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Marching Virginians’ facility plans progress BY EMILY WYNN | news staff writer
CAMERON AUSTIN news editor
The Washington and Lee community is in mourning after a fatal car accident left one student dead and at least three others seriously injured. Kelsey Durkin, a 21-yearold senior from New Canaan, Conn., died in the accident, which occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. A total of 10 students were in the car, according to the school. The accident occurred on Turkey Hill Road when the driver, Nicholas Perry, hit a tree stump in his 2006 Chevy Tahoe and overturned the vehicle. Perry was taken to Carillion Stonewall Jackson Hospital for minor injuries and was later arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. He was also charged with refusing to take a breathalyzer test. According to Facebook, Perry is a junior at W&L from New Orleans. According to the police, Durkin was sitting in the
DURKIN back seat of the vehicle, not wearing a seat belt, when the crash occurred and was ejected from the car. She was then taken to hospital and was pronounced dead upon arrival. “There are no words to express the grief we feel over the loss of someone taken from us so suddenly and tragically,” said W&L President Kenneth Ruccio in a statement to the public. “In the days ahead, in the weeks and months ahead, our sadness will be lessened only by the memories of her time with us.”
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The Board of Visitors recently approved more funding for the new practice facility, sending the planning into the next phase. Plans for the new Marching Virginians’ practice facility are moving forward after the Board of Visitors recently approved additional funding for the project. The proposed plan, which was initially approved by the Board of Visitors in September, includes a 4,300-square-foot building with an outdoor pavilion of 3,500 square feet with coverage for bad weather
and a lighted outdoor practice field. The facility will be located near Lane Stadium and the Chicken Hill parking lot, the area where poultry science students study and work with flocks of hens. On game day, the marching band would be able to march down Southgate Drive and directly into the stadium. The board initially approved
$400,000 to go into planning for the project and approved another $800,000 for actual work on the construction site on Nov. 18. Currently, Virginia Tech’s marching band stores their instruments wherever they can: spare rooms from other programs, storage in the basement of the baseball team’s batting cage facility and even in the back of the old Kmart that the university owns for printing and surplus. see FACILITY / page two
World Cup champion Brandi Chastain reflects on career BRITTNAY KEUP sports staff writer
Olympic gold and silver medalist and World Cup champion in women’s professional soccer Brandi Chastain took time out of her busy schedule as Santa Clara University’s women’s soccer assistant coach and ambassador of the Capital One Cup to talk about her past as a soccer player and her thoughts on Virginia Tech’s women’s soccer team. Collegiate Times: What was your college experience like while playing at the University of California, Berkeley and COURTESY OF CAPITAL ONE Santa Clara University? Brandi Chastain is most famous for her celebration after scoring the Brandi Chastain: I think being game-winning goal in the 1999 Women’s World Cup final for the US. a young person going into the
collegiate ranks was an eyeopening experience, but it was one that gave me so many lessons for off the field use. I, unfortunately, had sustained two ACL reconstructions during my collegiate career and so it kind of gave me perspective on the gift that I was given to play soccer and how I needed to take better care of it and respect it a little bit more. It also reminded me that every player matters, no matter if you’re on the sideline or you’re in the game. What you contribute in training helps your team be successful and I carried that onto my national team career. I wasn’t always a starter with the national team, so my games were training
sessions and what I did there helped our team be successful. CT: Why exactly did you choose to transfer from the University of California, Berkeley to Santa Clara University? Chastain: I got myself into a scenario where I made a choice based on how happy my parents and my grandparents were (for me) to go to a university and I probably should have listened to my heart a little bit more. In terms of the experience, it was great. I played with some great players and I was freshman player of the year in the NCAA and I had a great season soccer-wise. Academically, I didn’t do so well and then I was hurt, so it
was a lot to take in one year of college but I use those lessons everyday now as a player, as a coach and as a parent. CT: Moving towards your professional career, you’re associated with what is known as the “sports-bra episode” from the 1999 World Cup and I was wondering if you could explain how it happened and how you felt in that moment? Chastain: It has a title? You know, I was just speaking with someone from Santa Clara, one of their student writers, and he asked me to explain it in one word and I had to say “amazing” see SOCCER / page five
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Home of the Hokies: Where do alumni go once they graduate? With winter graduation approaching, a new set of graduates will go off into the world and represent Virginia Tech. But where do alumni settle down after graduation? The results may surprise you. Data compiled from the Virginia Tech Alumni association shows that Hokies like to stay close to home. Of the top 15 areas, 10 of them are within a 500-mile range of Blacksburg.
