of the Board of Visitors met Friday to consider renovations on the Inn at Darden, changes in the approval process for minor capital projects and new management guidelines for the University’s liquid funds.

A new construction project was approved for the Inn at Darden, an on-Grounds hotel.

"Darden is prepared to move forward with the project,” said Penny Cabaniss, University Assistant Vice President for Management and Budget, “which is why it was brought to the Committee outside of the normal cycle for approving projects.”

The University has conducted studies to evaluate construction plans for the Inn. The project will renovate guest rooms, bathrooms and common spaces.

Construction will not begin immediately.

“There are several steps in the process before actual construction will begin that included selecting an architect/engineer and planning,” Cabaniss said.

The committee also approved new delegation of authority for oversight of minor capital projects costing less than $5 million and meeting several other criteria. Under the new policy, proposals — formerly presented to the entire Board — will be reviewed by the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

The change was intended to streamline the process of approving small projects, while making the Board more efficient overall, Cabaniss said.

"This change will allow the Building and Grounds Committee to focus attention on major capital projects and significant planning studies,” she said.

In a separate meeting Friday,

the Finance Committee discussed and approved the sale of two estates left to the University in the will of Mary Emily Keetch Vincent. The University was bequeathed a 7.5 percent share in the proceeds from the sale.

Also on the docket for the Finance Committee was a new policy regarding the University’s management of liquid funds kept on hand to fund operations.

Jim Matteo, University associate vice president and treasurer, said the new policy would establish more formal guidelines and rules.

“It also creates the ability for the University to diversify its liquidity sources and strengthen its liquidity profile in the eyes of the financial community,” he said.

This change in policy was not brought on by any particular impetus, Sullivan said, but rather as a result of general review of the University’s financial management.

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Former U.S. House Majority Leader talks 2016 elections Eric Cantor weighs in on Trump, Republican candidates, discusses bipartisanship

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Eric Cantor, right, was a member of the House of Representatives for 13 years. He stepped down as House majority leader after a defeat to Dave Brat in August 2014.

Henry Pflager Senior Writer

Former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor visited the Batten School Friday to discuss

the 2016 presidential campaign and the Republican Party's plan for economic growth.

Cantor was a member of the House of Representatives for 13 years, serving as Republican chief deputy whip, minority

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whip and eventually the majority leader. stepped down as majority leader in what many political analysts describe as a stunning primary defeat in Virginia’s 7 th District against Dave Brat in August 2014.

Cantor Warburg praised Cantor for his work in Congress and his pursuit of solutions across the political aisle.

Batten Prof. Gerald “Mr. Cantor performed his service with grace, with dignity and with humility,” Warburg said.

“He articulated a clear vision of how he saw the nation’s best interest secured.”

When asked whether he thought bipartisan agreements were possible in Congress, Cantor said doing good and blending free market entrepreneurial practices and concepts can lead to bipartisanship agreement.

Cantor pointed to the JOBS Act as an example.

“This bill brought together both sides,” Cantor said. “It

was premised on the fact that America unfortunately has seen a downward trend in business startups.”

He said it is important for both sides to start on common ground.

“We said, ‘Listen, let’s set aside what you think about wealth disparity or upward mobility and how to get there,’” Cantor said. “‘We can all agree that business start-ups, entrepreneurialism and being a start-up nation is something both sides agree with.’”

Regarding the current presidential race, Cantor said he believes the large number of candidates from various backgrounds in the 2016 Republican primary campaign is good for the party.

“I think it is a good thing to have a robust field — it’s clearly been a good thing for the media outlets and television companies,” Cantor said.

Students were able to ask

Cantor questions, including ones about Trump’s controversiality, Cantor’s position on affirmative action and what it’s like to be a Congressman on a daily basis. Batten Graduate Council President Terrence Mason, a second-year Batten graduate student, asked how the eventual Republican nominee would generate better relations with Latino voters for the general election, after what Mason said he believed would be Trump’s eventual downfall.

Cantor responded by saying that the Republican nominee will have to appeal to a diverse community.

“Our opportunity does come from equal application of the law,” Cantor said. “It’s the fabric and nature of who we are — demonstrating your commitment and respect for the law and at the same time forging a solution that we can do that in America that invites opportunity and upward mobility for all.”

ADAPT kicks off Substance Abuse Prevention Week Awareness campaign seeks to curb participation in fourth-year fifth, offering alternative events Grace Erard Associate Editor

The University’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team will this week sponsor Substance Abuse Prevention Week in an annual effort to curb the number of fourth-year students who participate in the “fourth-year fifth,” or the consumption of a metric fifth of alcohol before the last home football game.

ADAPT aims to promote safe drinking in place of the fourth-year fifth. Leslie Baltz, a fourth-year College student, died while participating in the fourthyear fifth in 1997.

A fifth is roughly 750 mL, or 17 shots.

ADAPT Peer Health Educators will coordinate a number of events this week to ensure the last home football game is a safe and memorable experience, said fourth-year College student Brittany Heck, co-chair of ADAPT. “It’s such a fun atmosphere — your last home football game with all your

friends — and you want to make sure you remember the game,” Heck said.

A bagel brunch for fourth-year students from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. will be held Monday in Pavilion VI to kick off the week. There will also be an opportunity to sign the “Remember the Game” pledge, which asks students not to consume excessive amounts of alcohol during the game.

The following evening, mental health advocate Ross Szabo will give a speech on alcohol abuse and mental health in Newcomb Ballroom at 7 p.m.

“He’s a fantastic speaker,” Heck said.

“I’ve heard great things, and I’m really excited about that.”

Students recovering from alcohol or drug addiction will participate in a Hoos in Recovery Panel in Newcomb Kaleidoscope Room Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

The week will come to a close with the Fourth-Year 5K Saturday at 8:00 a.m. in the Amphitheater. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Leslie Baltz Foundation for art history or studio art scholarships.

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sports Virginia women’s basketball saw its late double-digit lead slip away but held on to beat Middle Tennessee State 70-66 Friday night in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Blue Raider senior guard Brea Edwards, who finished with a career high 30 points on 16 shots, drained a three with 2:34 remaining to cut the Cavalier lead to a single point. When it mattered most, a composed Virginia five responded with a score and a stop.

Junior guard Faith Randolph secured her own rebound and dished to sophomore forward Lauren Moses, who laid the ball off the glass for two.

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Cavaliers win opener over Middle Tennessee On the other end, sophomore guard Aliyah Huland El came up with a huge steal, but a careless Cavalier advance gave the basketball right back to Middle Tennessee.

Fortunately, Moses forced another Blue Raider turnover that eventually led to two Virginia free throws. A 75 percent shooter from the line last season, Huland El drained both attempts to make it a two-possession game.

