Mace & Crown - October 19, 2016

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LOCAL NEWS Broderick Opens

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After a long wait, ODU’s new dining hall, dedicated to President and Mrs. John R. Broderick, opened at 11 a.m. on Oct. 12. Students crowded the newly built dining hall while trying out the different food options. President Broderick himself, as well as Provost Austin Agho and Ellen Neufeldt, helped serve food to students. The new dining commons includes restaurant options such as ‘Uno Mas,’ ‘Maize,’ ‘Rice Sticks,’ ‘Bud’s,’ ‘Evoo,’ ‘350 Degrees Baked Goods’ and ‘Mosaic International.’

Hurricane Matthew through Norfolk

OCTOBER 2 Vandalism was reported to have occured on Hampton Blvd at 12:01 AM

OCTOBER 13 A vehicle break-in was reported to have occured on Delaware Ave at 4:09 AM

OCTOBER 7 Narcotics violation was reported to have occured on40th St at 1:00 AM OCTOBER 8 A stolen vehicle was reported to have occured on 38th Street at 10:00 PM

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Although Hurricane Matthew didn’t directly hit Virginia, Hampton Roads saw the full effects of the aftermath. Intense winds and pounding rain put Norfolk and the surrounding areas underwater, and multiple regions lost power from Saturday night into Monday. Most areas, including Norfolk and Suffolk, declared a State of Emergency because of flooding, power outages and fallen trees and powerlines.

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October is LGBT History Month October celebrates the history of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals. This month also included ‘National Coming Out Day’ which was on Oct. 11. This day celebrated individuals who have already come out as gay, lesbian or bisexual and encourages others who have not yet come out with their sexuality. The first pride month in the U.S. was celebrated in 1994.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month to help increase awareness of the disease and raise funds to help find a cure. Multiple events are held this month to raise money, such as the National Race for the Cure, Breast Cancer Today and Susan G. Komen 3-Day ‘For the Cure.’ The third week of October is specifically for men with breast cancer, which is rare but still happens to many males.

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Ignite Opens First Food Pantry on Campus

Jacie Litz Contributing Writer

Ignite Norfolk Ministry, along with the help and support of ODU, opened the first food pantry on campus.

Brandon Robbins, pastor of Ignite, welcomed a small crowd at the grand opening on Oct. 4. Don Stansberry, Dean of Students and Associate Vice President, spoke next about the need for the pantry and praising the leadership of Ignite and ODU. Once the ribbon was cut, guests were welcomed inside to tour the facility.

“We know our students are skipping meals because they have to pay a bill or buy a book or need toothpaste. So they are making choices and many times those choices are skipping meals or making meals out of ramen noodles or hot dogs, sometimes those are not the best meals,” Stansberry said.

He went on to praise the hard work

of Robbins, Ignite Ministry and the university to open the pantry and addressing the issue of student hunger.

“I challenge you to be part of a food drive, to volunteer here at the pantry, to give a donation if you’re able and encourage others to do that. Because this pantry’s success lies on all of us together," Stansberry said, ending his speech.

Robbins went on thanking the numerous people and organizations that have worked on getting the pantry started. Robbins also introduced Patrick Martin, Ignite Ministry’s student intern from ODU, who helped get the pantry running. Martin opened with a quote, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Here at Ignite, that is our mission.” Martin went on the stress the pantry’s openness to anyone in need at ODU. “We have done a lot over the last year and worked really close with the university to bring this together. To

be able to bring together students, faculty, and staff to make sure that no body has to go hungry at ODU,” Robbins stated.

According to Robbins, the issue of student hunger was brought to his attention by a non-profit organization Through HIS Hands. For the past year, Robbins and Ignite Ministry have been working with ODU’s student and community engagement offices and the Foodbank of Southwest Virginia to get the project up and running. An informal survey showed 1 in 4 students at ODU have some type of food insecurity.

Robbins emphasized the pantry is “for students by students.” Emily Eddins, the associate director of leadership and student involvement, has worked closely with Ignite helping with the pantry.

“ODU engineers redid the air conditioning and heating,” Eddin said, “along with a Martin Luther King Day

of service where students came in and cleaned up the building, along with painting.” She also spoke of the large involvement of the sororities and fraternities on campus that collected over 4600 cans for the pantry last spring.

The pantry is open to students, faculty and staff with an ODU ID. The food is based on a point system.