*Data supplied included zipcodes of alumni from 2003-2013. Over 56,000 entries were analyzed.
Facility: Size of building dependant on fundraising from page one
“The building itself (will be) mostly storage and restrooms, which are the things we need,” said David McKee, director of the Marching Virginian. “We’ve got 350 people rehearsing at the same time, so in the last 20 years we’ve been using port-a-johns, and our storage facility is rather small.” McKee started planning the project back in 2006, when the Marching Virginians still stored their things in a trailer park, and after seven years the project is finally taking off. The new facility would include much-needed improvements to storage and practice space. The covered pavilion is also an integral part in allowing the band to practice outside when the weather gets iff y. “If we’re on the field now, and a storm hits, we run,” McKee said. “When it rains we either get wet or cancel rehearsals.” However, a new pavilion
would allow the band to practice rain or shine. Significant portions of funds for the project come from the Athletic Department, with contributions from the Department of Recreational Sports and donations raised by the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. John King, director of development for the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, estimates current donations at about $700,000 and total eventual donations at $1.7 million. The goal for phase one is $2 million in private funds, with the total cost of the project estimated at $4.7 million. With support from alumni donations, King is optimistic that they will be able to get close to their goal. “We received donations from a lot of different alumni who were in the band and worked with David McKee,” King said. “(McKee) was really instrumental in drumming up sup-
port for the project.” How big the facility is and how much they build will depend on donations, and McKee is hoping for an eventual phase two of the project that would include bigger expansions. Depending on funds, the outdoor pavilion could range from 3,500 square feet to 7,000 square feet. Ideally, the facility would be a larger space that is more fitting for the size of the Marching Virginians. “We have a finite amount of money on phase one,” McKee said. “Eventually we would hope to build a phase two, which is a lot bigger, broader facility. But that depends on more money.” Work will begin upon the return of a civil engineering report, which McKee says will probably happen at either the end of this semester or the beginning of the next. Courtesy of the Marching Virginians
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T N E M T R A P DE S N O I S S U C S I D This week, opinions writers take sides and discuss the pros and cons of their majors.
BIT highly respected by employers W hen applying to Virginia Tech, some people may wonder why the school combines the information technology program with the Pamplin College of Business in a major titled Business Information Technology (BIT). It is a very popular major in Pamplin, and according to the Virginia Tech website, it is one of the most hired majors straight out of school.
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The BIT graduates from this school have a competitive edge in the job market over other schools that only teach computer applications and hardware repair.”
