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LOCAL NEWS ODU APPOINTS NE W DE AN OF BAT TEN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ODU has selected Stephanie G. Adams, professor and engineering education department head at Virginia Tech, as the seventh dean of ODU's College of Engineering and Technology.

Adams grew up in Hampton Roads and attended ODU’s child care center. She is also the first female engineering dean at the university. She previously served as associate dean for undergraduate studies in the School of Engineering at VCU from 2008-2010.

MARCH 23 An assault was reported to have occurred at 4900 Hampton Boulevard on March 23 between 2:25 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.

MARCH 21 A hit and run was reported to have occurred at 1300 West 43rd Street on March 21 between 5:00 p.m.

- 7:00 p.m.

MARCH 19 A shooting was reported to have occurred at 4900 Killiam Ave. on March 19 between 2:25 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. and at 12:50 a.m.

MARCH 14 A hit and run was reported to have occurred at 4200 Killam Avenue on March 14 between 6:45 p.m.- 9:25 p.m.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SELECTS NEW CHAIR ODU has selected Sheri Reynolds, professor, as the new chair of the department of English.

She came to ODU in 1997 making her way from Assistant Professor to Full Professor in 2008.

She is an acclaimed novelist with many works.

ODU RECOGNIZED FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIV E YE AR IN “TREE C AMPUS USA” HONOR Old Dominion University has been recognized as a “Tree Campus USA” by the Arbor Day Foundation for the fourth consecutive year. The campus was cited for its dedication to providing safe, sustainable and beautiful landscapes for the University community and visitors. This eight-year-old national program honors colleges and universities for promoting and maintaining healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. Some criteria for the award are having a tree advisory committee and sponsoring student servicelearning projects.

NE W SHOPPING CENTER PL ANS MODIFIED The developer of the new shopping center to be built on Hampton Boulevard just south of campus has proposed to double the amount of restaurant space, reduce the amount of retail space and add 25,600 square feet of office space.

The total size of the shopping center will remain as originally proposed.

MARCH 15 A hit and run incident was reported at this approximate location at 1000 West 39th Street on March 15 between 7:45 a.m. - 5:59 p.m.

MARCH 19 A robbery was reported to have occurred at 1400 West 40th Street on March 19 between 1:30 a.m.

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Date/ Time Reported

Date/ Time Occurred

Location

Category

Incident Number

Disposition

03/18/2016

03/17/2016 6:45PM - 03/18/2016 12:00PM

1200 Blk. 49th Street - Dragas Hall

Larceny

16-ODU-00338

Active 03/21/2016

03/18/2016

03/18/2016 2:50PM - 3:15PM

4600 Blk. Powhatan Ave - Powhatan II

Larceny

16-ODU-00339

Active 03/21/2016

03/18/2016

03/18/2016 2:00PM - 03/18/2016 9:09PM

4300 Blk. Hampton Blvd. - Ted Constant Convocation Center

Embezzlement

16-ODU-00341

Clear by Arrest 03/24/2016

03/19/2016

03/19/2016 12:36AM - 12:52AM

4900 Blk. Killam Ave

Disorderly House

16-ODU-00342

Clear by Arrest 03/21/2016

03/19/2016

03/18/2016 9:00PM - 11:45PM

4600 Blk. Powhatan - Powhatan II

Narcotics Violation

16-ODU-00343

Judicial referral 03/21/2016

03/19/2016

03/18/2016 9:00PM - 11:45PM

4600 Blk. Powhatan - Powhatan II

Narcotics Violation

16-ODU-00343

Judicial referral 03/21/2016

03/19/2016

03/19/2016 2:45AM - 11:30AM

1000 Blk. 49th Street - Lot 11

Tampering with automobile

16-ODU-00344

Active 03/21/2016

03/19/2016

03/16/2016 8:30AM - 03/18/2016 9:00PM

1600 Blk. 49th Street

Larceny

16-ODU-00345

Active 03/21/2016

03/19/2016

03/19/2016 12:36AM - 12:52AM

4900 Blk. Killam Ave

Discharging Firearm in Public

16-ODU-00342

Active 03/24/2016

03/20/2016

03/20/2016 12:45AM

1400 Blk. Melrose Pkwy

Liquor Law Violation

16-ODU-00348

Clear by Arrest 03/21/2016

03/20/2016

03/19/2016 12:01AM 03/20/2015 3:10PM

1065 W. 49th Street - Lot 33

Larceny

16-ODU-00349

Active 03/21/2016

03/22/2016

02/24/2016 8:16AM - 10:00AM

4600 Blk. Hampton Blvd. - Health Sciences

Larceny

16-ODU-00351

Active 03/23/2016

03/22/2016

03/21/2016 4:00PM - 8:00PM

1000 Blk. 45th Street - Garage D

Destruction of Property

16-ODU-00352

Active 03/23/2016

03/22/2016

03/21/2016 5:00PM -7:00PM

1300 Blk. W. 43rd Street - Garage B

Hit and Run - Property Damage

16-ODU-00354

Active 03/23/2016

03/23/2016

03/23/2016 2:25AM - 5:30AM

4900 Blk. Hampton Blvd.

Assault - Simple

16-ODU-00359

Clear by Arrest 03/24/2016

03/23/2016

03/23/2016 2:25AM - 5:30AM

4900 Blk. Hampton Blvd

Destruction of Property

16-ODU-00359

Clear by Arrest 03/24/2016

03/23/2016

03/23/2016 10:00AM - 5:30PM

1300 Blk. W. 39th Street

Destruction of Property

16-ODU-00362

Inactive 03/24/2016

03/23/2016

03/23/2016 8:30PM - 8:35PM

1400 Blk. W. 49th Street

Larceny

16-ODU-00363

Active 03/24/2016

03/24/2016

03/23/2016 11:45pm 03/24/2016 9:10am

1000 Blk 48th Street

Destruction of Property

16-ODU-00364

Active 03/25/2016

03/24/2016

03/19/2016 12:50am

4900 Blk Killiam Ave.

Shooting into Occupied Dwelling

16-ODU-00366

Active 03/25/2016

03/24/2016

03/24/2016 1:30pm - 5:30pm

4700 Blk Powhatan Ave

Larceny

16-ODU-00367

Active 03/25/2016

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All the Way from Thessalonik One Student's Transition from Greece to the US Girish Sreevatsan Nandakumar Contributing Writer Out of more than 1,000 international students on campus, less than one percent are from Greece. This means that there is a very low chance that you have met one of them. The Mace talked to Kleopatra Moditsi, an International Studies major who is from the city of Thessaloniki in Greece. Moditsi had many interesting perspectives to share.

“The transition was very hard,” Moditsi said, talking about the culture shock when she first arrived in America two and a half years ago. It was very different from what she had imagined. Everything from the big cars to the minute details of everyday life were new to her. Moditsi said she found it difficult to adapt at first, but is now very comfortable with her new surroundings.

This transition ended up making her more interested in cultures and cultural differences across the world.

Subsequently, Moditsi decided to choose International Studies as her major. She said she is fascinated by how American culture encourages people to chase their dreams and believes that America really is the land of opportunities.

The best thing about the U.S., according to Moditsi, is that it attracts international students from all over the world who are highly driven to create a better future.

“All you have to do here is reach out and grab these opportunities,” she said, contrasting it to how the recent events in Greece have affected the economy and life in general.

Even though she has acclimated to her new location, Moditsi does miss her home country. Though she lives

with her parents and her brother, she misses her grandparents and close friends who still live in Greece. One of the stark differences she finds between Greece and America is how often people talk to their family.

The weekly dinners on Sundays and the sometimes ‘annoying’ levels of involvement that family members have in each other’s lives are among the things she misses the most. Other than the authentic greek food, of course.

Though it can be annoying for a young adult like Moditsi when family members ask too many questions about her life, she also finds it touching since they genuinely care and are interested in her new life. She observes that American families, in general, are not as close as Greek families.

Another major difference Moditsi finds in America is the workaholic culture. She finds Greek culture to be far more relaxed, casual and balanced.

She attributes this to the amount of family time they have. She said that as a result, she, too, has become more of a workaholic lately, thanks to her involvement in campus organizations like the Model United Nations and the Global Monarch Club. Moditsi said these organizations are like family to her and make her feel more at home.

Moditsi also said she feels like she fits in perfectly at ODU, and loves the large library and all the facilities that campus has to offer. She also enjoys the diversity on campus, meeting students from other countries and hearing wonderful stories from around the world. There are still many things on her to-do list, and at the top is attending an ODU basketball game.

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Ai-jen Poo speaking to the crowd at the President's Lecture Series on March 22.

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Guest Lecturer Ai­-jen Poo Illuminates the Issue of an Aging America Jonah Grinkewitz News Editor Ai-jen Poo has witnessed firsthand the issues facing an aging population in America, and she has decided that changes need to be made.

Poo serves as Director of the National Workers Alliance and Co-Director of the Caring Across Generations Campaign. On Tuesday, March 22, she spoke to a crowd of several hundred students, faculty and members of the community at the Ted Constant Convocation Center about the problems surrounding an aging population and undera p pr e c i a t e d caregivers in America.

She shared the personal story of her two grandparents to highlight the issue.