Each individual is given 50 points and a bag. 25 more points are given for each person in a family, up to a total of 125 points.

The pantry has large wire racks to display the available food. Each can of vegetables and fruits are worth five points. Proteins such as peanut butter, beans and canned meat are also worth

five points. Grains, such as pasta and rice, range between five to ten points.

There is also a grab-n-go section that includes boxed dinners worth 10 points, but they are limited to three items. There is also a free rack, with a limit of two items, which include marshmallows, pop-tarts, and other snacks.

Each bag can provide three to four meals for an individual.

The pantry accepts monetary and food donations, and will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.

"This pantry’s success lies on all of us together"

ABC and CNN Moderate Second Presidential Debate T.J. Thompson Contributing Writer The second of three presidential debates occurred Oct. 9 at Washington University in St. Louis between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The 90-minute verbal scuffle was moderated by Martha Raddatz of ABC News and Anderson Cooper of CNN with a town hall style format of audience members chosen by Gallup, based upon their undecided voter status.

The first question regarded the content of the previous debate, as well as Trump’s lewd comments released the previous Friday from a 2005 Access Hollywood recording. The lady posing the question was concerned because teachers attempt to use the debate process to teach students civics.

Clinton responded directly to her questioner, stating she wishes to heal the divisions created by this election.

She also addressed the fact that she has a solid plan for education. Trump addressed many of his concerns when

given an opportunity to speak on this question, yet avoided addressing the original query.

The next inquiry came from Anderson Cooper regarding the numerous questions received online about Trump’s admission to sexually assaulting women and getting away with it because of his privilege.

“No, I didn’t say that at all,” Trump said. He followed up by stating it was “locker room” talk and claimed people misunderstood his words. Next came deflection, with Trump bringing up ISIS and claiming he has more respect for women than anyone. Trump also said they needed to move on to more important issues than his admission of sexually assaulting women.

Clinton came at this question stating Trump is unfit to serve as president. She solidified her statement with examples of Trump attacking people for their gender, ethnicity, religion and physical appearances and handicaps. This was the first time of the night where Trump attempted to bully the moderators, claiming they

were not giving him equal time to defend his remarks.

Trump then pointed out he had invited guests who accused Sec. Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, of sexual misconduct and another woman who lost a case against her alleged rapist with Sec. Clinton as the defense attorney.

Clinton’s response to this situation was a quote from current First Lady Michelle Obama, “When they go low, you go high.”

Trump attempted to attack Clinton regarding a recent WikiLeaks drop of some of her campaign emails. He even threatened to assign a prosecutor to investigate her use of a private email server as Secretary of State.

Clinton has been investigated by the FBI and they found insufficient evidence to charge her with a crime.

On the topic of the Affordable Care Act, Sec. Clinton said we need to keep the portions that are working and fix what isn’t. Trump’s response was to repeal the entire plan and begin anew.

Shifting the conversation, a Mus-

lim woman then asked about the treatment of Muslims in the U.S. Trump’s remarks backfired on social media when he said Muslims need to report fellow Muslims for suspicious activity. Sec. Clinton directly addressed the woman’s concerns, stating it is time to end the division over religion in this country.

The next round of questions was on economics.

When questioned about how he would reform the IRS code, he stated he would lower taxes and his opponent would raise them. Trump’s plan has been said to give the most-wealthy the biggest tax breaks and only save the government around one percent from where it is currently. Clinton’s tax plan would raise taxes on the wealthy and not impact the economy as much as the

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Trump plan. Trump took the tax conversation as an opportunity to attack Clinton on her time in the U.S. Senate. He questioned why she did not introduce legislation to reform the tax code.

Although there were questions regarding other important issues such as the human rights crisis in Syria and Congress blocking Obama’s Supreme Court justice nominee, the debate seemed to hone in on the divisiveness between the two candidates. Trump kept complaining he was not being given equal time to speak, although post-debate analysis showed he actually spoke for slightly more time than his opponent.

"No, I didn’t say that at all," Trump said.

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Fear 2 Freedom Prepares Sexual Abuse Recovery Kits for Victims Alyssa Branch Contributing Writer The third annual Fear 2 Freedom event at Old Dominion University was held on Oct. 5 to help collect necessities and personal items for victims of sexual assault. The number ‘two’ in Fear 2 Freedom stands for the somber fact that every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S. One in five female students are sexually assaulted during their time in college and one in 33 men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. It is an issue that could affect anyone, and its importance is tremendous.

