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Cody Journell kicked off football team Council ALEX KOMA & JACOB EMERT sports editors

The Virginia Tech football team has dismissed kicker Cody Journell for an undisclosed violation of team rules, according to a release from the school. Head coach Frank Beamer won’t comment on the situation, but did say that the staff has yet

to identify a replacement. Attempts to reach Cody Journell went unreturned. The Ripplemead, Va. native was previously suspended for the team’s game against Marshall this season for a separate rule violation. The senior was also suspended at the end of 2011 when he was arrested and charged with a felony for break-

ing and entering. The charge was ultimately dropped to a misdemeanor and Beamer reinstated the kicker. The Hokies have limited depth at the position, with Ethan Keyserling, Mitchell Ludwig and Eric Kristensen the only other players listed on the depth chart. Ludwig has missed the team’s

last two games with a leg injury. Journell was 44-of-58 on field goals for his career and 101-for-106 on extra points. Journell’s Twitter account (@ CodyJournell) has been deleted.

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rejects student housing EMILY WYNN

New shop downtown clears the air with e-cigarettes

businesses like Sew Attitude and Subway. Smith believes that the unique niche that electronic cigarettes can offer will have a positive impact on the New River Valley. “The thing that sets our company’s product from other companies is the liquid tobacco, or e-liquid,” Smith said. “It is manufactured in Richmond rather than overseas, and offers an extremely smooth taste depending on what flavor you’re looking for.”

Debates over student housing continued on Tuesday night as the Blacksburg Town Council voted 4-3 against developing a project on the Oaknoll Farm property on Prices Fork Road. The proposed development, named The Retreat, is a cottage-style, high-density student residential area with 204 units and 829 bedrooms. The plan for The Retreat incorporates a clubhouse, community gardens, a pool, a patio area and a sport court. There would be 868 spaces to accommodate parking, with a ratio of 1.5 spaces per bedroom. One of the repeatedly-stated queries about the project was how much student housing does Blacksburg need — something asked by both citizens and town council members. “The overriding goal ought to be ‘do we need student housing or not?’” Councilwoman Susan Anderson said. “I question the need for 800+ student beds in this location.” Many citizen complaints echoed this statement. “The argument that’s bothering me is that there is a housing shortage,” said Ken Jones, a town resident and landlord. Some residents in favor of the project have decided to accept the town’s eventual growth, and agreed that this was a good project to build. “The town’s going to grow — we might as well just go with it,” said Jim Mathias, a resident. However, traffic remained an issue among residents, who were concerned about the increase in traffic that a high-density complex like this would bring to the area. “[Along with] the noise, the potential partying, and the possible dangers that will come to drivers, pedestrians, and kids who are walking and riding bikes — (is) the addition of so many student drivers,” said Judy Bauer, a resident. To combat traffic concerns, Landmark Properties proposed two entrances to the property with a traffic signal near the main entrance on Huntington Lane

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wo men are setting up shop in Kent Square, hoping to change the way the New River Valley smokes. Four months ago, 28-year-old’s Cole Smith and Donovan Phillips invested $20,000 into a self-made electronic cigarette shop in the downtown Richmond, Va. area. Avail Vapor lit up in popularity almost immediately. Now, Smith and Phillips are set to open four more shops to cover each region of Virginia— Virginia Beach, Short Pump, Fredericksburg and, most recently, Blacksburg.