Sophomore guard Mikayla Venson kept the Cavalier lead intact, making three of four shots from the charity stripe over the final minute.

Virginia went on to win its 2015-16 season opener in what proved to be far from a rollover game.

Middle Tennessee is no slouch — the Blue Raiders advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2015 National Invitation Tournament and should

contend for the Conference USA title this season.

The Blue Raiders also benefited from home-court advantage. The Murphy Center ranked No. 22 in overall attendance last year ahead of several high-major arenas. A crowd of over 5,500 cheered against the Cavaliers and filtered out discouraged Friday.

Virginia’s depth was the difference. Eight Cavalier players spent more than 16 minutes on the court.

Five scored in double figures, including Moses, who led with 13 points, Venson (10), Huland El (10), junior guard Breyana Mason (11) and redshirt sophomore guard J’Kyra Brown (10).

The Cavaliers will return to action Monday night against Norfolk State for a home opener at John Paul Jones Arena.

—compiled by Grant Gossage

Sarah MacAdam | The Cavalier Daily

Sophomore forward Lauren Moses lead all Cavaliers in scoring with 13 points in the season opening win against Middle Tennessee.

Louisville defeats Virginia 38-31, eliminates bowl eligibility

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Junior quarterback Matt Johns threw a career-high four touchdowns Saturday.

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After hitting 14-18 first half free throws, the Cavaliers brought the 14,034-strong John Paul Jones crowd to life behind transition points from Hall and Thompson. The highlight of the game came with nine seconds remaining in the first half, when a blocked shot by Perrantes led to a transition alley-oop from Hall to Thompson. “[Hall] just decided to throw it up to me,” Thompson said. “I just had to go get it.”

Hall and Thompson’s energy carried over into the second half, where the Cavaliers jumped out to a 17-0 run. Thompson continued to push the pace, getting a layup to go plus a foul. Meanwhile, Hall, who had a career-high 13 points, continued to stretch the floor both in transition and

with his jumper.

Tobey kick-started Virginia’s run.

Despite scoring five first-half points, the New York native put in 10 points during the run. Against the undersized Bears, Tobey was able to use his size to his advantage in the second half.

Gill, too, found success inside against the Bears, finishing with 12 points and seven rebounds. Morgan State, which was missing multiple players due to a combination of injuries and suspensions, did not have the depth to match Virginia’s size and strength. “[Tobey and Gill] could have their way just because of the size advantage,” Bennett said.

Whether it was a dunk by Gill, a three from Hall or Thompson or even a jumper from sophomore forward Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia could not be stopped in the second half. Despite just five points from senior guard Malcolm Brogdon, the Cavaliers scored their most points since putting up 86

Virginia football entered Saturday’s contest with Louisville in a must win situation — any loss would eliminate the Cavaliers from bowl contention for the fourth consecutive year.

Virginia (3-7, 2-4 ACC) fought the Cardinals (6-4, 5-3) down to the final whistle, but second-half miscues cost the Cavaliers the chance at bowl eligibility. Louisville junior running back Brandon Radcliff ran at will for 146 yards and two touchdowns in the 38-31 Louisville win.

Virginia scored on its opening possession for the first time since defeating William & Mary Sept.

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against Longwood in 2011. Sophomore guard Marial Shayok was the only active Virginia scholarship player who did not score.

Redshirt freshman center Jack Salt also played his first eight minutes in a Virginia uniform. The Kiwi lived up to his billing as the team’s most physical player, picking up two quick fouls.

Still, he brought the crowd to life when his first career points came on a dunk with 4:41 remaining. He finished with five points and three rebounds.

Virginia shot 34 percent from the floor in the first half and made 67 percent of its field goal attempts in the second half. The Cavaliers had a 42-12 advantage in points in the paint, while also out-rebounding the Bears 50-21.

“They’ll have a great season,” Morgan State coach Todd Bozeman said.

“Obviously Tony is a great coach, and they’re a very, very disciplined ball club.”

Virginia will next travel to face George Washington. Tipoff is scheduled for Monday at 7:30 p.m.

touchdown reception by senior receiver Canaan Severin, senior kicker Ian Frye booted home a 46-yard field goal to even the game at 17 entering halftime.

At the start of the fourth quarter following another Severin touchdown reception, the Cavaliers appeared to have all of the momentum. But freshman receiver Olamide Zaccheaus muffed a punt, leading to a Cardinal recovery and a one-yard touchdown run two plays later. Radcliff broke loose on a 36-yard touchdown run on the ensuing Louisville possession, stretching the lead to 38-24.

A late Severin touchdown grab

— his third of the day — pulled the Cavaliers to within seven with 1:16 to play. Virginia recovered the onside kick, but was called for offsides. The Cardinals recovered the second attempt to end the game.

Virginia was out rushed 266-94 in the loss. Junior quarterback Matt Johns finished 25-41 for 260 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.

Severin hauled in eight passes for 116 yards, while junior running back Taquan Mizzell had nine receptions for 89 yards.

Virginia will next face Duke on Saturday in Scott Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

—compiled by Robert Elder

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Sophomore guard Darius Thompson had an impressive Cavalier debut, highlighted by an alley-oop to close the first half.

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here you have it, folks: ballgame The Cardinals moved the ball freely throughout the game, racking up over.

Virginia traveled to Louisville 425 total yards, but Virginia’s defense forced a rare three-andwith their backs against the wall — needing a MATT WURZBURGER out. With coach Bobby Petrino’s team set to punt, perfect 3-0 finish to gain Senior Associate Editor the Cavaliers were in a bowl eligibility. The Cavposition to score the goaliers (3-7, 2-4 ACC) put up a noble fight against the Cardi- ahead points.

Only that opportunity never nals (6-4, 5-2 ACC), but in the end Virginia’s old demons came back to came. Freshman Olamide Zaccheaus made a rare mistake by neglecting to haunt them in a 38-31 defeat.

The two teams were tied at 24 call a fair catch in traffic, muffed the apiece when Louisville began a drive punt, and Louisville regained poswith 10:14 remaining in the fourth. session on Virginia’s two-yard line.

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With Saturday’s loss to Louisville, Virginia is ineligible for a bowl for the fourth straight year under Mike London.

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Two plays later sophomore L.J. Scott punched it into the end zone for a 3124 advantage.

The Cardinals quickly built upon that lead, marching 96 yards on eight plays for a touchdown after forcing a Cavalier punt. Down two touchdowns with 2:57 to go, the sun was quickly setting on Virginia’s season.

Junior quarterback Matt Johns was not prepared to go down without a fight, and capped off an 11-play drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass to senior Canaan Severin—one of three touchdowns that the Marlborough, Mass. native reeled in Saturday.