At the age of 93, when her grandfather started to lose his vision, her father was forced to place him in a nursing home. When she visited him there in a dark and crowded room, Poo said that, “Although he was alive enough to tell me that he was afraid, I knew that he was dying inside.” He passed away after just three months in the facility.

On the other hand, her grandmother just turned 90 and lives in her own apartment. Poo said that, “She is liv-

ing life on her own terms.”

“What made the difference?” she asked the audience. “A woman named Mrs. Son.” Mrs. Son is her grandmother’s caregiver, and she comes three times a week to make sure that her grandmother has everything she needs to live independently.

“We got lucky when we found Mrs. Son,” Poo said. “Like so many families with aging relatives, we did not have a plan. But we as a country, cannot afford not to have a plan for America.”

Poo talked about the effects of

givers better. On average, she says, they make less than $9 an hour, and over 30 percent rely on public assistance.

“They can barely sustain themselves and it is not even recognized as a real job,” Poo said. “They are mostly women of color and immigrant women who can’t afford to care for their own families.”

Poo said that their annual median income is $13,000 a year. That is why Ai-Jen is working to fix the problem.

“We can do better than this in America,” Poo said. “We need a care grid to bring meaningful care solutions to every home in this country.

We need infrastructure and we need investment. This is our moment to bring it into the national conversation.”

Poo said that what we need is more access to affordable quality care and more choices, and that this cannot happen without federal policy. To garner attention for her campaign, she looked to the LGBT movement, which went from, “impossible to inevitable,” through grassroots campaigning and changing the way people saw them.

“We can make a breakthrough and embrace aging in a new way,” Poo said. “We together are the care force.”

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the baby boom and the average life expectancy increasing, and how the burden of being a caregiver has fallen on women despite the fact that more women than ever are in the workforce.

She fears that for most families, their experience will be similar to that of her grandfather. Poo pointed out the high cost of nursing homes, which she said was, “unaffordable and unimaginable” for the 27 million Americans that are expected to need care of assistance by the year 2050.

A major change that Poo says needs to happen is treating our care-

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Feminist Activist Fair Showcases Women-Powered Organizations Erin Sudek Contributing Writer The annual Feminist Activist Fair, hosted by the Women’s Center and co-hosted by the Women’s Studies Department, was held on Tuesday, March 22, in the Webb Center. About 15 organizations set up stands in the North Mall, each offering something different that would support, empower, educate or provide opportunities for the women at ODU and everyone that attended.

A good turnout of students showed up and took advantage of this learning and networking opportunity. The fair sought to help students learn about

different progressive organizations that promote the equality and success of women, as well as get involved by offering possible volunteer, internship and employment options.

sues like domestic violence and sexual assault, STD’s and sexual health, general women’s health education, involvement opportunities and women voting. Some of the

student-run clubs.

“It’s good to network with different people. [F.I.R.S.T Ladies] have a big event coming up where all the proceeds go to a local homeless shelter,

The fair sought to help students learn about different progressive organizations that promote the equality and success of women...

“I learned that there are a lot more organizations that are women-powered than people think,” said sophomore Saliya Hinton.

There were a wide variety of different organizations that target is-

tables that were present included the Samaritan House, Girl Scouts, the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation, Altrusa International Inc., the Office of Student Counseling, International Black Women’s Congress and some

and I never would have thought that people would be as interested as they are in coming out to support us,” said Ajeé Vaughan, junior and member of a student-run organization that took part in the fair.

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F.I.R.S.T. Ladies stands for Females Inspired by Reaching Success Together, and the organization supports women and their community through community service, participating and contributing to events including Relay for Life and the International Festival, and overall providing inspiration and help with reaching success.

All of the stands were filled with caring members of the community working to make a difference for women. All the resources that were provided were intended to keep all members of ODU and our community safe, educated and equal.

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Student Startup Gradwyse Offers Affordable Graduation Regalia Jessica Perkins Staff Writer

Christina Zhu, founder of Gradwyse.

Photo by Jason Kazi

Christina Zhu never thought that missing the “Grad Fair,” the three-day period students are given to purchase their graduation regalia on campus, would result in starting her own company. However, after spending $225 for her cap, gown and diploma frame, plus paying $20 in shipping for the online purchase, she knew there had to be a more cost efficient way for students to get what they needed.

With the help of the faculty and advisers at the Strome Entrepreneurial Center, Zhu created a business plan for a company that would sell regalia at a cheaper price, and even rent it out, which is something that isn’t offered at ODU. “Every year, many graduating students call the commencement office before graduation asking if they can rent regalia because they don’t want to pay so much money to buy them,” Zhu said.

This past summer, Zhu, an international student, traveled to China to visit family, and during the vacation she found an investor and manufacturing facility for her company, Gradwyse. Her investor, a friend who has done research on American graduat-

ing students, decided to help her out.

“Of course as a business we need money, and we talked about our ideas to one of my friends, and he was just very interested in my business idea,” Zhu said. “Most people wear their regalia once in their lifetime. So we just want to provide better quality, and a cheaper price for students to help them save money.”

Using Gradwyse, students and faculty can rent their regalia for as low as $19.98 and buy for as low as $39.98.

Zhu is constantly working to expand her business, and right now her plan for next semester is to have diploma frames available at a cheaper cost than the Village Bookstore and ODU branded merchandise. Eventually, she said she would like to expand her business to other colleges and even high schools. She is also collaborating with CampusWise CEO, Max Hall, who launched his textbook-selling business in 2014.

“To be able to use a year’s worth of experience to kind of do it again with Christina has been extremely helpful, and useful,” Hall said.

Gradwyse launched in the fall semester of 2015, and because of the exclusive contract the university has with the Village Bookstore, Gradwyse cannot have any production

on campus. They also cannot physically sell any regalia on campus. The inconvenience isn’t stopping Zhu, though. Her website is functioning and ready to sell.

“Actually, our first customer is a faculty member of the business school,” Zhu said The question is how receptive is ODU to a business that takes money away from the university?

“It’s always a gray area, but the entrepreneurial center has been very helpful,” Hall said.

He also mentioned that one of the great things about his collaboration with Zhu is that they can successfully share and refer clients to one another, while ultimately helping students spend less money for their already expensive educations.

One customer concern Zhu has encountered is that students are not sure if the regalia she is selling is the same as those sold in the Village Bookstore.

Her answer is that her regalia is made based on the Academic Costume Code, published by the American Council on Education, which is also adopted by ODU. Ultimately, Zhu had one message she wanted to share with students: “Choose Gradwyse, save money!”

SGA Leads Initiative to Ban Styrofoam on Campus Jason Kazi Staff Writer At their March 22 senate meeting, the ODU Student Government Association passed two important pieces of legislation pertaining to sustainability on campus. Resolution 6 - Alternative Take Out Boxes passed with 22 nays and 1 yay. The resolution entails that Monarch Dining must offer alternative take out boxes not made with Styrofoam.

Resolution 7 - Eradicating Styrofoam from Institution passed with 18 yays, 3 nays and 1 abstain.

The special guest at this week’s meeting was Johnny Young, associate vice president for student engagement and enrollment services (SEES). Young is responsible for overseeing career development services (formerly career management center), the counseling center, the office of intercultural relations, the women's center and the military con-

nection center. SEES believes that students should have the ability to express themselves in any problems that they may see. The military connection center is currently working on creating a space for female veterans to congregate. When asked how the new director of the Counseling Center would be chosen, Young said that it will be an open search and they are working with a firm to pick the best candidate.

Student Government Association elections are being held next week.

Travis Rickman, Noah Butler, Rachael Edmonds and Michael Faust are running for president. Jessica King, Nicole Capriolo and Justin McLawhorn are running for vice president, Aeoris Harrison is running uncontested for Treasurer, Jordan Smith is running uncontested for speaker of the senate and James Tomlin is running uncontested for secretary.

Nicki Kristol tosses a frisbee at SGA Week on Thursday, March 24.

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Follow the news section on Twitter: @ODU_MACENEWS LEFT: GlobeIn's baskets are weaved by hand in Oaxaca, Mexico from wild palm leaves.

The leaves are dried and dyed before the baskets are weaved.

RIGHT: A sample GlobeIn box containing a scarf and other assorted goods. Subscription plans for monthly box deliveries start at $35 per month.

Jason Kazi Staff Writer Launched in 2012, San Franciscobased startup company GlobeIn is taking a new approach to monthly subscription boxes, which have become recent, trendy gift. Popular companies like Dollar Shave Club and Try the World raised subscription company sales on Cyber Monday by 83 percent from 2014 to 2015.

GlobeIn joins the market providing consumers with handmade gifts from around the world in their signature GlobeIn artisan box.

The company works with artisans from more than 40 countries around the world to curate their monthly themed boxes. Recent boxes have included “The Kitchen Box,” “The Wander Box,” and “The Laundry Box.” Many subscription companies like GlobeIn partner with artisans and fair trade organizations to provide

Startup Offers Socially-Conscious Consumers Artisan Boxes

customers with crafts and products, however, GlobeIn has a leg up on the competition with their curation process. Each box has a central theme with items which can be used together for the same purpose. The company works closely with bloggers and social media users to help spread the word.

Liza Moiseeva is a graduate from Old Dominion University’s Strome College of Business, having completed her master’s in business administration in the fall of 2014. She currently works as the marketing director for GlobeIn in San Francisco, California.