“It really came down between Blacksburg and Roanoke as the place to expand for the southwestern Virginia area,” Smith said. “We eventually decided upon Blacksburg because it’s a good center of mass for Roanoke, Radford and Christiansburg. Also, it doesn’t hurt that one of our business partners is a (Tech) alumn who makes trips down here for every football game.” Avail Vapor is set for a soft opening this Friday, and will be the newest storefront to fill a vacancy at Kent Square — a location which has seen a number of failed

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America Recycles Day Professor brings hip-hop meets Hokie game day course to winter session LEAH KOMADA news staff writer

Teaming up with communities, schools and universities around the country, Virginia Tech’s Office of Energy and Sustainability will be bringing the fi rst America Recycles Day celebration to campus. On Friday, Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Squires Student Center Plaza will host a celebration in the form of a tailgate with food, games and prize giveaways. Attendees will learn easy and efficient recycling tips. Occurring a day before the last home football game of the season, the event will have special focus on recycling at tailgates. “We all know that tailgating is a huge event at

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Reduce, reuse, recycle - in that order.” Emily Schosid campus sustainability planner

Virginia Tech that happens six or seven times a year,” said Emily Schosid, campus sustainability planner. “Recycling at tailgates isn’t as good as it could be.” Located in the parking lots near Lane Stadium, there are brown recycling igloos where people can toss their recyclables. “For recycling to be success-

ful at tailgates at this point, people really need to take the initiative,” Schosid said. “There are a limited number of the igloos, so it really is up to individual groups to take the time to fi nd them.” Within individual tailgates, it is important to sort recycling from trash, even before the actual tailgate takes place. “Th ink about what you’re using,” Schosid said. “If there are not going to be many of you, consider bringing reusable items to cut down on the waste. Also keep in mind that cans, bottles, plastic forks and knives, even solo cups are all recyclable.” Campus sustainability extends beyond the efforts of tailgaters before game days. see RECYCLE / page two

LIFESTYLES

CARMEN LODATO news staff writer

This winter session, Virginia Tech is launching a new elective - Intro to Hip-Hop Culture. Jocelyn Wilson, who is teaching the course, is a professor in the Department of Learning Science and Technologies and the founder and director of HipHop2020, a curriculum project located in the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). This elective class will focus on the history of hip-hop culture, and how it’s expressed through rapping, deejaying, breakdancing and graffiti. It will also explore the global nature of hip-hop culture. Wilson believes a hip-hop culture class is important for

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more info Students that have questions or would like to get involved can contact Wilson at drjoyce@vt.edu. The Four Four Beat Project website opens on Nov. 18. the Drillfield, or when I open my office window on a Friday afternoon and hear music playing,” Wilson said. “It’s subtle, but strong.” The new winter session course is intended to gauge interest among students for more classes of the same kind see HIP / page two

ONLINE The women’s basketball team is off to a hot start. They are 2-0 and set to take host Florida for the first time on Thursday.

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students because hip-hop represents a diverse mindset. “Students at Tech now weren’t really exposed to hiphop until after its formative years. Today, hip-hop is fighting against a consumer narrative that paints it as misogynist and violent, when hiphop is actually about celebrating and elevating diversity,” Wilson said. While hip-hop culture is most evident during homecoming week, with artists like J.Cole and Wale performing at the most recent homecoming concert, Wilson believes that the hip-hop generation is present on campus all the time. “The hip-hop generation is visible on campus, whether it’s students listening to Beats by Dre as they walk around

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Q&A with BANGS Shoes Town: Students, residents voice objection to project founder Hannah Davis ERICA CORDER news staff writer

At 25 years old, Hannah Davis is the founder and president of her own company. BANGS Shoes celebrated its fi rst year of operation last month — a company that invests proceeds earned from the sale of shoes into nonprofit organizations focused on six causes: education, disaster aid, fi nancial empowerment, ending hunger, clean water and development. Davis came to Virginia Tech on Tuesday as part of a 23-campus tour, where she is relaying her inspirational story and experience in sustainability. She sat down with The Collegiate Times to talk about her company and her life since its founding. Collegiate Times: So you’re 25, and the founder and president of your own company. What does that feel like to be 25 and running a company? Hannah Davis: I guess it seems like a bigger deal to other people than it does for me. I didn’t set out to be the founder of an organization. I had this pull and this drive, then the company formed around it. In regards to being the founder of an organization, I’m learning… how to become an effective leader, and (about) the things you need to do to run a company smoothly. I’m really lucky to have some amazing mentors. It feels stressful sometimes, but it’s very exciting and there’s so much potential, and I just hope I don’t mess it up. CT: Let’s talk about the company itself. Can you describe BANGS in terms of what it stands for and its mission? HD: BANGS is a social enterprise – an organization that uses a business plan as a tool to affect posi-