Still needing a touchdown to force overtime, the Cavaliers lined up for the onside kick that would define their season. To recover it was to keep the campaign alive. To fail was to put the final nail in the coffin.

Senior Ian Frye struck the ball perfectly. The pigskin bounced into a heap of humanity, took a few deflections and ended up in the arms of a Virginia player. However, there was laundry on the field — a flag against the kicking team for illegal formation. One Cavalier failed to line up on the 30-yard line, so Virginia backed up five yards and retried the onside kick. This time Louisville came up with the ball.

Three kneels later, Virginia’s season came crashing to an end.

Defeat at Papa John’s Cardinal

Stadium ensured several things for the Cavaliers: a fourth consecutive losing season, another season without a winning ACC record and another year without a postseason bowl.

But did it ensure the much-maligned tenure of coach Mike London would last for only two more games?

Last season on the eve of Virginia’s annual clash with Virginia Tech, athletic director Craig Littlepage expressed his confidence in his head coach when he decided to bring back London for the 2015 season.

“It was important to see improvement in our football program this season,” Littlepage said in a release at the time. “I’ve seen signs of progress in many areas….we are better at teaching the game and in the overall development of the student-athletes.”

Can Littlepage still stand by these words one year later? Can his faith in a coach with a career record at Virginia of 26-45, including a mark of 13-33 in the ACC, still be defended?

The 2015 season certainly has not been one of improvement. At best, the Cavaliers can finish the season at 5-7, which is how they finished in 2014. This year will be characterized as one of stagnation or regression.

If London and his coaching staff were indeed better at teaching the game last year, then they have taken a step back in that regard as well. The familiar symptoms of a sick football

team remain—lack of discipline, inability to play a complete football game, failure to close out teams, etc.

The Cavaliers have become adept at defeating themselves. Today it was special teams gaffes. Last season it was a penalty for too many men on the field, which enabled North Carolina to ice the game. The year before that it was blowing a 22-0 halftime advantage in a 35-22 loss to Duke.

The season before that it was an illegal substitution penalty, which handed the game to Louisiana Tech.

I could go on.

In total, it adds up to four years of frustration for Virginia’s senior class, which entered on the heels of an 8-5 season and a trip to the Chick-fil-A Bowl — the Cavaliers’ lone winning season in London’s five-plus year tenure. However, promise quickly turned to pain, and London’s seniors becomes the first graduating class to miss a bowl since 1984, when Virginia made their first ever postseason appearance.

Virginia football reaches a crossroads at the end of this season. They will either part ways with their head coach or they will allow him to finish out his contract, which expires in 2016. But to retain London for 2016 is to invite another plague of presnap penalties, poor decisions, and blown ballgames to call Scott Stadium home.

New-look Cavaliers push past Morgan State

o. 6 Virginia basketball there, the shots kept falling. Vireased into the 2015-16 sea- ginia made 11 of their final 23 atson with an opening-night con- tempts to close out the half with a test against Morgan 40-23 advantage.

State. The Cavaliers (1Tempo was a key MATT WURZBURGER factor 0, 0-0 ACC) delivered in the Cavaliers’ Senior Associate Editor as promised with an offensive awakening 86-48 blowout over the late in the first half.

Bears (0-1, 0-0 MEAC).

The box score may not reflect it— But the final score was irrele- Virginia was credited with only vant, and it was always going to be two fast break points in the entire irrelevant. The talent discrepancy game—but the sense of urgency was simply too overwhelming. in getting the ball down the floor An upset victory by Morgan State kick started a sluggish offense. would have required the equiv“I think us running a little bit alent of an act of God. Far more more, making it more up temsignificant than the final point tal- po,…is a lot of fun,” sophomore ly on Friday was the energy and Devon Hall said. “[Darius] is expace with which Virginia played. tremely athletic, he runs the wing, The Cavaliers started the game he’s aggressive, he makes plays, colder than ice. An undersized and he’s unselfish. I love playing and undermanned Bears team with him.” frustrated Virginia with their And those two fast break zone defense, and the Cavaliers points were a doozy. In the dywere missing wide-open jump ing seconds of the first half junior shots and blowing shots from guard London Perrantes blocked point-blank range—missing 12 of an attempt by freshman Martez their first 13.

Cameron. Sophomore Marial “The beginning of the game Shayok picked up the rebound, we had a little bit of jitters,” senior fired an outlet to Hall, who fed forward Anthony Gill said. “We sophomore Darius Thompson for didn’t come out as strong as we a vicious one-handed slam. should, and we weren’t finishing “London had to make a big as strong as we should have.” block,” Thompson said. “It was a But the Cavaliers would wake two-on-one situation, so [Devon] up, and a 6-0 run resulted in a decided to throw it up to me. I Morgan State timeout with 6:30 had to go get it.” remaining in the first half. From Thompson made the absolute

most in his Cavalier debut. He ended the game with 12 points on 4-6 shooting, six rebounds, and four assists. Furthermore, the Murfreesboro, Tn. native was an engine pushing Virginia down the court in transition.

Against the Bears, Thompson found a running mate in Hall.

The duo of guards contributed a dynamism in the open floor never demonstrated from a Cavaliers team known for their plodding pace.

“Darius and Devon gave us nice lifts,” coach Tony Bennett said. “I thought that helped us extend [our first half lead].”

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We are not witnessing the second coming of Loyola Marymount under head coach Paul Westhead.

Virginia held firm to their defensive principles in a more up tempo contest. The Cavaliers limited Morgan State to 34 percent shooting and did not yield a single fast break point. On the other side of the court, Virginia bludgeoned the Bears with 42 points in the paint. Senior center Mike Tobey scored a game-high 15 points and only missed one shot of the eight he attempted.

The larger question still remains. Will Virginia continue this new streak of faster basketball?

Only time will tell. Some teams will be more than happy to let the Cavaliers run, but the best teams will not be so inclined. When the stakes are the highest, do not be

surprised if Virginia goes back to what got them here in the first place—physical defense, a methodical offense and acute attention to the glass.

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Senior center Mike Tobey dominated Morgan State, put up a team-high 15 points.

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Shaffer score ignites Cavaliers to 7-1 win over Howard Women’s soccer advances in NCAA Tournament Grant Gossage Associate Editor

The Virginia women’s soccer team hosted Howard (13-8-2) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament — five days removed from a taxing penalty-kick loss to No. 1 Florida State in the ACC Tournament Final.

Rested and ready after a lighter week of practice, the Cavaliers jumped out to an early two-goal lead. Senior forward Makenzy Doniak kept the ball in play along the end line, created a more favorable angle and slipped a shot past Bison freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Diotte at 7:53. Anticipating the linesman would raise his offside flag, Howard defenders were nowhere to be seen.