Moiseeva said what really sets apart GlobeIn from competitors is their unique approach to customer service and product marketing. The company’s artisan box curator conducts online research to see what customers want and need and attends fair trade conferences across the country.

“Our main channel of marketing is affiliate marketing, by which I mean that we pay food bloggers, lifestyle bloggers, YouTubers and Pinteresters to review product boxes by doing unboxing videos,” Moiseeva said.

“Customers like to e-mail us because of our quality customer service. Facebook and Instagram are also both big ways of getting feedback. We also do customer surveys on a monthly basis.

There are only six questions in each survey. They also have a comment field where they can provide us with more detailed feedback.”

Most of the artisans making the products don’t speak English, but fortunately many of the company’s staff understand foreign languages. There country managers who manage the artisans in a specific country. They partner with organizations and companies with contacts on the ground.

For example in Morocco, the company works with the Peace Corps.

While 90 percent of the products

in GlobeIn boxes geared towards women, they often share products with their families. The company is potentially expanding into the area of children’s subscription boxes. Many customers are already making GlobeIn a family ritual by opening the boxes together and reading the story of the artisan who created the product to their children.

GlobeIn understands Americans’ budgets are tight. They provide a generic code for all new customers, which allows them to receive 25 percent off a new three or six month subscription. They also sometimes offer unique deals to current customers.

GlobeIn has partnered with a number of courses offered through the Strome College of Business at ODU, including marketing principles and problems, advertising portfolio and consumer behavior.

Students taking these business courses at ODU have the opportunity to be involved with the strategy-

LEFT: The Celebrate Box contains jewelry, chocolates, handmade cards, baskets and more. The profits of Artisan boxes support farmers and artisans worldwide.

RIGHT: Students in Rwanda assemble planners featured in GlobeIn's artisan box. GlobeIn works with more than 40 countries worldwide.

Source: GlobeIn

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planning process at GlobeIn. “Towards the end of the semester, [students] are given the opportunity to apply newly acquired knowledge from the course material into suggesting new business practices for GlobeIn by finding ways the company can better market themselves toward the ‘mindful consumer’. The student who creates the best marketing plan with this idea in mind, is awarded a three month subscription to the artisan boxes,” Girish Sreevatsan Nandakumar, consumer behavior course instructor, said.

GlobeIn offers three different tiers of subscriptions: a three month subscription for $38 per month (or a one-time charge of $114), a six month subscription for $35 per month (or a one-time charge of $210) and a twelve month subscription for $35 month (or a one-time charge of $240). Their online shop also allows interested customers purchase standalone gift items.

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BITS OF A&E UPCOMING DEPA RTMENT OF MUSIC E V ENT S The ODU Brass Choir, directed by Mike Hall, will perform works written specifically for brass as well as arrangements of choral, orchestral, jazz, pop and show music. The concert will take place on Thursday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center for the Performing Arts.

The ODU Collegium Musicum and Madrigal Singers, directed by Bianca Hall, will perform works of early music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods. The performance will take place on Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center for the Performing Arts.

The ODU New Music Ensemble, directed by Andrey Kasparov, will feature contemporary works for diverse chamber and electronic media. The program will take place on Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center for the Performing Arts.

2016 LGBT LIT SL A M The ODU Office of Intercultural Relations presents “2016 LGBT Lit Slam: Your Voice. Your Story. Live!”

The open mic event will have performances from ODU's Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program including a special guest reading

by Associate Professor Janet Peery of ODU. The program will take place in the Strome Entrepreneurial Center on Monday, April 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Open mic sign-up begins at 5 p.m. For more information, please call 757-683-4406.

ODUREP PRESENT S ‘TITUS A NDRONICUS’ Shakespeare’s earliest tragedy, “Titus Andronicus,” has provoked shock, contempt and uneasy laughter since its premiere. Directed by Lee Smith and Katherine Hammond, Warehouse of Theater and ODURep will perform this work at the Goode Theater April 6-9 and on April 14, 15 and 17 as part of the “Much Ado Festival: Shakespeare’s Legacy” at 7:30 p.m.; April 15, 4 p.m. You may purchase tickets at ODUArtsTix.com or by calling 757683-5305. Not suitable for ages 12 and under.

CAGE THE ELEPHANT ROCKS THE ‘96X SPRING FLING 2016’ AT THE TED Elizabeth Proffitt Staff Writer Cage The Elephant, alternative rock band from Kentucky, rocked the stage Wednesday, March 23, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The group is currently touring with Bear Hands, FOALS and Silversun Pickups.

Headlining band Cage The Elephant, formed by brothers Matt and Brad Shultz, are touring in support of their fourth album, “Tell Me I’m Pretty.” Dan Auerbach, vocalist for The Black Keys, produced the album, which was released on Dec. 18, 2015.

Cage The Elephant did not disappoint putting on an electric show with an intense light show, crowd surfing and Matt Shultz’s signature, sporadic dance moves. Shultz, who is known for giving an eccentric performance, jumped and flung his microphone stand around with reckless abandon.

Crowd surfing fans added to the controlled chaos that makes a Cage The Elephant show so memorable.

They kicked off their 18-song set with a song from their new album called “Cry Baby.” While they’re mainly touring in support of their new album, Cage The Elephant made sure to include upbeat fan favorites like “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked,” “In One Ear” and “Back Against The Wall.”

The crowd was just as receptive to the bands newer songs, screaming along to “Mess Around” and “Punchin’ Bag.” Fans pulled out their lighters swaying along to the more bluesy tracks like “Too Late To Say

Goodbye” and “Trouble.”

Shultz toned it down for the bluesy tracks, especially for the song “Trouble,” bathed in dark blue light; he swayed and crooned the lyrics, “God don’t let me lose my mind.” The band ended their set with the soulful song “Come A Little Closer,” a single from their third album, “Melophobia.” The crowd’s enthusiasm was at an all-time high singing the words so loudly that Shultz stopped singing and let them carry the verses.

After a short break, the band returned to the stage for their encore.

“Y’all didn’t have to worry,” Shultz said to the crowd as he pulled his guitar over his shoulders. “We wouldn’t leave you lovely people without an encore.”

The encore started off slow with one of the band’s most popular and most sentimental songs, “Cigarette Daydreams.” Gradually building in intensity, their second song “Shake Me Down” was met with a chorus of screams from the animated crowd.

To finish the show with a bang, the band played their chaotic song “Teeth” which really got the crowd going. In true Shultz form, he saved his craziest moves for the last song. He jumped into the crowd and they held him up by his legs. He stood towering over the first few rows, screaming the lyrics as the white lights flashed in the background.

The bands are almost at the end of their tour, going from Norfolk up to Pennsylvania and New York, finishing in Rhode Island on April 1.

Cage The Elephant, Bear Hands, Foals and Silversun Pickups played at 96X Spring Fling on March 23.

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Forget spring. The summer party is already underway. Redfoo’s “Party Rock Mansion” dropped on March 18 and the hyper-amped party atmosphere of the new record is infectious.

Right from the start, the beat is pumping in its summer party themes from tracks such as “Party Train” to “Good Things Happen When Ya Drunk.”

Stefan Kendal Gordy, better known by his stage name Redfoo, is best known as part of the musical duo LMFAO, partnering with nephew Sky Blu. After teaming up in 2006, they released two studio albums, “Party Rock” and “Sorry for Party Rocking,” before going solo in 2013.

Redfoo’s early days saw him attending junior high school alongside now veteran rap artists will.i.am and Goonrock. Growing up in a musical family, his mother is writer-producer Nancy Leiviska. His father is Berry Gordy, Jr. who is best known as the founder of the Motown record label.

Today, Redfoo is recognized as a rapper, dancer, record producer, DJ and singer.

The multifaceted Redfoo released the lead single from “Party Rock Mansion,” “Lights Out” back in January. Other singles included “Meet Her at Tomorrow” feat. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, and “Keep Shining.”

The album includes “Where the Sun Goes” featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica.

“Party Rock Mansion” keeps the summer party going, perhaps year round, with its cliché themes of good times for all borrowing from genres such as house, techno and even honky-tonk as heard in the track, “Juicy Wiggle.”

A truly fun compilation, the new record’s strength is in the incorporation of many musical influences as well as his reinventive, lyrical approach on the summer party concept.

Miike Snow ‘iii’ Swedish indie pop outfit Miike Snow released “iii” on March 4. Since forming in Stockholm in 2007, the band’s trademark is often represented by the silhouette image of a jackalope.

The new album is their third studio release following their eponymous debut in 2009 and 2012’s “Happy to You.” Snow’s Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg were childhood friends who spent time playing in bands and working on various projects in studios throughout the city of Gothenburg. Under the moniker Bloodshy & Avant, they enjoyed their success as songwriters and producers working with artists such as Madonna

and Kylie Minogue.

The duo even garnered a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in collaboration with the Britney Spears’ track, “Toxic.” While working in 2004 writing Spears’ album, they met up with now third band member, American songwriter Andrew Wyatt. Wyatt had previously attended music school studying classical and jazz music.