tive social developments. The idea is that we’ve integrated fundraising for nonprofits into a for-profit business model. The model that BANGS uses is each [shoe] color represents a different cause and nonprofit, and 20 percent of the net proceeds go to that representative organization. On the outside of the shoes, there’s an icon that represents what cause you’re supporting... and that’s where your

If you teach a man to ﬁsh, he eats for a lifetime — and that’s the BANGS mentality.” Hannah Davis BANGS Shoes founder money goes. CT: What led up to your conceptualization of BANGS? What inspired you to make the company? HD: I have a political science degree and a minor in Mandarin – nothing to really do with shoes. In high school, I was part of Model United Nations, so I learned a lot about being a global citizen, and it just kind of like opened up my eyes; there’s not just Columbia, S.C. — which is where I’m from. There’s so much else. I was also raised in a household where, if you have, you give. I carried that with me up until I graduated college and decided after I graduated I was going to teach English in China for a year. I went to China… and I discovered these green shoes that are worn by the Chinese working class. I went into this army surplus store and saw these [shoes] that are mass produced by the Chinese military. I bought them and then months passed and I literally sat up in bed one day and was

like, “Oh my gosh, it’s the shoes.” And so I decided to link this specific style of shoe to different causes and different organizations. The Chinese character for the word “help” is spelled b-a-n-g, which is where the name of the company comes from. CT: So where does the company stand today? HD: We’re growing. We’re progressing. We’ve been in business one year as of last month so hopefully there will be many more. We’re still a start-up, so it’s still a small company, but it’s going really well and people are really receptive to the idea and like the shoes and we’re getting more sales. We’re just trying to get our story out there. CT: When someone buys a pair of shoes, where does the money go specifically? HD: We track our sales through the color of shoes. We know when someone buys the blue pair that we’re going to give that money to Drop in the Bucket, the clean water nonprofit that we work with. When someone buys the khaki pair, that’s (toward) ending hunger and we partnered with CHOICE Humanitarian for that cause, so we tally their sales and write checks every month. CT: Just to wrap things up, did you have anything else you wanted to add? HD: A lot of people say, “What makes BANGS different? Why is this a special company?” And I think the really important part about BANGS is that we only invest in nonprofits that create sustainable change. I guess it’s, you know, if you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime — and that’s the BANGS mentality.

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based on a traffic study funded by Landmark. Housing is usually an issue where student opinion clashes with that of other Blacksburg residents, but in this case several students spoke out against The Retreat, putting forth reasons similar to those of the citizens of Blacksburg. “When I look out my kitchen window I see mountains, and I don’t wanna lose that view when I’m cooking dinner every single night,” said Emily Phillips, a Tech student. Phillips also protested the cost of rent for The Retreat. “Step back to when you were 20 years old,” Phillips said. “Could you afford to

pay $800 for rent?” Councilwoman Leslie Hager-Smith, a proponent of The Retreat, stated that she believed the council had enough information about the project to vote on it while maintaining “smart growth.” “Student housing is considered normal and expected in this college town,” HagerSmith said. “After all, the student population outnumbers us two to one. Where are they to live if not among us, in proximity to the university?” This is the second student housing complex in the last month that has been turned down by town council. The University City Center complex was unanimously rejected in a town council meeting in early October, mainly due

to its size and density. The University City Center was a large apartment-style complex with a parking garage — a very different idea from the cottages of The Retreat. The Retreat has a chance to amend its plans and be proposed again next year. Councilwoman Krishna Chachra, though she voted against the project, expressed interest in looking at the project again next year. “I really hope you will submit this comp plan amendment change for the review in 2014, which is only two months from now, so it can go through the process of review,” Chachra said.