Some say that naming the major “Business Information Technology” misleads many interested students because they think it will be more hands on and involved with technology right off the bat. In most cases, the fi rst IT related course you take as a BIT major is “Introduction to Java,” a computer science course. For someone like me who likes to work with hardware primarily, this is a bit disappointing. Yet as I have thought about it more, I have come to realize that the business classes I’ve taken to this point have prepared me to make technology decisions in a real-world environment. The required business classes that BIT majors take, such as Accounting, Quantitative Methods and Economics, make students more wellrounded and popular with many large companies after graduation. When making technology decisions for a company, it is beneficial to know what
specific functions certain departments utilize to better include them in the company’s computer policies and application purchases. According to Virginia Tech’s website, “This past year, BIT graduates had the third highest number of total on-campus interviews at the university, and the average number of interviews per student was 4.53 - which was the highest average number of interviews across all majors at Virginia Tech.” The BIT graduates from this school have a competitive edge in the job market over other schools that only teach computer applications and hardware repair. With general knowledge of business applications, management, fi nancial planning and accounting principles, it is simple to apply IT skills as a networking consultant, network administrator or project analyst. I feel that this competitive edge is what makes the BIT major a popular one at this school. There is no need for students to steer away from BIT due to the misconception that the major doesn’t delve straight into technology training straight away. Every major has its core classes, and because the business course background gives graduates from this field a competitive edge in the job market, there is no reason to change the order in which the classes are arranged. The information technology program should stick with the business school. RYAN TURK - regular columnist - sophomore - BIT
Economics gives its students wide range of skills T he best quote I have ever read about economics is purely satirical, but it does provide some insight on what many people call the “dismal science.” The quote is “Economics: the science of explaining tomorrow why the predictions you made yesterday didn’t come true today.” A common misconception is that economics, and economists for that matter, have all the answers, or that there are, like in physics, a large list of fundamental laws that can be used to predict what will happen in the future. This is largely false; the laws that economics does abide by are few and far between and are mostly common sense. For example resources on the Earth are finite, people’s needs and wants are greater than the available supply of goods and services and consumption can’t possibly be greater than production. Whether you agree or disagree, economics is a science and does not share many similarities with other business majors like finance, accounting or management. This is because, at its most basic level, economics is a “social science” that analyzes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. C onsequent ly, economics can never give you a 100 percent accurate prediction of the future, whereas subjects like finance or accounting have very fi nite, discrete answers. An economy is a living thing; it can thrive, it can die, it can produce and it can reproduce. However this means that when studying the economy, economists can never control all of the variables. Changing one thing can sig n i f ic a nt ly alter an economy in ways that nobody predicted, and
those changes would further affect the economy, which would in turn further change the economy. More importantly, all these changes are dynamic, meaning highly dependent on time. As frustrating as that may seem, and as hard as it is for the general population to realize that the president does not in fact have a series of levers to pull and buttons to push to change the economy instantly, this allows economics a lot of freedom. In any economics class, you are going to need to be able to analyze and manipulate data and equations. While that may seem intimidating, the math you encounter always has a purpose. It is always applied to something more concrete than most math classes, and this allows you to easily view and discern cause and effect relationships. With an economics major you become extremely flexible. This is because you are constantly thinking in the abstract, boiling down seemingly insurmountable concepts to simple rationalities, an extremely valuable tool in your arsenal. With an economics major, you can become any type of analyst, whether it be a management or strategy analyst, a business analyst or an operations research analyst, both in the private sector and for the government. From there you can become a consultant or a data cruncher. You can also go into law, teaching, research, banking, finance, advertising or even start your own business. Whether a culture is a capitalist society, a socialist society, a communist society, a bartering and trading society or even one that has yet to be developed, there will be an economy. There will be an exchange of resources for goods and services; today we call that money, tomorrow we might call it bitcoins and we will need people to study it, analyze it and prescribe policy recommendations to government leaders. Economics will never die, but will constantly evolve.
MARCUS WILLIAMS - regular columnist - senior - economics
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motion. Choose your activities well. You don’t have to tell everybody. Things could get tense. Try something new. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The action today and tomorrow depends on your will power. Don’t make assumptions or spend frivolously. Relax. Work messes with travel plans. Establish boundaries. Lighten your load. Your power’s increasing. Help partners work out a disagreement. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A difference of opinion causes con lict at home. Meditate in seclusion. Note inancial shortages and instability. Learn from others. Calm someone who’s upset. Today and tomorrow, re lect and look back. Identify new resources. All ends well. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Dive into a passionate effort. Associates need support now. It takes creativity to reach a breakthrough (but it’s available). Confer with allies today and tomorrow and try something new or unusual. Despite disagreement about priorities, you perform brilliantly.