After a three-year hiatus since “Happy to You,” Miike Snow return to creating new music and “iii” was born. The lead single, “Heart is Full,” premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats1 program back in October. In December, “Genghis Khan” was released followed by “The Heart of Me”

in February. “iii” offers an eclectic mix of steady grooves and subtle, Atlas Genius ethereal soundscapes encompassing the Robin Thicke-esque vocal falsetto at times. Incorporating straightahead musicianship with sample based backing tracks, “iii” resides in an indie, noise and psychodelic pop aesthetic with a dose of house and electropop.

The record demonstrates many strengths the trio possess in their songwriting and production, yet offers little surprise staying in a safe zone of sonic bliss.

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Rock group The Wild Feathers have released their sophomore studio effort, “Lonely Is a Lifetime,” on March 11. Formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2010, the band consists of Ricky Young and Taylor Burns both on guitars and vocals, bassist and vocalist Joel King and Ben Dumas on drums.

Desiring to be the next great American rock ‘n’ roll band, The Wild Feathers spent two years on the road in support of their 2013 eponymous debut release. The record hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and landed them invites to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, Late

Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and ABC’s “Nashville.”

The band’s sound is a culmination of many different styles as reflected in “Goodbye Song” that induces a Pink Floyd mantra to their lead single, the electro-charged opener, “Overnight,” inciting the soul and energy the band possesses. Striking a balance yet further stretching their sound palette, “Sleepers” reflects an ethereal ambiance while the concluding track, “Hallelujah,” finds a graceful and emotional delivery from Taylor.

“We’re a rock ‘n’ roll band who can play all different kinds of things,” Tay-

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lor said. “We made a conscious effort to expand our sound. We went into the writing mode on the same page.

We wanted to preserve the essence of The Wild Feathers with the multiple harmonies, but we also wanted to take this step forward and experiment.”

Musicianship prevails throughout “Lonely Is a Lifetime” showing diversity and control within their songwriting. “Lonely Is a Lifetime” avoids the sophomore slump bringing the band more into the forefront with stylistic surprises and clever, musical hooks.

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How a Comedian is Disproving GOP Frontrunner with Jokes and Facts Shannon Jay Staff Writer While comedian and former “Daily Show” correspondent John Oliver provides plenty of belly laughs on HBO’s satirical weekly roundup “Last Week Tonight,” he also uses the platform to provide well-researched segments on topics generally unpleasant to talk about. Oliver has played devil’s advocate on sensitive issues from abortion to the dark side of the prison systems for more than two seasons.

On last week’s episode, Oliver spent 18 minutes breaking down the practicality of Trump’s campaign centerpiece – the wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The business mogul estimates the wall’s total costs span from three to 12 billion dollars and suggests a height between 35 and 90 feet. After two former Mexican presidents said that Mexico would not pay for the “stupid wall,” Trump added another 10 feet.

“Things don’t get bigger just because you’re angry,” noted Oliver.

Breaking down the costs of labor and supplies for Trump’s shortest estimate, Oliver suggested the wall’s

actual cost would be upwards of $25 billion – a number that maintenance costs would exceed within seven years. Oliver also exemplified several problematic aspects of George W. Bush’s Secure Fence Act, which broke down the efficiency of the presidential candidate’s wall. He disproved the xenophobia fueling Trump’s project, stating immigrants have been found to be less – not more – crime prone than native-born citizens.

“This wall is about making us feel safer,” said Oliver, combating its true effectiveness.

For the past few months, Oliver has tried to avoid Trump’s role in the 2016 election. The entrepreneur’s win in three state caucuses and endorsement from former presidential candidate Chris Christie, however, forced Oliver to showcase Trump’s hypocrisy.

Oliver compared Trump to a mole on your back, in the sense that Trump’s campaign seemed harmless at first, but now that it’s gotten bigger, it is no longer wise to ignore.

First, Oliver dissected Trump voters’ reasons for supporting the former reality show star. They see the businessman as a tough, independent, symbol of success and truthful guy

who “tells it like it is.”

Oliver disbands Trump’s tough facade by pointing out his sensitive body image. In 1988, Spy magazine printed that the mogul was a “shortfingered vulgarian.” More than 20 years later, editor Graydon Carter still receives envelopes every now and then from Trump, enclosed with photos of himself with his hands circled to highlight the true length of his fingers, noting in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short.”

“So quintessential Donald Trump,” said Oliver on Trump’s choice in writing utensil, “something that gives the passing appearance of wealth, but is actually just a cheap tool.”

Trump claims to be truly independent and self-funded. However, Oliver pointed out that Trump’s campaign site features not one, but two “Donate Now” buttons. He showed clips of Trump patronizing supporters’ donations, regarding portions of the $7.5 million contributions as “cute.”

Trump’s name is synonymous with business success, and as Oliver showed, his current net worth is claimed to exceed 10 billion dollars. Oliver cited Timothy O’Brien’s

book “Trump Nation” when stating his worth is closer to $150-250 billion. A quote from Trump said that his worth fluctuates due to his “feelings, even [his] own feelings, and that can change from day to day.” Taking into consideration Trump’s criticism of women’s PMSing, these comments about his moody bank account are especially ironic.

Trump supporters say the mogul’s name is unanimous with stability and vitality. While Trump values his own name at $3 billion, his numerous ventures such as vodka, steak, two folded magazines and a university – which he’s now being sued for – have failed. Oliver points out Trump’s biggest failed ventures in real estate. He started a mortgage company in 2006 at the turn of the housing crisis, and disowned several condo projects, putting blame on developers.

While Trump supporters love how he “tells it like it is,” 76 percent of his statements are varying degrees of false according to PolitiFact. Trump is also inconsistent on his personal policies, with opinions on various topics such as guns, abortion and immigration. The very probable Republican nominee even claimed to

identify as a Democrat in 2004.

Not only is the frontrunner inconsistent with his opinion, but also with his own statements. When David Duke – a man Trump had previously referred to as a bigot – supported the entrepreneur, Trump said recently on CNN’s State of the Union he had “no idea” about the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Trump also retracted statements he’d made on Twitter in 2013 about Jon Stewart’s name change, where he claimed the former Daily Show host should be “proud of his heritage.”

Oliver points out the irony in Trump’s tweet, spawning a hashtag that shot the segment into infamy. In Gwenda Blair’s biography on three generations of the Trump family, the mogul’s original family name was formally Drumpf. Oliver asked users to hashtag #MakeDonaldDrumfAgain to shake the businessman of his famous name, ubiquitous with success.

“If he’s actually gonna be the republican nominee,” Oliver said, “it’s time to stop thinking of the mascot, and start thinking of the man.”

‘The Normal Heart’: Sometimes to Win a War, You Have to Start One Christina Marable Contributing Writer War could mean combat or murder, but in “The Normal Heart,” it means the fight against AIDS and HIV. Presented by the Starving Artists and Artists Against AIDS, the play ran three showings from March 18-19 at the University Theatre. “The Normal Heart” was directed by Connor Norton and written by Larry Kramer.

ODU’s adaptation of the play is based on the original, which had a largely successful Off-Broadway run at The Public Theater in 1985. “The Normal Heart” was revived in Los Angeles and London Off-Broadway in 2004. In 2011, it debuted on Broadway. In addition, a movie starring Mark Ruffalo was made in 2014.

The play is largely autobiographical and based on the life of Larry Kramer,

Ned Weeks.

Set in the early 1980s in New York City, it focused on the rise of a mysterious and deadly disease that killed mostly gay men. Mainstream news media chose to ignore it, while the protagonist, author and activist Ned Weeks and his friends raised money,

an author, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist. He attempted suicide at Yale University because he felt like the only gay student on campus. This set him on his path to fight for gay people’s worth.

“Unlike other plays that I have performed in, this show was very political,” said Dexter Gore, who played the comic relief Tommy Boatwright in the play. “I had big shoes to fill. Many people after each show thanked myself and the rest of the cast for opening their eyes on the topics of HIV, AIDS and LGBTQIA+ culture. That alone made the experience of being in ‘The Normal Heart’ so special,” Gore said.

In addition to acting, Gore is a first year graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program for Creative Writing, with a fiction concentration. He is also a graduate student assistant at

the office of intercultural relations.

“For me, directing this production of ‘The Normal Heart’ was telling the true story of an activist who can see the way the world can be,” director Connor Norton said.

“While the education and knowledge about the history of HIV/AIDS

is great and important to be taught, let this also make waves to affect those who think about activists. The people posting angry and inflammatory Facebook posts all the time, the ones protesting in #BlackLivesMatter – they are giving more of themselves and their lives for the greater good than anyone will ever know,” Norton said.

Norton played the main character

resources and awareness. Weeks visits his brother Ben, a lawyer, for help but only passively received help and is exposed to his homophobia.

Weeks formed a prominent HIV advocacy group to cope with the loss of his friends and raise awareness of the disease. However, he prefers loud and public confrontations to the calmer, more private strategies preferred by his colleagues and closeted

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lover Felix Turner. The differences in approaches led to tension within the group and threatened to undermine their goals.

Proceeds of the production will go to AIDS Access Care. Located in Norfolk, this nonprofit has provided programs and services to families

War can mean combat or murder, but... impacted by HIV and AIDS in the Hampton Roads. These services include HIV medical case management, medication assistance and HIV prevention through education and testing.

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‘Out of My Hand’

2015 | Unrated | 87 min.