In 1975, Rosemary Trible, CNU First Lady and Founder of Fear 2 Freedom, was held at gunpoint and raped. Her attacker was never found, but Trible has now dedicated the rest of her life to helping victims of sexual assault.

“He not only tore my body but he stole my joy. I have dedicated the rest of my life to be a voice for the voiceless. Fear 2 Freedom’s mission is to redeem and restore those sexually assaulted, bringing them hope and healing. The second part is to empower students to be that change,” Trible said.

When a sexual assault victim is examined, all of their clothes must be taken for evidence. After these trau-

"It is important because it’s a way for students to get involved..."

matic experiences these people are walking out alone, in paper gowns.

The Fear 2 Freedom kits help provide for these victims in their biggest time of need.

The packages are “medical kits for the heart” that include necessities like clothing and toiletries, as well as personal items like a journal or coloring book, a personal handwritten note from volunteers, and most importantly, the "freedom bear."

The teddy bear is unique, with a hole in its heart and ten pieces of paper on its back. The victims can write the name of their attacker, their fears or anything they want on these papers and shove them in the little hole. Once they grow stronger they can throw the paper into water and watch it dissolve, along with their fears. ”It is important because it’s a way for students to get involved, and this is a community service initiative. Each of these kids is able to give back to

survivors,” Lawanza Lett-Brewington, Director of the Women’s Center, said.

Throughout a student’s college experience at ODU, they are offered numerous opportunities to help prevent sexual assault on campus. First year programming begins immediately.

Educating students about this critical issue as soon as they come in and continuing programs such as Fear 2 Freedom creates a layered effect of learning.

“On a college campus I feel like women are more likely to be in the situation where they could be sexually assaulted or raped. I feel like the need to highlight the importance of spreading the word and awareness about this is great and that is why I am here” Alessandro Penalvel, a pledge of Theta Chi, said.

Speakers for the event discussed their organizations and the importance of this event. Afterwards, ev-

eryone assembled kits with their own personal note to a survivor. It was a fun and social event, but for a cause of great importance.

Students are urged to take the Fear 2 Freedom pledge: “I pledge to help end sexual assault on my campus, I will stand firm to protect my fellow classmates on and off campus.”

There are many ways to get involved and countless events and programs to do so. This event has been a part of the month long Red Flag Campaign against abusive relationships. There are over 60 programs annually on topics such as sexual violence, dating violence and stalking. This comprehensive campaign includes empowerment and leadership activities such as Green Dot training, self-defense classes and bystander intervention.

The Vice Presidential Debate in Review T.J. Thompson Contributing Writer Oct. 4 saw the debate between candidates for vice president of the U.S. at Longwood University in Farmville, moderated

by CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Indiana Governor Mike Pence squared off in a heated battle lasting 90 minutes. The stage was set for voters to have their only glimpse of these candidates’ debate skills.

Quijano’s initial question regarded their temperaments, qualities and skills making them good presidential leaders. Sen. Kaine listed his resume as a missionary, civil rights lawyer, city council member, mayor of Richmond, lieutenant governor,

governor of Virginia and currently a U.S. Senator.

As the questions continued, Quijano focused on Clinton’s trustworthiness. She referenced private email servers and the Clinton Foundation as possible fallacies. Kaine responded by addressing Clinton’s passion for serving the public and took this opportunity to point out Donald Trump puts himself first, many times “off the backs of the little guy.”

The next round, addressed to Pence, asked why Trump is considered so erratic. The governor’s answer began as a stab at the Clinton/Kaine campaign as being insult-driven. He also attacked Clinton’s foreign policy when she served in the Obama Administration. The two candidates shared their first back-

and-forth argument regarding Russia.

Pence never addressed the question, opting to go after opponents and discuss Trump as being an extraordinary businessman.

Following a session of cross-talk between the candidates, the moderator decided it was time to move to the economy. Pence stated Indiana has a surplus of two million dollars and he lowered taxes, whereas Kaine left Virginia with a deficit after his term as governor. Pence then focused his attention on the fact that the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, has stifled the middle class.

He stated Trump will fight to repeal Obamacare, while Clinton wishes to expand upon it.