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Smoke: Owners aim to reduce cigarette addiction from page one

As soon as customers step inside the recently rennovated store, their eyes will be automatically attracted to the colorful wall of flavor samples, which could be considered the love child of a frozen yogurt shop and a hookah bar. Customers receive an individual plastic tip and go down the line testing each flavor, narrowing down their final choices. Smith also noted that the “aggressive pricing” they set on their products is another reason that people have been more likely to stamp out their old cigarettes and pick up these newer, more hightech ones. Avail Vapor sells kits for first-time purchasers, which include a custom e-cigarette (available in a variety of colors), a battery and a USB charging cord. The e-liquid cartridges — which Avail Vapor has stated contain no carcinogens, no preservatives and no additives — can

be purchased for $8 (or 3 cartridges for $20), and Smith says it can last a pack-a-day smoker about a week. Minikits are also available, which offer a smaller battery. The electronic cigarette phenomenon burst onto the scene in the past few years after the creation in 2003 by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik following his father’s death from lung cancer. Traditionally strong tobacco companies like Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc. (who manufacture the Marlboro brand) have recently begun to roll out their own versions of e-cigarettes in an attempt to cashin on the rapidly expanding product. Many advocates of e-cigarettes have set out to prove their health value over regular cigarettes. Jim Oliver, a criminal defense attorney who also owns a vapor-based lounge in Washington, ran the full 26.2-mile New York Marathon in five hours earlier this month, casually

puffing on an e-cigarette the entire way. A recent study by the University of Auckland reported by the BBC found that e-cigarettes were just as, if not more, effective than nicotine patches in helping people quit smoking altogether. Long-term effects of electronic cigarettes are still unknown, however, as research is still ongoing. Smith, a former smoker himself, hopes that this venture can help people overcome their addiction in the long-run, while also helping Blacksburg cut down on pollution from cigarette butts. “I can attest that smokers are looking for any reason or excuse to try and quit,” Smith said. “We give them that option by setting our prices much lower and using a product that we’ve put extensive research into that we ourselves use.”

Students have already expressed interest in taking this class during fall or spring semester, and want the class to be a part of the CLE requirements. “I would definitely take it. It’s a unique elective and a good way to integrate music culture and education for students,” said Banna Desta, a public and urban affairs major. “People don’t realize that hip-hop is such a huge part of American culture.”

If the class does well in winter session, it will likely be added to the fall and spring timetables. “Our goal is to put it out there and see what happens, we’ve defi nitely generated interest, and we want to let students know what’s on the horizon with the Four Four Beat Project,” Wilson said.

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Recycle: Tech takes new approach to sustainability Hip: Class will enhance music-based research lab

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New this semester, Dining Services has started a reusable food container program at West End to cut down on the amount of Styrofoam used by the university. Students can buy into the program for an annual fee of $12 and, in return, receive three key tags. These tags can be turned in to check out one to-go container per tag. Containers can be taken anywhere, but when the student is fi nished with it, it has to be

checked back into the kiosk and placed on the dish rack where dining services will clean it. “We don’t want the safety of the food to be compromised by the program,” said Rial Tombes, sustainability coordinator for Dining Services. “We wanted a program where we could serve the food then wash the dishes ourselves, so we know it is clean enough to meet our standards.” While waste control in dining halls is Tombes’ focus, she believes the America Recycles

Day tailgate will be an opportunity to make people aware of what’s happening on campus and the much needed emphasis on waste reduction and recycling. “Reduce, reuse, recycle — in that order,” said Schosid. “Reduce your waste before you produce it, then fi nd what you can reuse — and then the last step is to recycle.”