Cisco’s (Bishop Blay) work on a latex plantation in Liberia is simple but hard. Every morning before the sun rises, he walks several miles to a section of the forest where he collects the milky sap from the trees in two large buckets. He carries these buckets across his shoulders back to his village, but to his and his family’s dismay, it’s never enough.

After a failed strike, Cisco travels to America, desperate for money, where he drives a taxi cab. The work is equally hard back home but for different reasons. Seeking comfort in the small Liberian community of

New York City, Cisco encounters Jacob, a fellow ex-child soldier, and the memories of their shared past haunt the men in “Out of My Hand.”

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and U.S. Fiction Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival, “Out of My Hand” is only one of two narrative productions to have been shot in Liberia. The Liberia Movie Union worked closely with the Liberian government during filming.

Director Takeshi Fukunaga, winner of the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival, makes

excellent use of silence in portraying Cisco’s internal struggles. With minimal dialogue, the beauty as well as the destitution of the Liberian countryside is most appreciated. Fukunaga was also nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards.

The consensus on “Out of My Hand’s” critical reception is in debate.

While Rotten Tomatoes awarded it a solid 100 percent, Netflix viewers were reluctant to give it even one star.

This film is available on Netflix.

‘Man Up’

2015 | R | 88 min.

34-year-old Nancy (Lake Bell) routinely gives herself half-hearted pep talks in the hopes of inspiring more spontaneous behavior and meeting a suitable partner. Her goals for this year include taking chances, being more deviant and getting stronger thighs. But at the end of the day, all this cynic really wants to do is eat a cheeseburger in bed and watch “The Silence of the Lambs.”

40-year-old Jack (Simon Pegg), on the other hand, hasn’t let his cheating ex-wife discourage him from meeting new people. After buying into the advice featured in a self-help bestseller, this romantic and recent

divorcee agrees to go on a blind date with another fan of the book but serendipitously mistakes Nancy for his arranged date. “Man Up” tells the resulting story of what happens when the cynic and the romantic give each other a shot.

“Man Up” is British director Ben Palmer’s first film since 2011’s TVcrossover “The Inbetweeners Movie” and only his second production to make it to theaters. With positive critical reception overall, Palmer undoubtedly owes much of the film’s success to Bell and Pegg’s outstanding performances.

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‘PlantPure Nation’ 2015 | Unrated | 95 min.

Starting in 1983, Dr. T. Colin Campbell served as a lead scientist in what’s been called the most comprehensive study of human nutrition ever conducted. 21 years later, Campbell, along with his son Thomas, published their findings of this groundbreaking research in the best-selling book “The China Study.”

In an attempt to reform the standard American diet and promote plant-based nutrition, Campbell partnered with Kentucky State Representative Tom Riner. But when their proposal was met with steadfast resistance from lobbyists for the meat, dairy and egg industry, this pioneering duo realized just how closely

intertwined politics and food were.

Having experienced the positive effects of a predominantly vegetarian diet himself, Dr. Campbell’s oldest son Nelson and his wife Kim launched “PlantPure Nation.” Beginning in the tight-knit rural community of Mebane, North Carolina, Nelson personally invited his neighbors to participate in a 10-day program to demonstrate the effectiveness and ease of the diet.

When the health of the participants dramatically improved, the community was convinced of the power of whole, plant-based foods. PlantPure “pods” began coalescing nearby. Nelson’s grassroots approach to inciting a

food revolution was a success.

Perhaps more at home in a high school health class than in theaters, “PlantPure Nation’s” potential remains unrealized, as its means of delivery seriously underwhelms. The opening credits, for example, utilize a series of overlapping soundbites touting the benefits of various fad diets, a strategy that has been grossly overused and therefore, rendered ineffective in the realm of documentaries.

Nonetheless, the film relies heavily on its wholesome and pure message and for good reason. Despite being repeatedly contested, Dr. Campbell’s research remains widely accepted.

This film is available on Netflix.

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“Spectre“) steals most of the laughs in the unexpected role of Sean, Nancy’s harmless but no less off-putting stalker. An eclectic supporting cast and superb writing from newcomer Tess Morris revive what some argue is a dying genre.

From the producer of “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz,” this romantic comedy unobtrusively subverts American audience’s sense of humor. Like Pegg’s other clever and highly stylized work, “Man Up” will become an instant favorite of the selfdeprecating intellectual.

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Pastel colors dictate spring trends, especially after a long, monochromatic winter. Styling various bright colors can be a cheerful way to transition from winter to spring. The chic models and brilliant designers of Vogue, however, disagree. Black, white and grey dominated the streets and runways of the 2016 Fashion Month.

The streets of London, Paris, New York and Milan during their recent fashion weeks were flooded with icons clad in black and white with occasional bright colors. Why do the rich and famous designers, models and celebrities dress primarily in black and white during the most colorful fashion season of spring?

Coco Chanel, perhaps one of the most iconic designers of all time, explains the concept of wearing black and white the best.

“Women think of all colors except the absence of color,” Chanel said. “I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”

Well, Chanel said it. Black and white is timeless, chic and elegant. A well-dressed individual isn’t always defined by being outgoing or daring.

Sometimes, the simple and classy absence of colors is the most reliable method of dressing refined. We can learn from Chanel, but also tailor her opinion in a personal way: learning to dress for ourselves. Your go-to outfit could be a simple white T-shirt with jeans or a bright, neon top with heels.

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create what we feel is beautiful. Everybody has a different perception of fashion, but there is no shame in dressing simple.

Margherita Missonim, a wellknown fashion icon, gave another inspirational quote capitalizing on self-made fashion.

“If you wear things you adore, you just look better,” she said.

Essentially, if you’re pleased and comfortable in your wardrobe choices, then you’re doing fashion the right way, establishing your own self-satisfaction.

There was a lack of patterns and an excess of monochrome color blocking displayed throughout the inspirational fashion month. Any shade that strayed from the beaten path of black and white was primarily mustard yellow, serene cobalt or a vivid red. But whether your spring style is flaunting pastels from head to toe, or wearing a classy white and black ensemble, nothing is “wrong” to wear, despite the season. Fashion is entirely subjective (with the exception of wearing Crocs, which is always a fashion “no-no”). Personalize your style based solely on your preferences: faux fur, T-shirt, sweatpants, trousers or anything else.

With the renewed feelings spring brings, freshening up our outlook on fashion carries into the immaculate season too. Every new trend that rolls around in the month of spring creates a chance for us to capitalize on our personal taste, whether it be black and white or pastels. We should take advice from the professionals, but adhere to our own personal flair.

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The Green House Kitchen's black bean soup and horchata, a Latin-American beverage made from rice milk, vanilla and cinnamon.

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Owner of The Grilled Cheese Bistro Opens The Green House Kitchen Megan Snyder Staff Writer Owner of Downtown Norfolk’s Grilled Cheese Bistro Dina Taylor didn’t venture far last November to open her newest restaurant, The Green House Kitchen. In fact, it’s right next door. So whether you’re craving a gourmet twist on a childhood favorite or a seasonal soupsalad combo (or both!), the decision need not be based on where you parked.

Patrons of the tiny but generous Green House are given the choice between sitting upstairs, where floorto-ceiling windows flood the dining area and open kitchen with bright natural light, perfect for catching up

over a warm drink, or downstairs in the cozy, cool cellar. Here, couples can enjoy more privacy and a moodier atmosphere.

Large, round wooden tables provide enough space for a solo study session or a shared meal with friends.

Yellow wildflowers serve as a minimal centerpiece, and a varied assortment of mid-century modern-style chairs and bar stools add personality to the otherwise predominantly rustic décor.

The limited menu, designed by Taylor and her daughter Chloe, takes the guess work out of ordering while still offering a satisfying and interesting dish for every taste and dietary preference. For example,

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meat-and-potato types can still have their salad and eat it too with the Everything But The Kitchen Sink salad, a hodgepodge of meats, cheeses, antipasti and yes, even some vegetables, dressed in buttermilk ranch.

Diners looking for a more traditional salad will appreciate the locally sourced mizuna and tatsoi bed on which the thinly sliced scallions and Asian slaw of the Thai Me Up salad rest. Flank steak and soba noodles drizzled with a spicy ginger vinaigrette add filling protein and exotic flavor.

Vegetarians and vegans fear not, for all menu items are easily customizable. Though not explicitly stated on the menu, grilled tofu can be sub-

stituted for any protein.

All salads come in two sizes, single or for two, with croutons made from local bread. Single sized portions are more than enough for one, making the $8 to $16 price range completely reasonable. To make a light meal more substantial, Green House also serves flat breads and soups of the day, including a hearty black bean soup served with sweet heirloom tomatoes.

To wash it all down, horchata over ice is described as “rice pudding in a cup,” according to the friendly wait staff, who spoke with much authority regarding daily specials, menu items, Sunday brunch and hours of operation. Hibiscus tea, sparkling

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water, and Coke products are also offered. For dessert, gelato comes in a variety of sophisticated flavors, such as hazelnuts, pumpkin spice and Tahitian vanilla. Be sure to ask for a free sample.

The Green House Kitchen is located one block from the Monticello Tide Station at 345 Granby St. in Downtown Norfolk. Parking is extremely limited.

The Green House Kitchen is open Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and again from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and again from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. The Green House kitchen is closed on Tuesdays.