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Jarell Eddie leads Hokies to victory over Winthrop WILL GROOMS sports staff writer
Tuesday night marked the fi rst matchup between the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team and the Winthrop Eagles in 15 years. The unfamiliarity proved to be inconsequential as the Hokies were able to improve to 6-3 as a result of unselfish play and a stellar performance from Jarell Eddie. With the win, Tech has put the disastrous home-opening loss against USC Upstate in its rear view mirror and improved to 6-1 at home. Entering the game, injuries to guards Ben Emelogu and Adam Smith left the Hokies shorthanded. Despite having limited bodies, the Hokies came out hot, opening the game on a 13-5 run stemming from excellent ball movement. Forward Joey Van Zegeren made an immediate impact, scoring eight of the Hokies’ first 10 points of the game. The Eagles took advantage of the Hokies’ tired legs and overcame an early eight-point deficit to take their first lead of the game at the 10:46 mark of
the first half. After two trades of the lead, Eddie took over, fi nishing the first half with 20 points, including five three-pointers and a four-point play. The junior’s effort during the final 10 minutes of the first half propelled the Hokies to a 26-14 run and 42-33 halftime advantage. “He’s a great shooter. We all know that,” Van Zegeren said. “It’s just that he has to keep it consistent and we know he’ll work on to get that.” The Hokies came into the game averaging 13.3 assists per game and recorded 11 in the first half, ultimately finishing with 16. “(We’ve) got unselfish guys. We had 11 assists on 15 made baskets in the first half,” said coach James Johnson. “We’re an unselfish team and we look for each other.” The Hokies established momentum to close the first half but couldn’t carry it into the start of the second half. The Eagles took advantage of 10 second-half Tech turnovers en route to cutting the lead to as few as two, but in the end Eddie was able to pick up the slack for his team yet again.
His second four-point play of the game with 5:35 remaining in the second half gave the Hokies an 11 point lead – their largest of the game. “We’re looking for (Eddie) on every possession when he’s shooting like that,” said point guard Devin Wilson. “He’s getting fouled and still making threes. He was just really hot tonight.” Eddie’s monster performance culminated with a career-high 34 points on 13-18 shooting to go with seven rebounds. “When you’re feeling it a little more than other nights you can take crazier shots,” Eddie said. “I might be in trouble when we watch film, but I was just taking and making good shots.” On a night where major contributors were missing, the Hokies found a way to win. “We had guys step up and make plays with the depleted bench,” Johnson said. “That was a great team victory for us over a good Winthrop team.”
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Jarell Eddie (31) shoots a three-pointer over a pair of Winthrop defenders in last night’s game.
Soccer: Chastain likes Tech’s chances in NCAA Tournament from page one
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Chastain celebrates after scoring a Women’s World Cup goal in 1999.
because it was amazing that I was in that moment because of my past and being injured. It was amazing to be called upon by the national team to be in that moment. It was amazing to be able to be given the responsibility by the coaching staff and amazing to be able to, in such a moment, take a deep breath and to enjoy it. I think, ultimately, why you’re asking me is because of the reaction that most people had and it created such a buzz. I think that it was unusual in (women’s) sports to see that. To the general public, they have never seen women’s sports be held in such high esteem or to have a celebration with that many people in the stadium, so I think that is why there was such a response. I think in terms of the excitement, we can all get that right? I mean, gosh, to be able to win something big like that is exciting. CT: Would you mark this as your favorite memory or do you have another favorite
memory as a professional? Chastain: I think that my favorite with the national team was in the quarterfinal against Germany. I scored an own goal against our team and we went down 1-0, and I think it stands out because in that moment it could have been the worst moment, you could lose the World Cup basically by scoring in your own goal. Right after the ball crossed the line my teammate, Carla Overbeck, who is the assistant coach at Duke University, came right over to me and said, “Hey, don’t worry about it. We are going to win this game and you’re going to be a part of the reason why,” and I believed her. I had complete trust in her, I respected her. I think that that was something that was part of our culture with the national team and she gave me the confidence to kind of shake it off and forget about it to be honest with you. CT: Now that you are retired, what do you do now that you are no longer playing soccer
professionally? Chastain: Years ago, I helped start a nonprofit for young girls called the Bay Area Women’s Sport Initiative, where we take the collegiate female student athletes and we take them to Title I schools, which are schools that are 51 percent or more under the poverty line. So in your case, your Virginia Tech soccer players or basketball players would go to an elementary school and be mentors to young third through fift h graders. We get them to help these young girls how to goal set, how to use sports and activity as a tool for health and wellness, teaching them about teamwork and about leadership. We started with about 11 girls and have hit about 16,000 girls now in the last eight years, so I am very proud of that. But what I am doing now is I am an assistant coach at Santa Clara University and I am a proud ambassador for the Capital One Cup (the award given to the best men’s and women’s athletics programs in Division I) and all that it stands for. I
love collegiate sports and I love collegiate female sports even more and so it is an honor for me to be able to highlight what’s good in women’s sports. CT: So knowing that Virginia Tech women’s soccer is seeded No. 1 in the NCAA tournament and headed to the semifinals, what are your thoughts on the team? Chastain: I watched you play Florida State (in the ACC tournament final) and that was a difficult game and obviously your side didn’t win the game, but the fact that they beat Virginia in the game prior to that and had been the only team to win against Virginia this year tells me that Virginia Tech has a very strong team. To play three games in six days is not easy and so I know that the team has many capable players and that the team is very dangerous. They’re for real. They’re not a team to be overlooked.