Kaine asked if Americans desired a “you’re hired” president such as Hillary Clinton or a “you’re fired” president in Trump, referring to the idea that a Trump administration would lose jobs while a Clinton presidency would create them. Kaine laid out a five-point plan to promote the economy which includes investing in industry and in the workforce, wage

hikes, small business growth and tax relief to the middle class and small businesses. The conversation transitioned to Trump’s recently leaked tax returns from 1995, stating he had almost one billion dollars in losses where Trump stated he was smart for taking advantage of the tax system.

Pence retorted that Trump’s tax returns show he faced tough times and utilized the tax code to help him overcome those times. Kaine then stated the tax returns were leaked, and Trump has refused to share his tax returns as most presidential candidates do. Pence cited the financial disclosures and Trump’s IRS audit as reasons for not disclosing tax information, although Kaine pointed out Richard Nixon shared his tax returns under audit.

The next round discussed law enforcement and race relations. Kaine stated his running mate will tackle this issue by focusing on community policing, improving mental health treatment and reducing gun violence.

Pence also stated their White House would “restore law and order." Next

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Pence is known for describing himself as a "Christian, Conservative and Republican," in that order.

came immigration, where Kaine stated he believes in comprehensive reform. Gov. Pence referenced that Trump laid out his immigration reform policy, beginning with more policing at the borders.

Foreign affairs came next. Pence’s response included a desire to increase the military presence overseas as well as creating a larger nuclear armament for the U.S. Kaine cited Clinton’s record as Secretary of State where she was able to negotiate an Iranian nuclear deal, signed without a war.

Kaine also focused on the relationship between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The evening finished with a topic where both candidates have common ground – their faith and its effect upon policy. Pence is known for describing himself as a “Christian, Conservative and Republican,” in that order. Sen. Kaine stated it is not the role of public servants to mandate personal views on the public.

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Larry Sabato Brings His Crystal Ball to ODU

T.J. Thompson Contributing Writer

UVA’s Center for Politics’ Director and Norfolk native Larry Sabato visited the Big Blue Room at the Ted on his Crystal Ball tour. Sabato is known for his consistent and extraordinary accuracy in predicting election results. Since 2002, he has been gazing into his crystal ball and forecasting American elections with a success rate over 90 percent. His accuracy has been recognized by MSNBC, CNBC and Pew Research Center.

Thursday night he shared his predictions for the general election occurring Nov. 8 in the U.S. Local NPR affiliate WHRV hostess Kathy Lewis was the emcee for the evening. She welcomed retired Congressman Bill “Dr. Bill” Whitehurst to the stage kicking off the festivities to support Friends of the ODU Libraries. Whitehurst served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives beginning in the ‘60s.

He was also the graduation speaker at Sabato’s commencement from Norfolk Catholic High School. Sabato would continue his education at UVA following with graduate work at

Princeton, then on to Queen’s College at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He finished with a doctorate in politics.

Sabato has made the best use of his politics degree and education. He is renowned and respected for his opinion on the topic of elections and most anything in the political sciences. He shared those ideas with a packed Big Blue Room.

The first discussion addressed the presidential and vice presidential debate winners and losers. Sabato stated that while Sec. Clinton clearly defeated her opponent Donald Trump during the debate, Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana took his debate in a surprising victory over Sen. Tim Kaine.

Claiming Kaine was out of character from his normal friendly demeanor, Sabato pointed out the effects Kaine’s aggression had in his loss.

The next portion of the lecture focused on how Trump could rise as victorious on election day. Although this is a longshot by Sabato’s standards, he stated this is where parallel universe theories may hold true.

Sabato’s examples of how a Trump presidency could be likely are not that

far-fetched. They include underestimating the strength of Rust Belt voters who will most likely vote Republican, the non-college blue collar workers termed Reagan Democrats, an extreme act of terrorism on American soil before Nov. 8, and focus shifting to the Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Scalia. If these events occurred, they could shift momentum to the Trump camp.

Detailing these ideas of a Republican presidential win, Sabato stated Trump still has an uphill battle. He lacks the temperament to be president according to the professor and is too deeply entrenched in controversy.

Shifting focus to factors contributing to a Clinton victory came next.

Sabato’s most telling sign came from that of the influence women will have in this election.