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Marching Monarchs March to Victory at Limerick International Band Championship Star LaBranche Contributing Writer Winning the Limerick International Band Championship was never the goal when the Marching Monarchs left Virginia for the competition in Ireland. In fact, the band didn’t even know they were competing until they had already left the country. Freshly returned from their successful international trip, Alexander Treviño, the director of athletic bands, described their first place win as “icing on the cake.”

Junior and piccolo player Nicole Ohmann was one of the Marching Monarchs looking forward to not only competing, but also for the opportunity to go to another continent.

“It was my first time out of the country,” Ohmann said. “It was exciting to experience something other than the United States.”

David Walker, senior lecturer in the music department, agreed. One of his favorite parts of the trip, he said, was “getting to know the culture of the Irish people.” Both Treviño and Walker noted how friendly and welcoming everyone was to the band

and how excited they were to hear the Marching Monarchs play.

Due to years of practice and direction, the band wasn’t nervous before the big competition.

“Marching band season prepares us for it,” junior and color guard member Caitlin Morsch said.

Freshman trumpet player, Dylan Wilbert concurred.

“I wasn’t nervous before the parade,” Wilbert said, “because I didn’t expect there to be as many people.

Once we got into the parade, you couldn’t see the end of the crowd.”

Walker also said he didn’t have any jitters about the competition due to the band’s maintained excellence and flexibility. He remarked that the entire process of traveling internationally for a competition is a roller coaster and you’re “along for the ride.” What is stressful about large trips are mainly logistics, unknown issues and unavoidable problems that will inevitably crop up. He added that this competition was a normal process they went through, just in a larger atmosphere.

At the competition, the Monarchs were delighted to not only explore

Ireland but to be a part of the Saint Patrick’s Day championship celebration. Their trip began with the band opening the festivities at a party hosted by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh.

“It was cool playing for the mayor,” Ohmann said.

The cornerstone event of the Limerick International Band Championship was the Saint Patrick’s Day parade. This was the highlight for Senior Drum Major Sam Press stating the parade was his favorite part of the trip. Wilbert, agreed. He added this was just like the parades and competitions they’ve been doing, only “a lot bigger.”

The crowds at the parade were estimated to be over 500,000 in attendance. Treviño described the band’s performance as high energy and exciting. Noting how the crowd drew energy from the performers, the band used the crowd’s energy as encouragement. After the parade was over, Treviño said, “The smiles were so huge you wouldn’t believe we just finished a parade. You would think we just gotten off the bus.”

Once the Marching Monarchs had

traveled the parade route and the band was no longer allowed to play, Treviño said there were still blocks of people buzzing with enthusiasm to see the entertainers. He allowed the students to go see the crowds, shake hands and meet some of the people who came out to enjoy the parade and support the performers. Following that, the bands all congregated in a park to play to for each other, just for the enjoyment of it.

Taking home first place in Ireland was not just the first time the Marching Monarchs placed in an international competition. It also marked the first time the band had ever entered an international competition since their creation in 2009.

“Hopefully, it’s the first [victory] of many,” Treviño said.

Looking into the future, Treviño plans on using the momentum from this win. He has set his sights on traveling internationally in a few years, but his next target is the Macy’s Day Parade. This annual parade only allows two college bands to march.

With a win at the Limerick Championship, Treviño is hoping that the Marching Monarchs will be one of

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In the meantime, the Marching Monarchs are not slowing down.

“My goal is always that I want the band to pursue excellence in everything they do,” Walker said.

Press states his goal is for the band to, “come back stronger than last year.” He added that with a new group of people, they’re “never starting over, we’re building from where we left off.”

The Marching Monarchs also spoke of upholding their high standard of behavior and continue to impress other schools not only with their performance, but with their politeness and decorum.

Sophomore piccolo player, Shannon Schubert, a music education major who plans on one day being a band director, encourages students to join clubs and organizations during their time at ODU. “If you ever have an opportunity to join an organization you should definitely do it,” Schubert said.

Using their recent victory as an example, she related that joining a club could take you across the street from campus, but it could also take you across an ocean.

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Sports

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SPORTS RECAP BA SEBALL

The team takes on Florida Atlantic on Friday April 1. This comes after a two-game sweep of the VMI Keydets. In game one, a seven-run first-inning propelled the Monarchs to an easy victory. In game two, Turner Bishop hit his first home run of the season. ODU won 6-5 on the heels of a walk-off single from Kurt Sinnen.

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Women’s Lacrosse sits at 6-2 for the year. Last week, senior attacker Ashmore Standing won Atlantic Sun Player of the Week.

It’s the fourth consecutive week a Monarch has received the award. Standing has 26 goals already this season. The Lady Monarchs' next contest comes against Furman on Sunday, April 3. The most recent game saw a 10-7 victory at George Washington. Four Monarchs had two goals each.

FREEMAN TO PL AY IN PORTSMOUTH INVITATIONAL

Trey Freeman has been invited to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament that takes place at Churchland High School. Many prestigious names such as Kent Baezmore and Richard Ross have previously participated. NBA great Terry Porter will be the keynote speaker. The invitational will be held from April 13-16.

SOCCER

The Men’s Soccer spring season is underway. The team is poised to take on George Mason on the road on April 3. The team is coming off a 8-5-3 campaign in 2015 and were victors in their first spring game at Longwood, 3-2.

The Women’s soccer will take on ECU Saturday April 2 and will look to remain unbeaten in their spring season. The Lady Monarchs are coming off a 1-0 win against the Richmond Spiders. Last season’s leading scorer Iris Achterhof scored the game winner in the 83rd minute putting a beautiful ball behind Richmond’s goalkeeper and the back post.

MONARCH BASKETBALL LOOKS AHEAD TO VEGAS 16 Matt O'Brien Sports Editor When you walk into a men’s basketball practice, it’s nearly impossible to tell that their season just recently ended in heartbreak. The energy is electric, each player pushing the next in drills and last minute wind sprint.

The Monarchs seem giddy at the chance to play post season basketball.

The team was invited to compete in the inaugural Vegas 16 post-season tournament that will take place March 28-30 in Las Vegas.

“We’re going to compete very hard like we have all season," head coach Jeff Jones said. "The Vegas 16 concept is an intriguing one. Who wouldn’t want to go to Vegas and play a couple basketball games?"

The first-year tournament features Oakland, Northern Illinois and Conference USA foe Louisiana Tech. ODU ranks 7th best in RPI in the tournament.

“We want to win the thing just like anybody else, going out there just trying to win every game," said guard Trey Freeman. "That’s all my goal ever really was and continues to be."

The Monarchs finished this year’s

campaign with a 22-13 record under Jones. Regular season play ended in heartbreaking fashion in the form of a 55-53 loss to Middle Tennessee. ODU is now 0-7 lifetime against MTSU. “When we lost to Middle Tennessee a year ago, that was really tough but quite honestly this one may have hurt more because we were that close.

I’m not sure were over it just yet,” Jones said.

Jones was adamant about how proud he was of his team and their performance down the stretch.

“We had to fight through a lot in the beginning of the season and this team really finished strong. They are feeling pretty good and they should feel good about what they have been able to accomplish,” Jones said Immediately after the loss, senior guards Aaron Bacote and Trey Freeman were badgering Jones to see if they would get the chance to play in any post-season games.

“This team fought through a lot of adversity in the beginning of the season it was great to see us come together down the stretch like we did.

I’ve learned a lot about myself and the guys I’m battling with,” Freeman said.

Freeman, in his second year with the team, put together a historic season and stat line. He earned first team All-C-USA honors for the second consecutive year. He led the CUSA in scoring averaging 22.2 points a game. The senior captain ranks no.

1 in the country with an astounding 300 field goals made this season.

"I take it in stride. You have to stay humble and can't get big headed, if you get big headed someone is going to try and get you for it. My mother raised me in that way," Freeman said.

As for his future goals after this season, Freeman did not hesitate in stating his lifelong dream.

"I've been thinking about it since I was 12. My dream is to go to the NBA, I'm staying focused and chasing it," Freeman said.

With the season coming to a close, Jones and his staff will be tasked with finding a way to replace Freeman and his offensive output. Someone else will soon be the go-to guy and that is yet to be determined.

Jones is optimistic about what he saw from his younger and returning players.

"We started to get more contributions on the offensive end. We relied

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so much on Trey. I thought Talley improved. I thought Brandon improved. Ahmad took some pressure of our back-court and gave us some positive contributions," Jones said.

Two young forwards stick out as Brandon Stith and Zoran Talley made plenty of progression over the course of this season. Stith, a redshirt sophomore, averaged 10.6 points per game and 9.7 rebounds. Talley, a redshirt freshman, was not far behind averaging 8.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

Jones went on to say that Stith and Talley are "barely scratching the surface."

Even with a somewhat disappointing end of this season, those involved in the program remain very excited for the future of this team.

"I look at the guys who are coming back, the guys we have out right now and some new guys we will have come in and I feel pretty optimistic about the future although there is a danger in looking to far ahead," Jones said.

For now, the Monarchs are focused on the Vegas 16. Their first opponent will be Tennessee Tech.

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Technology

Join the video gaming community for Pixelfest from April 8-10 at Slover Library!