Doniak took advantage of the one-on-one opportunity and netted her ninth goal over the past five matches. The Chino Hills, Calif. native tallied her tenth around nine minutes later. Showing great patience, sophomore forward Veronica Latsko cut back and found junior forward Kaili Torres, who combined beautifully with Doniak. In the blink of an eye the ball rested in the back of the net.

The Bison struggled to accom-

plish anything with the ball at their feet. Virginia pressured opposing defenders and midfielders into booting hopeless balls down the field that senior center back Emily Sonnett usually collected.

The Cavaliers entered the break up 2-0 but felt they could have put the game out of reach having outshot Howard 15-0.

“It’s tough the way these games are,” Virginia coach Steve Swanson said. “You let teams hang around a little bit. We got punished for that kind of very early in the year … But I felt confident the way we were moving the ball and the way they were working defensively that things would open up as the game wore on, just because of the fatigue factor.”

Almost three minutes into the second half, a Howard goal stunned Virginia and its crowd.

Sophomore forward Kela Gray drilled a shot off the crossbar, and sophomore midfielder Whitney White poked home the rebound.

“We kind of came out in the second half like not as we planned,” Virginia junior midfielder Alexis Shaffer said. “It was kind of a slow start, and so getting scored on, you know that’s not what we planned, what we intended … We needed that to make sure just to keep pushing

through.”

Less than thirty seconds later, senior winger Brittany Ratcliffe crossed a ball into the box that bounced around and ended up with Shaffer. Doniak smartly stepped in front of a Howard defender, so her teammate had space to shoot. Shaffer — who earned All-ACC Second Team honors this month — struck low into the left side netting for a momentum-snatching goal.

“I guess getting my goal helped the team move forward, gave us a little bit of confidence and motivation to keep pounding this team, because the game was not over,” Shaffer said. “We still had a whole half left.”

Virginia dominated from then on out. The Bison did not produce another shot, as Sonnett and junior defender Kristen McNabb controlled that half of the field, while the Cavalier offense produced four more goals to extend the lead to 7-1 before the final whistle.

Sonnett floated a ball towards the back post, which junior defender Meghan Cox headed low for a score at 57:06. Ayan Adu placed a shot into the right corner at 57:57 for the first goal of her Virginia career. Latsko netted the final two goals of the night, a

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Junior midfielder Alexis Shaffer was named to the All-ACC Second Team and scored a goal three minutes into the second half of Virginia’s opening game in the NCAA Tournament.

sliding poke past Diotte at 78:01 and a left-corner strike at 79:23.

“I think [Latsko] is a pretty great spark for us on the team and up top,” Doniak said. “Her work rate is unbelievable. And I think as her role increases more as we go on in the tournament she will become even more important for us, and I think her play will get better. The chemistry with us to will improve.”

Many Virginia players who stepped onto the field Friday night contributed quality min-

utes, and those few reserves who did not see action cheered on their teammates through the cold and wrapped coats around starters who subbed out of the game.

“Our mentality is one game at a time and focusing on our next game,” Doniak said. “Steve prepared us well, and now we are looking on to the next game.”

Virginia hosts a second-round matchup Friday versus UNC-Wilmington (15-6-1). The Cavaliers routed the Seahawks 8-0 at home Aug. 23.

Cross country advances to NCAA Championships

Marshall Bronfin| The Cavalier Daily

Junior Cleo Boyd’s finishing time of 20 minutes and 51 seconds merited a seventh place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships.

The Virginia women’s and men’s cross country teams raced to first and second place, respectively, Friday afternoon at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship, advancing to next weekend’s national championships.

The No. 6 Cavalier women dusted second-place NC State by 21 points to back up an ACC title with the program’s fifth regional championship, while the No. 12 Virginia men trailed only behind Louisville, surpassing expectations in outperforming four top30 teams.

The Virginia women produced a true team win, rising to the top at Earlysville’s Panorama Farms, the Cavaliers’ home venue, with five top-15 individual finishers.

Coach Bryan Fetzer’s team put up 53 points at the meet, with the No. 8 Wolfpack totaling 74 and No. 28 North Carolina an even 100.

Only junior Cleo Boyd — who took seventh place in 20 minutes 51 seconds — placed in the top 10 for Virginia. Graduate student Sarah Astin, freshman Emily Mul-

hern and sophomore Megan Rebholz claimed 11th, 12th and 13th place, and graduate student Iona Lake followed in 15th. All five runners received All-Southeast Region recognition.

The Cavalier men, meanwhile, outraced No. 26 East Carolina, No. 13 Furman and No. 10 NC State — who finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively — in qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the fourth consecutive season.

Junior Henry Wynne paced Virginia, taking 12th place in 29 minutes 46 seconds.

Sophomore Chase Weaverling, junior Zach Herriott and junior Thomas Madden came in 14th, 17th and 25th place to pick up all-region honors alongside Wynne. Junior Adam Visokay completed Virginia’s scoring five, finishing in 28th place.

Virginia will compete at the NCAA Championships Saturday at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

—compiled by Matthew Morris

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LEAD EDITORIAL

Professors and the free speech debate

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A settlement at U of I renews the question of when it’s appropriate for professors to express political views

Comment of the day “. . . If high achievement is not how you want to define success, what is? Be honest, please. I think you are saying the end justifies the means but you are rather vague about what ‘end’ it is you are striving for.”

“Rufus” in response to Mary Russo’s Nov. 12 article, “Remove GPA from Lawn criteria.”

Last year, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign revoked a job offer to Prof. Steven Salaita after he posted a string of anti-Israel comments on social media.

Last week, the school and Salaita reached a settlement of $600,000 in exchange for the professor dropping two lawsuits against the university and agreeing he will never work there, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The entire ordeal will ultimately cost the university more than $2 million, accounting for legal fees, alongside tremendous publicity costs. The divisive decision led to faculty boycotts and protests, faculty votes of no confidence in the school’s former chancellor and the addition of the school to the American Association of University Professors’ list of censured universities.

Debates surrounding academic freedom and free

speech at universities are longstanding. Recently, the debate has centered on the role of universities in regulating cultural appropriation, a question that has led to widespread protest at Yale University. And while the situations at Yale and Urbana-Champaign are very different — especially in the groups they affect — they both require us to consider when it is appropriate for professors or administrators to weigh in on politicized issues.

In Salaita’s case, concerns arose over anti-Israel Twitter posts that contained profane and inflammatory language, including posts that criticized the Israeli government and military for its actions in Gaza. In one tweet, Salaita wrote, "Let's cut to the chase: If you're defending #Israel right now you're an awful human being." The summer after Salaita was offered an

$85,000 per year tenured faculty job in the American Indian Studies program on the campus, donors, students and parents expressed concern over his posts, and Salaita’s offer was revoked.