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Dean doubles as Santa Claus, poses with pets ABBEY WILLIAMS lifestyles staff writer
When looking to get in the holiday spirit this winter, Blacksburg community members didn’t have to look much further than the VirginiaMaryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. On Sunday, Dec. 1, the vet school hosted its annual fundraiser, “Pet Portraits with Santa,” where dogs, cats and exotic animals alike were able to get their picture snapped with Kris Kringle himself. Put on by the college’s service fraternity, Omega Tau Sigma, the pet portraits raised money for the upcoming Relay for Life. Despite this being his busiest time of the year, The Collegiate Times recently sat down with Santa, better known to some as the vet school’s senior associate dean, Roger Avery. Collegiate Times: What made you want to get involved in the Christmas festivities? Roger Avery: The persuasive vet school students made me do it. I would like to say I was asked on the basis of my skill and charm, but I think I was really asked on the basis of
having a white beard. I was very thrilled to be asked by the vet students to do this, because mostly in the college I work with the graduate students and the researchers and don’t get the chance to interact with the vet students as much as I’d like. CT: What is your favorite part of the holiday season? Avery: Eating, to keep the Santa belly in shape. I like Christmas pudding and mince pies and custard, as well as Christmas cake, which you don’t see over here very often (as opposed to England). It’s a rich fruitcake that has icing on it and little Christmas decorations on top, and often there are small coins in it. CT: How long have you been growing your Santa beard? Avery: This beard was grown in 1970, so this beard is 43 years old. But I let it grow particularly long once I was asked to do this. Normally, I have an elegant beard, as opposed to a Santa beard. CT: What’s been your favorite part of dressing up today? Avery: I think it was when we had three chocolate labs
in here. That was really something. Another one was a bit of an accident, when a little boy flipped over his cat’s crate and the cat went crazy. Also, one kid was really great. He wanted a remote control helicopter and also a Nerf gun, so I asked him did he want that to shoot down the helicopter. CT: Do you have any good gift advice for VT students? Avery: (They should) definitely shop at the campus store, help fund the university. Or shop at the animal shelters. But you don’t want people adopting pets unless they really want them. Certainly don’t give a pet as a gift unless you’re really sure the person wants it and can look after it properly. CT: How long have you been performing the duties of Santa? Is this something you’ll continue to do in the future? Avery: I have to admit that I’m a novice Santa. I’m in training. This was my first year doing this but who knows? I may retire and become a full time mall Santa.
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Roger Avery dresses as Santa Claus on Dec. 1 for “Pet Portraits with Santa” to fundraise for Relay for Life.
Holiday celebrations across cultures enliven winter months BY MELANIE FORD | lifestyles staff writer
Festive wreaths and ornaments line the shop windows and lampposts along Main Street. At home, many students scrambled to buy Christmas trees as soon as Thanksgiving had passed. While Christmas is arguably the most marketed holiday in America, many cultures and religions have celebrations in December, all with different histories and meanings behind them.