TECH IN A SEC NINTENDO WII U TO END PRODUCTION

According to Japanese news publication The Nikkei, Nintendo will halt production of the Wii U at the end of 2016. Nintendo cites poor software sales and disinterest in the console itself as reason to stop. Presumably, this will also make way for their new console, currently known as “Nintendo NX.”

MICROSOF T’S AI “TAY” TURNS… NA ST Y

“Tay” is an artificial intelligence chat robot on Twitter that was developed by Microsoft, and modeled to speak like a “teen girl.” Users could chat with her using “@tayandyou” and the AI learned through these interactions. Less than 24 hours after being exposed to the Internet, Microsoft had to pull Tay because she had turned into racist, sexually-aggressive Nazi.

UNIVERSAL BA SIC INCOME GAINING TR ACTION

According to a White House report, people making less than $20 an hour have an 83 percent chance of eventually losing their jobs to computers or robots. “Universal basic income” is a way for citizens to still get a paycheck after losing their jobs to the machine. As the concept is debated, researchers in Finland will begin a two-year study to find out the effects of a UBI.

JAPANESE AI ENTERS A LITER ARY COMPETITION, ALMOST WINS

A Japanese Artificial Intelligence program helped write a short novel called “The Day A Computer Writes A Novel" and managed to get past the first round of screening of a literary competition. After the human team that created the A.I. had selected words and sentences, the A.I. wrote the novel by itself.

A recreated version of Perry library - Minecraft Edition, created by the campus education reference librarian.

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VIDEO GAME DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CLUB TO PARTICIPATE IN PIXELFEST Game development in Norfolk is about to receive a big boost. An indie game development team known as Midnight Status has been planning an event to draw together the dev community in Norfolk– PixelFest. Taking place April 8-10 at Slover Library, Midnight Status advertises the event as “Norfolk’s first dedicated gaming festival.”

PixelFest’s website promises an indie game showcase as well as game developer bootcamps, including a Unity Bootcamp and a Scratch Workshop. The website also lists a Smash Bros. tournament, an Art of Steampunk exhibit and several arcades with both classic games and the latest game demos.

The central event for PixelFest will be the game jam, which will be a three-day affair starting at 6 p.m. on the first day of the festival and ending at 6 p.m. the last day. It’s open to all skill levels. Teams are only required to commit their weekend to the jam.

Last month, the organizers invited ODU’s Video Game Design and Development Club to help work out logistics for the jam space, which will be located on the sixth floor of Slover.

They planned a short lesson on the Unity engine as well as a three-hour, pre-festival game jam. The VGDDC was kind enough to invite the Mace and Crown along with them to watch firsthand.

A short walk away from MacArthur Mall with a modern design of glass and steel, Slover Library sets a good mood for the upcoming festival.

The sixth floor has a grand view over the city and for four hours it hosted the VGDDC, which includes two students from Norfolk Collegiate, two developers from Midnight Status, Jeremy Alessi, Henry Meredith and myself. The developers were personable and involved in the process of getting everyone up to speed.

Near the end of the first hour, the developers kicked off the three-hour game jam. Everyone immediately split into four teams. Four members of the VGDDC formed the first group, while the club’s president and vice president made the second. The third consisted of the club’s advisor and the two developers from Midnight Status, and the fourth and final consisted of the two Norfolk Collegiate students. The game jam’s theme was “Slover Library,” and the four teams pressed on in the event.

The game jam shone a new light on the intricate difficulty of game

development. The process lacks the glamor someone might imagine, but in its place, I saw a strong spirit of collaboration and shared enjoyment of gaming among the teams. They didn’t concern themselves with polishing their games to a mirror sheen as long as they were functional and amusing. In what seemed a short amount of time, the four teams managed to produce four working game prototypes.

The first three teams arrived at different variations of the 2D platforming genre. One prototype centered on item collection, another had the beginnings of a combat system and the last had the player climbing up to the top of the Slover Library building.

The last team took a different track, putting together a scale model of the room the game jam was being held in, with Easter eggs for the player to find.

At the end of the event, each team showed their prototypes explaining some of their rationale. All of the games had goofy, little quirks and each took only five to ten minutes to experience, but the raw product was still enjoyable.

I enjoyed the first team’s game the most because of a bug. When the player would jump, if their character came in contact with the corner of a wall, they would flip over and start running

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around the level on their side, or on their head. If they had more time, the team could have polished their game, yet there was something immediately hilarious about the idea of someone dashing around a level on their head.

The four hours went by in a flash, and it was incredible to see how quickly people came together to make something playable, even if it wasn’t complete. Seeing the games come together was neat on its own, but what was more impressive was the relative ease each team approached their creation, as well as their focus.

As I circled each table before that final exhibition, I saw constant communication and hard work, while the teams could still joke around and relax.

The game that the two developers from Midnight Status made is available to play and can be found on Google Play for Androids and in the App Store for iPhones, attached to a mobile app for Pixelfest’s schedule.

There is no confirmation on the other three games.

General admission to PixelFest is free, though due to limited space, the organizers have asked that people register beforehand. Information about the festival and registration is located on their website, at pixelfest. org.

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Technology

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Google Search interest of the Apple vs. FBI case in the Hampton Roads region from February 2016 to present.

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A SMALL VICTORY FOR APPLE OVER FBI, DEBATE CONTINUES Ross Reelachart Technology Editor A month ago, the war between privacy and security gained one of its highest profile battles when the FBI had ordered Apple Inc. to provide a backdoor to the iPhone operating system. Apple publicly refused.

What followed was a fierce and open tug-of-war between the government agency, whom had seemingly found no way to obtain data inside the iPhone of the San Bernardino terrorist, and the technology giant, whom feared setting a dangerous precedent where the FBI could have access to anyone’s personal information.

Many other tech giants threw their weight behind Apple’s decision and the FBI attempted to force the order. Now, the battle seems to

be drawing to a tentative and uncertain close.

On March 22, there was supposed to be a court hearing that may have moved the order forward and forced Apple to comply. However, less than 24 hours before the hearing, government attorneys requested a motion to cancel the hearing.

Ironically, the judge that approved the motion and canceled the highly controversial hearing, was also the same judge that had first served the order to Apple in the first place.

The reason for the cancellation was because the FBI purported to have discovered an alternate unlocking method rendering Apple’s involvement pointless.

Very little is known about this new method, how it works or who is even providing it.

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whether it is a viable method that will not compromise the data on Farook’s iPhone. If the method is viable, it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple Inc.,” a lawyer for the Justice Department said in the motion.

Setting aside how the sudden appearance of the FBI’s mysterious new unlocking method is bound to raise even more questions, this is a minor victory for Apple and the security side of the debate. While the reasons for wanting a backdoor into a terrorist’s iPhone are warranted, nearly every technology and security expert argued that the dangers posed by weakening encryptions far outweighed any gains.

Apple itself was so opposed to the notion that its own encryption engineers were willing to quit their jobs, and deprive the FBI of their ex-

pertise if Apple were conscripted by the FBI to unlock the phone.

The victory is short term at best.

The motion cancel to the hearing seemed more of an effort by the authorities to put a hold on an issue in which they were not in the right in the public eye. But yet another concern has come from the FBI’s new method.

“As a practical matter, if the FBI’s new technique works, it likely means that Apple will add more protection to its devices, which is a good thing for consumers and the FBI will be back in court in the future asking a judge to compel Apple to help the government defeat Apple’s improved security,” Fred Cate, a law professor at Indiana University, told Ars Technica.

For the time being, the canceled court hearing will be a small win for

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proponents of digital security and supporters of digital encryption.

Even as authorities continue to call for weaker encryption and access to private information, more evidence builds to the contrary.

Recently, the New York Times reported that the terrorist attack in Paris last year were facilitated with the use of burner phones — cheap phones that are bought to be used for a short period or only once before being discarded. Weaker encryption would not have prevented their organization and communication since the phones were used just as phones, without email or text communications. While authorities are already rushing to blame encryption for the Brussels terrorist attack not even a day afterward, consumers can expect the security versus privacy debate to continue in spite of all evidence.

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Opinion

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College Relationships: A Chance to Know Yourself

Dalia Pace Nathan Green Contributing Writers In college, when someone talks about relationships they often to hear remarks like, “Who wants to be tied down?” or “You are too young, you should live more.” These remarks do not seem too outlandish. Let’s face it, our society has portrayed college to be the time when you “soil your bad oats.”

Movies likes “Neighbors” glorify the lifestyle of promiscuity, partying and irresponsibility that college has to offer. Very seldom are movies about college students who are in happy relationships. Is this wrong?

No. Watching movies about people who have the option to do whatever they want with whoever they want is far more than entertaining.

However, this stereotype about college students has caused incoming freshman to have intentions of only attending college as a bachelor or bachelorette. About a year ago, more than half of the freshman population were in high school. Now, a majority of them are in college away from their parents with the option to attend parties while participating in any activity they please. This is obviously attractive behavior. What if, hypothetically, these incoming freshman evolve into seniors that have never had been forced to invest their time and energy into someone

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What many college students do not know is that college relationships do not necessarily mean that you will not be able to enjoy your “college experience.” A relationship in college allows you to have a deeper understanding of yourself.

Having a relationship not only helps you evaluate yourself, it helps you evaluate your personality. The majority of college students are single young adults that spend their time and effort on themselves. There is nothing wrong with this. However, this egotistical behavior can be potentially damaging.