It is important for universities to hire faculty and administrators who can treat students with respect when they disagree. Salaita’s comments were undeniably antagonistic to students and colleagues whose political views may differ. In this case, the line between exercising free speech — expressing an opinion — and being deliberately antagonistic was blurred.

While Salaita’s comments may not have been diplomatic, they were likely not strong cause for his firing.

Institutions of higher education are supposed to be places that challenge us, inspire critical thinking and serve as centers of debate.

Many professors express political views, including here at U.Va. The Israel-Palestine controversy is particularly polarizing, but it is not off-limits for political commentary. Salaita did not express his views in the context of a classroom or to students without prompting; if he did, this would reframe the debate. Twitter profiles may not be private, but they are not inherently academic — and Salaita was hired for his academic contributions.

There comes a point when universities must make difficult assessments of a potential hire’s personal conduct.

But Urbana-Champaign’s decision in this case unfairly regulated free speech within a non-professional sphere.

Hopefully, the new settlement will send universities a strong message about how to distinguish between fireable offenses and acceptable commentary.

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The academic safety net

The University should be more proactive in ensuring that students utilize academic and psychological services

ollege is often seen as the C time when people explore their freedom and get to make a

with an advisor before signing up for classes. Furthermore, many upper-level classes have prerequihost of new choices. sites or need instructor As students, we get to permission. These are BOBBY DOYLE pick our schedules, the primary safety nets Opinion Columnist majors and whether we provided to students. attend class. Outside However, there are of school, we get to choose what many resources opt-in resources we eat, extracurriculars and most as well: tutoring, essay editing or other aspects of our lives. going to office hours, to name a But freedom doesn’t come few. from just moving away from Yet, many people fail to use home. Our freedom as students these services. I think one of the effectively comes from the safety main reasons people don’t seek net that the University provides, academic help is pride. With the allowing us to make mistakes and majority of the University stubounce back. However, many stu- dents coming from the top 10 dents fail to use these “safety net” percent of their high school classservices even when they would es, there is a basic academic confibenefit from them. The adminis- dence many students carry. But at tration needs to do a better job the same time most of us do not getting students to accept the help get 4.0 grade point averages — they sometimes need. not even those in the top of the The clearest example of how class — so there’s definitely room the University provides a safety for improvement. The University net is through academics. First- could require students to get one years are given assistance through tutor during their first year or at the entire first-semester enroll- least go to a few office hours each ment process. Then for every se- semester. This could go a long mester after, students must meet way to increasing student partic-

ipation. Just reminding students the service is there isn’t enough — people hear about the service and then forget it. By requiring people to actually use these services from the beginning, the hesitance to enter will be lowered, making using them again less intimidating.

Counseling and Psychological Services is another underutilized resource. At some point, every student is going to deal with a significant amount of stress. CAPS is a great organization from which everyone can benefit, yet the majority of students never use the service, judging by the fact that a staff of 28 can handle all of the demand. This is not for lack of outreach by CAPS, which holds highly publicized free mental wellness screenings in Newcomb every semester and has a website where people can arrange for an appointment. Once again, I think the administration can take concrete actions to encourage long term use of services like CAPS. A CAPS representative could meet with first-years and have RAs offer to sign up anyone who

just wants to see what the service is like. In an ideal world, every student would be able to go and speak with someone from CAPS once, but there is neither the time nor the staff for that right now.

All that can be done is more aggressively push these services that student really do need but hesitate to use.

Encouraging the use of these resources doesn't have to be through requirements, indeed forcing people to do things is not always constructive. One of the best possible actions the administration could take to promote tutoring and CAPS would be to create a button to access these resources on Collab. Many students use Collab every day and the site can create a great deal of stress as students struggle to complete assignments. A simple change like this would allow students to access resources right when they realize they need them, instead of procrastinating and ultimately forgetting about them.

I could go into a plethora of other “safety nets” the Universi-

ty provides: alcoholism support, health awareness, career services, medical services and financial services. In general, these are underutilized. That is a problem, because using these services is key to creating a vibrant and stable University community. If students who make a mistake start to spiral downward and don’t use any of the resources available to them, it hurts us all. Never did John Donne’s famous quote “No man is an island unto himself ” resonate so strongly as it did last year. Just to give a sense of how much effect individual tragedies can have on others, CAPS saw a 15 percent increase in students requests for counseling since the events of last year. The administration needs to encourage more concrete interaction with University services not to stop people from making mistakes, but to make it easier for students to recover from them.

Bobby’s columns run Mondays.

He can be reached at b.doyle@cavalierdaily.com.

Lettuce give dining some praise Meat is so intertwined in our culture and daily lives people become downright defensive if access to it is meat increases risk of canthreatened. It’s undercer. Earlier this year, the standable — we’ve grown U.S. Dietary Guidelines BREDAR & NATYZAK up in a country where Guest Viewpoint Advisory Committee, a bacon is practically worscientific review comshipped and burgers rival mittee that reports to the George Washington in Department of Agriculture and the terms of American-ness. But we’re Department of Health and Human coming to a point where sacrificing Services, released recommendations the familiarity and comfort of our that food sustainability should play daily eating habits for one day out of an integral role in this year’s USDA the week (if not more) isn’t just a rehealth guidelines. Maybe you too sponsible decision, but the inevitable have fallen victim to accepting one of lifestyle for a sustainable world. the infamous flyers featuring bloodNow let us don our environmenied cows and pigs clustered in cages. talist hats and speak to the impacts of Why is there so much meat hype? meat production. A 1.5 acre plot of If you were in Newcomb’s Fresh land can grow 37,000 pounds of vegeFood Co. last Thursday, Oct. 29 be- tables or 375 pounds of meat. A study tween 5 and 8 p.m. you likely noticed from the Food and Agriculture Orthere was no meat on the menu. In ganization suggests meat production place of the typical array of chicken causes one fifth of the world’s carbon patty sandwiches and pepperoni piz- dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas za, there were tomato quesadillas and emissions per year. Big numbers, apple cheddar pizzas with caramel- right? For you, that means when ized onions and walnuts. People were you eat a half-pound hamburger (a buzzing around the dining hall, lining patty the size of two decks of cards), up for a nutella peanut butter panini the greenhouse gas emissions are the and whispering, “It’s fake chicken” by same as driving a 3,000 pound car 10 the stir-fry station. miles.

Most university dining services Let’s address the world hunger like our own inevitably get flack just argument: 795 million people, one in for being an institution-level food ser- nine in the world, do not have suffivice, and the potential of not offering cient food to lead a healthy lifestyle. meat makes dining even more sus- As the globe rapidly approaches a huceptible for criticisms of being “cheap” man population of 8 billion, consider or offering low quality food. the exorbitant amounts of land, water

and feed that are required to meet the respective increase in demand for meat.