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and to promote the Four Four Beat Project, an educational research lab with an archive of 4,000 original vinyl records and autographs. This is the first hiphop archive to be established at an institute of technology. Student volunteers are needed to help catalogue the archive, workshop ideas and create programs on campus to promote the archive.

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Dress codes need to change Some of the most stringent dress codes, which some of us have already been introduced to, and others will soon be acquainted with, are for workplace attire. Every company has a set of regulations they require their employees to follow regarding dress code. These codes are set in place to create a respectable and presentable outward image for the companies. Certain law fi rms, for instance, require all of their employees to wear suits. Standard upscale restaurants also often require their employees to wear collared shirts and ties to establish a professional image. Though the law gives employers great authority in creating a professional environment according to the company wishes, dress code policies should serve only as guidelines for appropriate attire, as opposed to requirements. Skills and knowledge should take precedent over attire and image. Employees often sacrifice individuality and comfort for the sake of company policies. Though both men and women must follow dress codes, women seemingly jump through more hoops to comply with them than men do. Having worked at a retail store specializing in workplace attire, I was told to suggest conservative options for females entering the workforce. I advised them that wearing color to an interview might offend the employer and cost them a job. Additionally, I counseled them on the length of their heels- if they exceed three inches, you risk appearing unprofessional. Instead, black suit and flats are considered safe choices. Femininity is almost discouraged in the workforce for the sake of gaining respect and not offending others. Advising these women on their options made me realize how little individuality and comfort count in most cases. Some companies have gone overboard with their policies and crossed into the territory of violating their employees’ rights. Abercrombie & Fitch has been one such company when they fi red a Muslim employee for violating company policy. The employee wore a head scarf for religious purposes and refused to take it off in compliance with the company dress code, and was subsequently fired. The company was sued and lost an anti-discrimination suit to the ex-employee. Although most companies don’t violate civil liberties, their recommended dress codes incur an added cost to employees who must acquire new wardrobes to fit in to their work environment. Employees should have a choice on how they dress in the workplace while following certain guidelines. They shouldn’t have to feel something as basic as their clothing is out of their control. Expressing individualistic style should be considered in making the policies. Females especially should not have to face unnecessary predicaments to gain respect in the work place. They shouldn’t have to give up who they are for the sake of appeasing others. At the end of the day, it should be the productivity of the employee that should make a difference, not their physical appearance. ZAINAB MOHSINI - regular columnist - junior - communication

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the undersigned, wish to express our concern regarding Virginia Tech’s recent handling of the controversy involving associate professor of English Steven Salaita. The university’s response has been wholly unsatisfactory, placing in doubt its commitment to academic freedom, its mission of “learning, discovery, and engagement,” and the Virginia Tech Principles of Community. On Aug. 25, Dr. Salaita published an essay at Salon.com in which he argued that the phrase “support the troops” is often used to stifle debate over U.S. foreign and military policy, while doing little to support actual military personnel and veterans. That article was immediately met with death threats and racist, homophobic, and sexist messages (some of them forwarded directly to Dr. Salaita from the President of Virginia Tech’s email account). Such response was part of a concerted effort to have Dr. Salaita censured or terminated. Though we expected a robust defense of Dr. Salaita and the principle of academic freedom, we were disappointed with the university’s official response, through the words of associate vice president for University Relations Larry Hincker. In his statements, Mr. Hincker did acknowledge the university’s commitment to academic freedom, but he also took the opportunity to join Dr. Salaita’s critics and, worse, to distance Dr. Salaita from what