Dedicating your time to understand and love someone can help you learn important information

about yourself because it allows you to experience selflessness. This can also allow you the opportunity to discover your strengths and weaknesses, which is priceless.

Let’s be honest, all college relationships do not last a lifetime, which is acceptable. It is important that college students realize that experiencing a relationship holds more value.

People who experience a break up often question the purpose of the relationship and revolve their thoughts around heartache. What if people took the time to look at themselves at the end of each relationship? Let’s say, for instance, the relationship ended in an argument or infidelity, which is obviously a

failure. Would it not be better to learn from the failure?

Maybe a failed relationship taught you that have a temper, communication issues or even integrity issues. Acknowledging these flaws quicker will save you from wasting time and effort. These flawed character attributes can affect more than just your college relationship. They can potentially have a detrimental effect on your future marriage, career and friendships.

Hopefully in the future, college students will not immediately conclude that college relationships are “a waste of time.” A relationship regardless of the outcome is a gained experience.

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April 4-10, 2016 Monday, April 4

Friday, April 8

Banner Competition

Photo Competition

11:00AM-2:30PM South Mall

Greek Week Kick Off & Greek Sing 7:30PM North Cafe

Starts April 4 noon-April 8 5:00PM Online

Saturday, April 9 Bubble Soccer Tournament 1:00PM-4:00PM Whitehurst Field

Tuesday, April 5 Battle of the Brains 8:00PM North Cafe

Wednesday, April 6

Sunday, April 10 Fraternity & Sorority Life Awards 7:00PM North Cafe *Invitation Only

Can Drive with Ignite 11:00AM-3:00PM Ignite

Other Events

Thursday, April 7

RecycleMania

Hop Off

12:30PM-1:30PM Kaufman Mall *Rain Location North Cafe

March 14-April 9

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ENGINEERING CLUB CREATES FIRST FULLY FUNCTIONAL COLLEGE STUDENT George Plank Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 20, 2016, members of ODU’s advanced technologies club presented their newest invention before a panel of top scientists the country over. They declared that their new invention would completely change the way that people see the average college student. With that, they proudly presented IT. IT, which stands for “Invested

Transfer,” was initially created as a simple study aid.

“Our original goal was to create an artificial intelligence to assist us with our homework,” said Thomas Bell, Old Dominion Senior and founder of the team that brought IT to fruition.

ter a few weeks of classroom based testing, IT began to display some unusual behavior. IT started staying out later and bringing friends home.

It was then we knew we were onto something big.”

“It’s truly amazing,” said Filbert

maintain an active social life and still get a full night’s sleep. It even complemented me on my new haircut. My own roommate didn’t even notice yet.”

IT is expected to receive a solid 3.5 GPA and attend his friend’s cousin’s

“It’s truly amazing..."

“IT was designed to have perfect recall to any notes that would have been taken in class,” Bell said. “Af-

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Ghasted, reporter for the magazine Popular Mad Science & Stream. “IT can complete all of its classwork,

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quinceanera. IT hopes to one day completely assimilate the college lifestyle, however IT is finding it dif-

ficult to maintain a B average while also being completely apathetic.

“We are taking IT back to the lab for further upgrades,” Bell said. “IT is far from perfect. IT can’t hold his oil very well and we have a team working around the clock to introduce IT to the concept of binge watching. We haven’t made much progress in that section yet. IT wants to get fresh air and exercise between episodes. We clearly have a long way to go.”

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Controversial banners that hung from 43rd Street town homes last fall.

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Have Fraternities Taken Things Too Far? George Plank Staff Writer Old Dominion University made national headlines last semester when the members of Sigma Nu displayed signs from the balcony of their frat house. These signs, bearing such slogans as “Freshman Daughter DropOff” and “Rowdy and Fun,” were widely considered to be inappropriate

by members of the community. Now another fraternity has attempted to push the envelope of good taste even further.

Last Thursday during activity hour, the members of Delta Tau Chi held a Study A-Broad Fair. During the event they had professional models lined up and viewable to pedestrians.

Some of the student body approached the display while others maintained a distance to the event.

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Naturally some groups on campus took issue with the event.

“This is the most disgusting, chauvinistic, irreparable thing I have seen in 15 minutes,” said Lindsey Quelling, art history major. “The fact that the school would give them the venue to do this sort of thing is simply inexcusable.”

“We had no idea that this is what the Deltas intended,” said Abby Livious, secretary in the office of student

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involvement.

When officers from Delta approached Livious about the event, she gave them the green light.

“I assumed that they merely wanted to showcase exotic locales for students to visit,” Livious said. “They responded, ‘Oh, it’ll be exotic alright.’”

No action has been taken against the members of Delta Tau Chi as of yet. However, they could face immediate expulsion from Old Dominion

University, or at the very least have their chapter’s charter removed from campus. The Dean of Students has already given this troubled group warning that they were on an extensive probation. Upon hearing the news of the fraternity’s latest escapades, he raised his fists into the air and loudly exclaimed, “Deltas!”

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Big Blue Revealed to be Old Man Jenkins All Along George Plank Staff Writer

Recently, tour groups visiting Old Dominion have been wary of their safety. The growing insecurity stems from the fact that, for the past few months, all tour groups that visit the campus have been interrupted by ODU’s own mascot, Big Blue.

“At first, we thought that he was just there to give prospective students a warm greeting,” said Brittany Belfast, volunteer tour guide. “Yes, we didn’t expect him to be there, but we didn’t think anything of it. Who better to introduce the new students, and skep-

tical parents to life at ODU other than our own mascot? That was until he started making those gestures.”

Witnesses to the event said that shortly after approaching the groups,

Not all were driven away by crude nature of our mascot’s actions. One small group of five students knew something wasn’t right and took the matter into their own hands. In the

and was immediately caught within the trap. The crowd gathered around as one of the students that set up the trap took off his mask to see who he really was.

"At first, we thought that he was just there to give prospective students a warm greeting.”

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dark of night, they prepared a series of traps to ensnare the imposter Blue.

The next day, as a tour group was passing the Ted Constant Center, Big Blue leapt out to frighten the group

Big Blue would proceed to make a wide variety of lewd and generally inappropriate gestures. Students and parents alike were said to have been disgusted and declined to comment.

The imposter was revealed to be none other than Alfred Jenkins, often referred to as Old Man Jenkins by some of the more impertinent freshman, the recluse theme park owner.

Jenkins said he had grown embittered after his park was shut down to be replaced by a nightclub just off campus.

Jenkins decided to take it out on the students who frequent such establishments and scare away any potential students.

“I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddlesome college students!” said Jenkins as he was taken into custody by the ODU Police Department. He was later found guilty for disturbing the peace and illegally obtaining the mascot costume from a junior’s dorm room. He is now serving two months of community service.

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How Soon Could ODU be affected by Climate Change?

George Plank Staff Writer This winter was one of the warmest on record for the Old Dominion campus. While many students claim it as another case of ‘Virginia Weather,’ others see it as a sign that climate change could soon have negative ef-

fects for the greater Norfolk area.

Wendy Dayy, consultant from the National Weather Service, visited the campus briefly to discuss the possibility of climate change.

In her address, she expounded on the reality of global warming and the negative effects it could have on the immediate area.

“To put it simply, as things continue to heat up the sea level will continue to rise,” Dayy said. “Rising sea levels mean we lose structural integrity to areas close to water. It wouldn’t be surprising to see ODU overrun with mosquitos soon.”

According to recent reports from the Norfolk Nature Conservatory,

the waters of Lake Whitehurst have been rising exponentially since 1976. It stipulates that by the year 2020, Whitehurst Hall will be set adrift in the lake.

“We really need to take care of our environment,” said Greg Depaulo, freshman living on campus. “If we keep at the pace we’re going now,

soon we won’t be able to ignore it anymore. On the up side, if we continue to stay the course, eventually the rising flood-waters will eventually kill all the spiders, roaches, and other pests in Gresham Hall.”

Student Parking to Be Affected by 2016-2017 School Year George Plank Staff Writer The ODU Office of Transportation and Parking Services recently announced that parking on campus will be affected by a minor event.

Students should expect parking to be negatively impacted by the entirety of the 2016-2017 school year.

Regular commuters should recog-

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us students have to directly compete against other students. Events happening at the Ted, or a class in Kaufman Hall only limits the amount of parking available.”

“We can only do so much for these kids,” said Lamè Punn, Director of Parking Services. “We had to close down two parking lots just to accommodate all the new construction that they’re doing. We are doing the best

nize the impediment that the regular school year is on the majority of parking spaces. Hard working students that arrive at noon often have to struggle against spots that are set aside for those that arrive prior to 9 a.m.

“It can sometimes be a real struggle finding parking in the morning,” said Stu Dent, third-year commuter.

“It becomes even more hectic when

that we can to accommodate” Students are advised to arrive on campus and find a parking spot at least six hours before their first class begins. This will give every student ample opportunity to find a spot to park. If a student does not arrive before the allotted time they will be required to park in a metered spot.

For this reason, students are encouraged to find a parking spot early and

consider living in their cars for the duration of the school year.

The Office of Transportation and Student Parking wishes to thank all commuters for their patience during this stressful period. Parking areas should become available after the completion of this particular event.

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