In discussing our meat-hungry world, we can’t possibly overlook exactly where all this meat we eat is coming from. The product packaging tells a story of cows grazing happily in green pastures, but the reality is confined animal feeding operations where animals shoved into compact quarters create localized air pollution levels that rival the top polluted cities in the world. Antibiotics are administered regularly to fight infection among the closely packed animals and a typical diet consists of genetically modified corn and soy rather than grass and forage as their ruminant

front of sustainability efforts, by recycling, composting, reducing energy consumption and increasing renewables in the energy mix. In 2014, the University’s dining halls composted over 250 tons of food and donated over 1,400 pounds of food. In the bathroom, we see stickers stamped on paper towel dispensers suggesting to “Try just one,” and in classrooms, there are reminders near light switches to turn them off when not needed.

Where can we go next?

What are other universities doing to stay at the front of the sustainability movement? Duke, Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill promote “Meatless Mondays,” “Less-Meat Mondays” and education on health and environmental benefits of choosing to eat more vegetarian or vegan meals. Note that our own dining halls also promote “Meat Free Monday,” but the As the globe rapidly approaches a human truly impressive feat population of 8 billion, consider the exorbitant is to insure there is no meat. amounts of land, water and feed that are Our University has required to meet the respective increase in additional incentives demand for meat. to take these environmental implications of meat to heat. The stomach is designed for. Appetizing, Board of Visitors passed a resolution ethical and sustainable? Not quite. for a carbon reduction goal in 2009, Across the country, colleges and and in June 2011, the University beuniversities stand proudly at the fore- came the first university to set a re-

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The University should continue to lead the effort in food sustainability

active nitrogen goal. These footprint goals seek to reduce the University’s carbon and nitrogen footprint by 25 percent by 2025. These goals are aggressive but realistic as we accept change to all impactful sectors of our university, including energy, transportation and food.

Kudos and praise to University Dining for tackling a controversial task: taking meat off the menu.

The efforts are a massive success for challenging the taboo of a meat-free dining hall and for celebrating the environmental and health benefits of vegetarianism. There’s power in the culture change of a meat-free dining hall and real potential for the environmental footprint of our University.

And for you reader, note that University Dining does actually read your tweets. While you’re at it, give due respect and appreciation to University Dining employees who are passionate about their jobs and the food they make. Recognize that you have purchasing power as a consumer. Care about your environmental impact (prove that more than 60 percent of our generation cares), and know that your food choices are a huge contributor. Reconsider the pasta before you pick up a burger next time you’re at the dining hall.

Lauren Bredar and Jennifer Natyzak are fourth-years in the College.

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The danger of safe spaces Expanding the reach of so-called “safe spaces” can have detrimental effects on college campuses riginally, the term “safe that proposed different ways of space” was used within viewing culturally appropriating women's and LGBTQ movements Halloween costumes, noting that it to describe discussions should be students who between like minded should make their own HASAN KHAN individuals on sensiinformed decisions on Opinion Columnist tive topics like gender what costumes to wear. and sexuality where Her email came in reone was free from uncomfortable sponse to an earlier email sent out critique, ridicule and patriarchal by the Intercultural Affairs Counoppression. Nowadays safe spac- cil and Yale’s Dean Burgell Howard es are often implemented online, that cautioned students on wearing but recently the terminology has culturally inappropriate costumes. become a buzzword on college In response to Christakis’ campuses, with student groups email, hundreds of outraged Yale often labeling dialogues and dis- students verbally attacked and cussion on even moderately sensi- surrounded the professor and tive issues as “safe spaces” for all. her husband Nicholas Christakis At colleges like Yale, a poisonous (who also serves as a college masform of the idea is gaining sup- ter, comparable to an association port: that entire campuses should dean). At the center of the email be considered safe spaces. While situation is a particularly revealing creating limited safe spaces on col- video that captures one student lege campuses deserves our sup- yelling at Christakis’ husband. The port, expanding the definition of student engages with the professor a safe space to encapsulate entire head on, telling him the message campuses is a dangerous idea that in his email goes “against your powould have serious implications sition as master” and that it is his on freedom of speech. “job to create a place of comfort The incidents that occurred and home for the students who this past week at Yale are repre- live in Silliman. You have not done sentative of the surreptitious push that.” When Christakis responds to create campus-wide safe spac- that he simply didn't agree with es. Controversy erupted last week assertions, the student’s anger inwhen Erika Christakis, associ- creases. “Then why the f*** did ate master of Silliman residential you accept the position? Who the college, sent out a nuanced email f*** hired you? You should step

down! If that is what you think about being a master you should step down! It is not about creating an intellectual space! It is not!

Do you understand that? It’s about creating a home here.”

This reaction to a member of the faculty is both disrespectful and vicious. But perhaps more insidious are the implications in what she voiced: that college masters should make it their goal to provide a sense of “comfort” and “home” for students — a safe space. To clarify, the position of

cultural, and educational life and character of the college.” Nowhere does it say the master must enforce a set of subjective moral standards or enforce rules to create a safe space for students. Students should not expect universities to coddle them by filtering out views with which they may not agree.

After the incident, some students were heard saying they cannot bear to live in the college anymore.

This statement sounds preposterous when one looks at living conditions at Yale’s residential colleges, which with their numerous facilities seem akin to five star hotels. Never mind that 26.3 percent of New Haven’s populous live under the poverty line and The incidents that occurred this past week at Yale could only dream of are representative of the surreptitious push to living in a Yale-style dormitory. create campus-wide safe spaces.

The push to expand safe spaces a “master” at Yale is taken up by has also become an issue at this a distinguished faculty member University. Last week, my fellow who live and preside over one of Opinion columnist Carlos Lopez Yale’s residential colleges. Accord- argued the University should ing to Yale’s website, masters are implement trigger warnings in “responsible for the physical well courses with potentially emotionbeing and safety of students in the al material to promote a “safe” residential college, as well as for environment. While a quick trigfostering and shaping the social, ger warning may be appropriate

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when viewing highly provocative material, placing warnings before every sensitive discussion wastes class time and can imply the topic of discussion to be inappropriate.

I have even personally witnessed professors at this University reprimanded by students on their selection of certain truly benign class topics. Other colleges also have safe space issues. At Columbia, there was a recent campus-wide push by a student group to make all individual student dorms “safe spaces” for the LGBT community, which, though a laudable effort, came off as forced.

Safe spaces can and should exist at universities; three weeks ago I penned an article on how colleges should increase support for mental health resources. But the projection of safe spaces onto entire college campuses without consent of the student body, or the utilization of safe spaces as weapons to attack anyone with opposing views seem to pose a different type of intolerance that imperil first amendment rights to freedom of speech.

Hasan’s columns run Fridays.