Mr. Hincker claimed was the collective psyche and collective opinion of the Virginia Tech community. (In his statements, Mr. Hincker repeatedly identified Dr. Salaita incorrectly as an “assistant professor.”) For instance, in a Collegiate Times article published August 29, 2013, Mr. Hincker stated that the article does not “reflect the collective psyche of the Virginia Tech community.” And in a written response on letterhead of the Office of University Relations, Mr. Hincker elaborated, “While our assistant [sic] professor may have a megaphone on salon.com, his opinions not only do not reflect institutional position, we are confident they do not remotely reflect the collective opinion of the greater university community.” Thus while Dr. Salaita was facing angry attacks by those who we believe had misread his thoughtful article, the university administration sided against that article in the name of “collective opinion.” Rather than defending our colleague, Mr. Hincker took pains to reassure Dr. Salaita’s antagonists that his views stand outside of the collective psyche, or collective opinion, of the greater university community. A chilling precedent is set when upper administrators speak in the name of the “greater university community” in order to exclude certain views of their faculty from that community, as they officially define it. Those of us who agree with Dr. Salaita’s reasoned article, in total or in part, likewise feel

that Mr. Hincker’s official statements question our relation to the university community. If our exercises of critical and conscientious scholarship expose us to similar public attack, will the university administration side with those denouncing us, and pay lip service to academic freedom only as an apology for its inability to discipline us? Or, will it support a robust understanding of academic freedom and defend our actions as the embodiment of the university’s purpose? Virginia Tech’s Statement of Principles of Ethical Behavior states, “As citizens engaged in a profession that depends upon freedom for its welfare and integrity, we have a particular obligation to promote conditions of free inquiry and of further public understanding of academic freedom.” We call on Mr. Hincker and President Steger to reaffirm Virginia Tech’s principles of free inquiry as articulated in its mission statement and governing documents. We further believe it would be appropriate for Mr. Hincker to clarify that his words and actions did not represent the psyches or opinions of the diverse population at Virginia Tech, but his opinion alone. We eagerly await a public statement acknowledging this fact and urge the president’s office to fund a symposium open to all students, faculty, and staff where, in the spirit of Virginia Tech’s educational mission, participants can critically explore what it means to create and disseminate knowledge in the modern university.

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Women’s basketball perfect through 2 games this year RACHEL FRANKS sports staff writer

The Virginia Tech women’s basketball team started off the season with two wins over Howard and Old Dominion. “This was a good way to start the season,” said head coach Dennis Wolff. “The girls played really unselfishly. We played with a lot of confidence.” With the two wins the team has shown they are more assured and aggressive this year. Starting forward Taijah Campbell, a sophomore coming off a foot injury that put her on the bench for half of last season, thinks the team will surprise people this season. “I expect we are going to be a lot more assertive,” Campbell said. “I feel like we have a lot more confidence as a team this year. We want to turn a lot of heads and we have the talent to.” Campbell has put up impressive stats in the first two games. Against ODU she put up her first career double-double, scoring 19 points, going 9-for-10 in field goals, grabbing 11 rebounds, with three assists, a block and a steal. Vanessa Panousis, a freshman point guard from Australia, has also been impressive in the opening

games. She had seven rebounds, six assists and four points against the Bison and 12 points, five assists and two steals against the Lady Monarchs. Wolff said he thought she “played terrifically” in her collegiate debut. Another Australian, sophomore Hannah Young, had two double-doubles to start off the season. She had 11 points and 11 rebounds against Howard and 10 points and 10 rebounds against ODU. Young is looking to have a breakout year this season. Last season, she was not able to participate in preseason practice, and being able to practice more with the team this preseason has started to show. “Just having this preseason that I didn’t have last year has helped a lot and I worked on my game the past couple of months,” Young said. “It is what I needed.” The team’s first game was on Saturday, when the Hokies dominated Howard 84-32. Tech scored the first bucket of the game and never looked back. At halftime, the Hokies were up 37-15. In the second half, Tech extended their lead to win by 52. It was the first time since 2005 that they have won by over 50 points and the most points they’ve scored in a game since 2010.