Nov. 27-Dec. 5 - Hanukkah (Jewish) Hanukkah commemorates the restoration of the menorah in the Holy Temple after victory over the Syrian Greek armies in 162 BCE. Although there was only enough consecrated oil to keep the menorah lit for one day, it lasted for eight days. For this reason, Hanukkah lasts for eight days in remembrance of the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and the Jewish people’s struggle for religious freedom. “Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights,” said Lester Schonberger, the president of the Virginia Tech Jewish Student Union. ”It’s significant because it’s a good story, something to bring families around to celebrate triumph and the miracle of light. It’s been turned into the Jewish version of Christmas. Each family has their own traditions.”
Dec. 8 - Bodhi Day (Buddhist) On this day in 596 BCE, Buddha reached nirvana under the bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, India. The word “bodhi” means “enlightenment” in Sankskrit and Pali. Buddha meditated until he found the root of suffering and liberation from it, thus giving birth to the “Noble Eightfold Path” and “Four Noble Truths.” Buddhist homes celebrate by meditating on Buddha’s teachings, stringing multicolored lights that represent enlightenment, lighting a candle every night for 30 days, decorating a live ficus tree, and eating milk and rice.
Dec. 25 - Christmas (Christian) Since the Middle Ages, Christians have observed Christmas as the birthday of Jesus Christ. Popular customs include decorating a Christmas tree, hanging mistletoe and gift giving among family and friends. “This is the moment that we celebrate how Jesus left heaven to be born on earth so that he could pay for our sins,” said Jeff Highfield, the director of Cru at Virginia Tech. “Christmas is a significant moment in the year for Christians.” The Catholic Church’s gift giving tradition came from Saint Nicholas, who is also the model for Santa Claus. Saint Nicholas was the Greek bishop of Myra, part of modern day Turkey, and would often place coins in the shoes of those who left them out.
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 - Kwanzaa (AfricanAmerican) Kwanzaa is a week-long African-American celebration of family, community and culture. Since 1966, the celebration has honored African heritage. The Swahili word “kwanzaa” means “first” and is derived from the phrase “the first fruits of the harvest.” The celebration involves many harvestrelated symbols, including the mishumaa saba (seven candles), and culminates a feast with gift giving. “Kwanzaa is a holiday that was created to celebrate black culture. In celebrating this event, we are bringing more of an awareness and bringing our student body together by celebrating the holidays together, being around each other, and having a good time,” said Samra Mekonen, the director of black cultural awareness for the Black Student Alliance. “The goal is to build community.”
Lady Gaga announces North American “Artpop” tour for 2014 GERRICK D. KENNEDY mcclatchy newspapers
Lady Gaga is ready to hear applause in arenas across North America this spring. The always provocative pop star is readying a tour in support of her latest album, "Artpop." Billed as "artRave: The ARTPOP Ball" Gaga's upcoming show is set to open on May 4 in Ft. Lauderdale. The 25-date trek will wrap on July 21 with a stop at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Gaga's loft y ambitions for flashy spectacle are the core of her live showings, with her tours continuing to up the ante. Her last outing, 2012's massive Born This Way Ball, was a master class in spectacle with
a sprawling, three-story medieval castle and extravagant set pieces such as a mechanical horse, the infamous Grammy egg and a motorcycle that doubled as a costume. But the show's grueling choreography led to a hip injury that required surgery for Gaga and the cancellation of more than a dozen dates earlier this year. The new tour will include several cities she was forced to skip because of the injury. The "artRave" could be a tipping point for Gaga, who has taken some hits this year. "Artpop's" lead single, "Applause," didn't make the sort of noise typical for a Gaga release and critics have been largely split on her new tunes. "Artpop" did open at
No. 1 when it was released in November, but its first-week sales paled in comparison to releases from fellow pop divas Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus. She also parted ways with her longtime manager a week before the album hit stores and a recent Thanksgiving special for ABC anchored by the album and the Muppets flopped. Before opening the new tour, Gaga will stage a sold-out series of shows at New York's famed Roseland Ballroom in late March. Her seven-night stint will be the last shows at Roseland, and set the record for the most consecutive shows by any artist at the venue. Tickets for most dates go on sale Monday through Live Nation.
Lady Gaga released her latest album “Artpop” in November and begins her North American tour in May.
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