He can be reached at h.khan@cavalierdaily.com.

Continue to cover tough topics The Cavalier Daily has the responsibility to lead the discussion on how student protests across the country relate to our community ing all U.Va. students and faculty in asking what these other schools’ scandals mean for U.Va. and for across the country, it’s the integrity of the hard not to ask what American university as JULIA FISHER lessons to draw from all a place of free exchange Public Editor the turmoil. The Cavof ideas. alier Daily’s managing U.Va., so far, has board has written two relevant remained blessedly free of the editorials this week — one on ad- breed of campus activist whose ministrative attentiveness to racial demands, complaints and protests controversies and one on the im- would make them tyrants. portance of press coverage of pubBut university protests elselic events. where have pushed still farther to In the second editorial, The the fore a constellation of recent Cavalier Daily stood up strongly questions about America’s college for reporters’ duty to inform the students: Are they coddled? Are public despite the efforts of protes- they too eager to claim status as tors at Mizzou to curb his access to victims, to hide from microagresthe public space they had claimed sions and to take cover under trigfor their demonstration. The Cava- ger warnings? Are they too quick lier Daily is right to be asking what to trust or turn to authorities for these recent controversies mean rules? Are they smart but uncritfor the press — and, of course, ical—“excellent sheep,” as William right to affirm the role of the press. Deresiewicz put it last year? Is The paper should also be lead- their newfangled rhetoric — for

example, in phrases like “check your privilege” — designed to silence rather than to spur debate?

These questions leave behind, in some ways, the issues of racism and free speech at the heart of the

from the public eye; after all, any free society — and any university — must recognize and struggle with the inherent tension between free speech and comfort, and these latest incarnations of that conflict will take their place in a long series of illustrations of the difficulty of maintaining a free, open and just society.

What will remain when the dust has The paper should also be leading all U.Va. settled at Yale and students and faculty in asking what these other Mizzou — and thus schools’ scandals mean for U.Va. and for the what remains important at schools integrity of the American university as a place of like U.Va. where free exchange of ideas.” that dust has not been raised — are recent events at Yale and Mizzou. questions about how such drastic But, sooner or later, while racism events came to be: about the nawill continue to demand atten- ture of today’s students and the tion, the immediately precipitating world and universities they want events at those schools will recede to inhabit.

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Many of these are disconcerting questions. But they are not questions about which college students can be apathetic. The Cavalier Daily should continue to lead investigations into difficult terrain, through editorials, longer essays, reported pieces and columns by U.Va. students and faculty. In its role as a leading university and interrogator of truth, U.Va. ought now to take up the mantle of interrogating itself; these questions should not fade once Mizzou and Yale have found resolution to their immediate troubles. The task begins with the students. The Cavalier Daily has begun — who will proceed?

Julia Fisher is the Public Editor for The Cavalier Daily. She can be reached at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @CDPublicEditor.

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November 16, 2015

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LOVE CONNECTION:

BEN MORGAN

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Year: Fourth Major: Systems Engineering U.Va. Involvement: Dean’s Ambassador for the School of Engineering, Operations Coordinator for Camp Kesem, SAE, Madison House.

Hometown: Versailles, Kentucky Ideal Date: Fit, shorter than me, blonde/brunette, long hair.

Ideal Date Personality: I really enjoy a girl who is active, spontaneous, optimistic, thoughtful and challenging.

Ideal Date Activity: Dinner and some adventurous activity, maybe a concert, but we can make it up as we go.

Deal breakers? Discourteous, doesn’t own any CDs. Describe a typical weekend: I spend most of my time hanging with friends, doing something active or exploring and hitting the books.

Hobbies: Playing basketball, hiking, keeping up with my sisters.

What makes you a good catch? I’m a relaxed, curious, adventurous and compassionate guy.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I sing pretty loudly in the shower.

What is your spirit animal? Something playful and loyal, like a Labrador.

What's your favorite pick-up line? I wish I were your derivative, so I could lie tangent to your curves.

Describe yourself in one sentence: A nice guy who loves to have fun and is always down to try something new.

BEN Courtesy Ben

A fourth year and third year enjoy each other’s company for three hours during classic, traditional date

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Ben and Morgan met at the Rotunda at 7 p.m. on Thursday and went to Oakhart Social.

Ben: I was very excited [for the date] from the get-go. I think blind dates in and of themselves are exciting. It’s hard at U.Va. to go on a date with someone you’ve never met.

Morgan: I’ve never been on a blind date before. I figured that it would be entertaining if nothing else, and I was hopeful that I would meet a quality guy.

Ben: I had no expectations. I had heard that [Love Connection] was a fun time, so I assumed it was going to be fun.

Morgan: I was sitting in one of the rocking chairs by Pav I and he was walking from the Rotunda across the Lawn and asked if I was waiting for someone.

Ben: I could tell she was fun – she was smiling from the start and looked bright and happy. She’s a pretty cute girl, and I felt a mutual giddiness at the beginning.

Morgan: He seemed nice and outgoing, which was reassuring. He was attractive.

Ben: I’d parked down by Batten, so we had some time to walk and talk as we walked down to my car. It was a perfect night in terms of the weather.

Morgan: When we got in the car, he had an old iPod with the last 30 years of music on it . My first test was to try to pick a song, which was difficult because the middle button was impossible to use. I was going to play “If I were a Boy” by Beyoncé, which he justified having because it used to be his sister’s iPod. Ben: I took her to Oakhart Social. [The

Year: Third Major: Commerce U.Va. Involvement: ADPi Exec, Holiday Sharing Program Director, Days on the Lawn Team Leader, Cavs in the Classroom.

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts Ideal Date: Over 6-foot, mildly athletic. I also think tattoos and man buns are hot. Extra points [for being] foreign.

Ideal Date Personality: Witty, smart, adventurous, open-minded, a gentleman.

Ideal Date Activity: I’m down for pretty much anything, just not ice skating. I’d go skydiving, but not skating. [The date] should include guac.

Deal breakers? Talks about sports too much, laziness.

Describe a typical weekend: Dinner and going out with friends, Saturday games/darties, farmers market, sorority stuff, yoga, food/ nutrition, dancing, travel, hiking, skiing, Netflix, reading.

What makes you a good catch? I try to live every day like it’s a party; I genuinely care about people and what they have to say.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? This is a hard one… My spelling needs improvement.

Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m the funniest person I know.

MORGAN Courtesy Morgan

restaurant has] tapas plates, so [food is] served group-style.

Morgan: We really talked about everything.

We sat for three hours; I totally didn’t realize what time it was when we were leaving.

I missed a couple other things I was supposed to go to after. We talked about literally everything.