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Head coach Dennis Wolff looks on during Virginia Tech’s 73-61 victory over Old Dominion. The Hokies have started their season 2-0. Wolff said that Tech was able to hold onto their early lead by protecting the ball. “I thought there were good decisions made with the ball,” Wolff said. “I thought the girls did a good job of looking down the floor so we didn’t give them any second shots and when we got the rebound.” The second game of the season on Monday was a little

closer, as Tech won 73-61. The Hokies were down 24-20 at halftime, but were able to battle back and tie the game at 52 with nine minutes remaining. After that Tech went on a 12-4 run and held on to the lead to finish the game up by 12. The first two wins for the Hokies are encouraging, but after the last two losing seasons, Wolff wants to focus on

the next game. “Our goal is to have a winning season, but when you haven’t won and you haven’t won you just have to go one game at a time,” he said. The next game is on Thursday at home against Florida. Tech has only faced the Gators twice before, losing both times. In order to get their first

victory over the Gators, the Hokies will have to continue improving. “We have a lot to work on and I think there are a lot of things we need to do to have a chance to win against Florida,” Wolff said.

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Last home football game scores as the saddest part of graduating

he said: Make the she said: Senior year best of every game marks cherished time I’m

a senior now, which means the upcoming game against Maryland will be my last Virginia Tech football game in Lane Stadium as a student. This might be the saddest part about graduating. While the Hokies haven’t been quite as successful in the years I have been here versus years past, I still have many fond memories about my time in that stadium. My freshman year I sat in the south end zone for the Thursday night game against Georgia Tech. This was my first Thursday night experience in Lane, and I was hooked from the get go. My lasting memory, though is of David Wilson’s gamewinning kickoff return for a touchdown. Sitting in the south end zone, I could see the seam develop before Wilson hit it and knew

instantly that the Hokies had taken the lead. I remember screaming my head off while high-fiving every single person on my row. The loudest I have ever heard Lane Stadium, though, was in 2011 against Miami. Until last weekend this was Logan Thomas’ signature game and the game-winning drive he engineered was a thing of beauty. However, my best memory is of the second “Enter Sandman” at the end of the game, when the stadium went bonkers and the ESPN video of it went viral. Perhaps my favorite Lane Stadium memory, however, comes from the Marshall game this year. Most of my group of friends did not even bother showing up because of the weather. Those who did left at halftime, because they were soaked and cold. So there I was for the second half and

three overtimes in the driving rain holding down an entire north end zone section with three other guys who were similarly abandoned. I have no idea who these random Hokies were, but we became best friends for the day, yelling and celebrating together as if we hadn’t just met five minutes before. Despite the lousy opponent, that was probably the most fun I have ever had at a Hokie football game. While a 12:30 game against Maryland is not how I envisioned finishing my time as a student in Lane, you better believe I’ll make the most of it. JAMES O’HARA - web editor - senior - computer science

listen: BLUE CHIPS 2 Action Bronson mixes with guest artists on new tape

NYC gourmet chef-turnedrapper Action Bronson and his new mixtape “Blue Chips 2” are ambivalent, to say the least. This is his seventh project since debuting with “Bon Appetit … Bitch” in 2011, and aside from last year’s “Rare Chandeliers,” I’ve yet to make a real connection with his work. Bronson’s gruesome bars portray a lifestyle that is less than relatable to the common, cocaine-abstinent being, and minus his loud and apparent obsession with food, we fail to fi nd any common ground. I took my first intensive look at “Blue Chips 2” while I was at Panera the other night. I was sitting down to a serving of summer squash soup and sparing my neighboring patrons of Bronson’s offensiveness— my headphones were in. The soup and music would form in parallel progression, perpetually teetering from enjoyable to overwhelming. It’s easy to get drawn in by Bronson’s lines like “It be the novelist, bare-handed choke a hippopotamus,” off the track “Practice,” or even “Hammer dances on the porch, downtown gallivanting with a horse,” from “The Don’s Cheek.” Bronson’s sporadic lyrics tend to be either genuinely hilarious or so incredibly disturbing that you have no choice but to laugh not with, but at him. I can only tolerate so many facetious one-liners at once. Drug use and the objectification of women are things we’ve come to expect in hip-hop and rap, but I think there’s something to be said about rappers who are capa-