Ben: We got to dinner at 7:30 and when I looked at my watch, it was 10:15. There weren’t any lulls in the conversation at all — I think it was a good mix with, neither one of us dominating. I definitely didn’t expect it to be that easy to talk to a complete stranger like that.

Morgan: We both really care about service and being a part of the community. He does Camp Kesem and I do Cavs in the Classroom. We’re both a part of Madison

House. He’s going to do a program working at a non-profit for a year before he starts his job.

Ben: Some of the conversations were really interesting. She studied at the London School of Economics over the summer and her room was haunted — we talked about that.

Morgan: We were discussing how he [is] going to do the fourth-year 5K among other activities that day, and we were talking about how he would manage that.

Ben: I didn’t feel super-flirty, we kind of just swapped stories the whole time. It didn’t feel overly romanticized — just two people talking about their lives.

Morgan: There might have been some flirting — I don’t know. He recently started drinking coffee — maybe we’ll get some

coffee together. I’d be open to a second date.

Ben: I think, if we do hang out again, it would be more as friends — it was just easy to talk to her and hang out with her. I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing her again, but probably not a date-y scene.

Morgan: My Commerce School block was having a gathering, so he [took me there after the date].

Ben: I dropped her off and hugged her good night — it was a pleasant evening.

It was a good experience to have to meet someone you know nothing about. I feel like nobody goes on a date anymore.

Morgan: I would rate the date an 8.7. I’m glad I went — it was good.

Ben: I’d rate the date a 9 – it was great. A great, classic, traditional date. It definitely makes me want to go on more dates now.

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Fourth Year 5K looks forward to higher participation Two undergraduate students work to promote safe drinking habits through 24th annual race Jane Winthrop Feature Writer

Early Saturday morning, hundreds of runners will participate in the 24th Annual Fourth Year 5K. The race provides participants with more than just friendly competition. It aims to promote safe drinking habits on the day of the last home football game, when the “fourth-year fifth,” the consumption of a metric fifth of alcohol, traditionally takes place.

As this year’s Fourth Year 5K co-chairs, fourth-year College student Emily Shelton and third-year College student Emma Kyono have raised money, written grants and coordinated race day logistics for months in advance of the event. The preparation is time-consuming but for these students the reward is even greater.

“Being a part of something that is so well-known and so incorporated into the U.Va. tradition is so humbling and unbelievable,” Shelton said.

The event gained momentum after the establishment of the Leslie Baltz Foundation. The race’s proceeds go to the founda-

tion, which provides a scholarship to an art history student in memory of Baltz.

Baltz died in 1997, on the day of the last home football game, after participating in the fourthyear fifth.

“We really want to emphasize that we’re not anti-drinking, but we support taking care of your friends and making sure that they’re safe and you’re safe and drinking responsibly,” Shelton said.

Since the introduction of the Fourth Year 5K, peer health educators have seen race registration increase from year to year.

In 2014, one-third of the fourthyear class participated in the race.

“Two years ago, they had a little over 900 registrants, so last year their goal was to get over 1,000,” Shelton said. “[Last year] they had about 1,600, so this year our goal is to get over 2,000 registrants, and we are on our way.”

Even more notably, participation in the fourth-year fifth has decreased.

“The fourth-year fifth participation is only about 10 percent,” Kyono said. “It’s such a minority compared to what everyone thinks.”

For Shelton and Kyono, the Fourth Year 5K brings excitement and positivity.

“We are there at 5:00 in the morning,” Shelton said. “We’re running around, blowing up balloons, getting everything set up, chalking the course and [enjoying] the energy and positivity that surrounds the whole race.”

This year, the co-chairs will introduce a Zumba warm-up before the race and a yoga cool down after it wraps up.

“It’s nice to see everyone together in the Amphitheater, milling around, waiting for the race, but as soon as the race starts, people take off,” Kyono said. “We want to come back together and reflect on the race since it’s not just about running — it’s about coming together.”

In addition, the co-chairs have expanded their outreach to encourage more underclassmen to register.

“Our race has such a good message and we have so many resources for students for alcohol awareness on Grounds and sober things to do on the weekends,” Kyono said. “We’d like that information to go to the younger years and not

just the fourth years [who] are about to leave.”

The event has grown, changed and improved over the years, but the ideas it promotes have remained largely unchanged.

“On race day morning, Leslie Baltz’s mother comes, and all her friends from college come,” Shelton said. “Now they all have kids and are doing this race together, almost 20 years after she passed away, just working to keep her memory alive, which is so great.”

Lauren Hornsby | The Cavalier Daily

Students launch updated Course Forum Student-run website debuts new features for class registration Alexis Gravely Feature Writer

“Which professor is best for this class? Is this class going to destroy my GPA? Will the course material interest me?” Thousands of undergrads find themselves asking these questions during a stressful time of the year for many students — class registration. Luckily, the Course Forum, a student-run website, answers these questions and many more.

“We like to think that the culture of the Course Forum is ‘students helping students,’” fourth-year College student and website director Sean Spector said.

Within the last week of scheduling, users logged into the Course Forum 40,000 times.

These users not only depend on

the help of their peers to rate and review the classes they’ve taken, but also on the undergraduates who build and maintain the Course Forum.

The website was founded in 2005 by two undergraduates, Jeff Bordogna and Alan Webb. After they graduated, the website remained unmaintained until a few years ago, when the founders reached out to a group of five students and asked them to get involved in the site.

The team began to expand and currently has 18 members working on production and marketing for the site.

This year, the team released version three of the Course Forum.

Third-year College student and senior developer Kienan Adams worked on some key features of the new update.

“We don’t have any actual roles,” Adams said. “We’re all developers.

We kind of work by [taking on] different features that we want to work on.”

Many of the changes in the new version involved redesigning the website’s layout. Adams worked primarily on updating the course page, which includes all of the class data and reviews.

Additionally, a new browsing method was added which brings out data already included in the website so users can view it. This data includes the average rating of classes, average GPA and average difficulty as well as class descriptions. Users can now search for professors and learn the professor’s average rating as well as view all the classes he or she teaches.

The developers also added a new

Wendy Feng | The Cavalier Daily

In time for class registration this year, developers of Course Forum launched several new features.

scheduling feature. This allows students to pick the classes they want to take while the website generates different scheduling options. Students can also choose various preferences such as “No Morning Classes” or “Save Time for Lunch.”

The scheduler is still in its Beta version, which caused the website’s first crash last week when the developers did not anticipate the high levels of data required by the scheduling app’s server. The team fixed the problem, and the site has been running

smoothly ever since.

The team is currently working on several new applications for the future, such as a textbook exchange service, to increase site usage and encourage students to visit the Course Forum at other times of the year besides class registration.

“Something that we’ve really been trying to work on is decreasing the seasonality of the site,” Spector said.

“We want to make the Course Forum a part of the students’ every week at school.”