ble of making fun with an underlying substance that emphasizes something larger than the joke itself. There are loads of unfortunate features on this mixtape as well. Bronson’s cousin Big Body Bes shows up three different times, each appearance proving to be as terrible as the last. He lays down a forgettable verse on the track “Twin Peugots,” which is then amplified by an ignorant Mac Miller verse, collectively constructing one of my least favorite tracks. Black Hippie’s Ab-Soul does, however, deliver with arguably the strongest verse of the entire mixtape on the track “Through The Eyes of a G.” Production is the real story here, and just as he did for the original “Blue Chips” in 2012, the Party Supplies band takes on some audacious sampling for this thing. “Blue Chips 2” provides some of the most dynamic beats I’ve heard all year, sampling classics such as

Phil Collins “Sussudio,” the Champs’s “Tequila” and Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason.” Random sound bites range from an Applebee’s 2-for20 commercial to Allen Iverson’s infamous “practice” rant. Party Supplies and Bronson are both products of Fool’s Gold Records, along with Detroit MC Danny Brown, and I’m praying to the rap gods that Party Supplies teams up with Brown for a sequel to their collaboration “Grown Up.” It was one of the best songs of 2012, and it proved Danny Brown has the lyrical fi repower to back up Party Supplies’ amazing instrumentals. Action Bronson has his moments, but on this mixtape, he’s just weighing down Party Supplies’ ingenuity (pun intended). STEVEN BURNESON - regular columnist - sophomore - communication

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was October of 2008 in Charlottesville when I heard the phrase for the first (and only) time. A certain unnamed enemy school’s football team was swift ly taking a victory from a scoreless University of Maryland. Sometime in the third quarter, as their unhappy fans began to trickle out, a Terrapin devotee, stumbling drunk and decked out in red and white, walked past our section yelling a phrase that has stuck with me to this day: “Fear the turtle.” Fear the turtle. Sure. While the phrase on its own bears an inherent silliness, at the time there was absolutely nothing to fear from a team that went on to lose that game 31-0. But there is now. When you were all quaking in your boots over the season opener with Alabama and the matchup against a tough Miami team, I had this weekend’s contest circled on my calendar as a sort of doomsday since the beginning of this year. This weekend will be my last home football game, and

if the realization that I am, in fact, graduating in a month hasn’t hit me yet, it absolutely will on my last occasion as a student in Lane Stadium. Virginia Tech football, while sometimes heartbreaking, has been one of my most treasured experiences while being on this campus. At the risk of sounding hokey (ha), I look around during games and find myself surrounded by people who love and make up something we call the “Hokie Nation.” From designing every Collegiate Times “Extra Point” for the past three years to having my art on the last two “Orange Effect” shirts to getting the opportunity to meet and profile the wonderful Cheryl Beamer and her family (shameless plug here), I have tried to give back to this Virginia Tech football team as much as they have given me. Truth is, I will never be able to do that. If in the past week I’ve found myself crying while trying to purchase a cap and gown and getting all choked up driving down Washington St., I cannot imagine what kind of

emotional mess I will be this weekend in Lane Stadium. So this year, I do “fear the turtle” and the looming game this weekend against Maryland. For my last home game, I want nothing more than for our football team to beat Maryland, just as badly as our arch-rival did in 2008. Th is weekend, you’ll fi nd me in the stands, cheering as loud as I can for our team and for Luther Maddy and for the Hokie Nation and for myself, cheering as loud as I possibly can so that I lose my voice in a tiny tribute to a team I love, and have watched grow in the four years I’ve been at Virginia Tech. And if that cheering for a moment takes on another sound, a howling, deplorable bawl perhaps, just look away, and know that the fact that I’m graduating has finally hit me. DANIELLE BUYNAK - managing editor - senior - English