Women are 53 percent of the electorate and disproportionately support Clinton over Trump. Furthermore, Trump has failed to invest in his campaigning with tools such as focus groups and polls which Sabato claims could easily help either candidate gain another two percent of voters.

In summary, he predicted a Clin-

Transforming Muscle and the Mind

Saamia Aslam Contributing Writer

Old Dominion University held a ‘Transforming Muscle and the Mind’ event in Webb Center's North Cafe on Oct. 13. There were local body building experts present at the event who informed the community on what it takes to get in shape, achieve their fitness goals and lead a healthier lifestyle. Healthy foods such as salad, fruit, grilled chicken and protein shakes were provided.

The event started out with a "Healthy Happy Hour" where the audience members were welcomed to walk around and get food while the speakers prepared for the presentation. The keynote speaker was D’Shawn Wright, owner of the BodyByD gym and a body building champion. Other speakers included Mel Jones, who is a personal trainer, and Suzanne Renforth, who is a bodybuilder.

Mr. Wright spoke about what it takes to be a fit warrior and gave the local tribes of the Amazon as an ex-

ample of what a warrior could be. He spoke about how fit the warriors had to be and how they had to stick their hand in a glove full of Bullet ants 20 times to be considered a warrior. The success behind this ritual relied on mental strength rather than physical, and the message was that you have to do things more than once to produce the desired outcome.

Mr. Wright stressed that to become a champion, your mind has to be in it. The mind has to be connected to the muscle; you can’t just go through the motions. He said that you have to be focused on your goals in order to achieve them. Another thing to do for a more focused and stronger mind is to cut out negative people and instead feed your motivation and inspirations.

The speakers went on to talk about the exercises and workouts themselves. A point the speakers made was to not compare yourself to others, because everyone has to start somewhere and you can’t expect to be an expert and do everything perfectly on the first try. What works for

one person may not always work for someone else, so it is best to do your own thing and find the workouts that are best for you.

Changing up routine was advised, especially if you reach a point where you are stuck physically, not making any changes with the workouts you are doing and to not forget about rest days. The audience members were told to not have an “all or nothing” mentality and that something is better than nothing.

Lastly, it was emphasized that working out should be fun and should not feel like a chore and that lack of sleep makes it hard to lose weight.

As far as nutrition went, the speaker advised to eat right, drink protein shakes and to take your vitamins. The key points of the events were to go at your own pace and that your fitness journey is yours and you have to find what works for you as an individual.

Make it fun for yourself and don’t lose sight of your goals, then you will see positive changes in no time.

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ton victory with a strong likelihood of the Senate leaning Democratic as well. Sabato stated that the only way he sees the House changing hands from the Republicans would be with low Republican voter turnout and a Clinton landslide victory of more than nine points.

In a conversation with Dr. Bill following the lecture, decades of political experience backed up what Sabato had just shared.

“What we got tonight was a real treat from someone who is remarkably astute in assessing political trends,” Whitehurst said. “He gave himself some wiggle room, and it was everything I expected and more.”

Whitehurst also believes a Clinton victory is inevitable as well as a flip of the Senate.

“I think Republicans will retain control of the House because of the gerrymandering but as he (Sabato) said, you certainly get surprises. I’ve given up on the presidential race – I don’t think Trump has a chance,” Whitehurst said, at the conclusion of his comments.

Time is on the side of one of these candidates and the worst enemy of the other. With less than a month to go in this acrimonious election, Sabato best summed up his predictions by stating, “He who lives by the crystal ball ends up eating ground glass.”

This Week in History Justin L.C. Ross Contributing Writer Every individual has an impact on history and how it unfolds within the modern era. In the words of Old Dominion University history professor Dr. Maura Hametz, “the average person that history often forgets, those individuals usually form the historical normalcies of the time.” This highlights the fact that every action a person takes, whether intentional or unintentional, has an impact on history.

The opinions that are formed and the actions that are taken by the average, everyday individual form the social fabric of society and are then interwoven within history.

That being said, let the actions chosen throughout the day be made for the betterment of not only the individual in the moment but also with a broader historical perspective for society.

Wednesday October 19, 1949 After throwing off the yoke of the invading Japanese forces during WWII and pacifying the imperialist forces under General Shang Kai Shek, the People’s Republic of China is officially recognized as a nation.

Thursday October 20, 1947 The post war “Red Scare” continues as the House Un-American Committee led by Joseph McCarthy launches to expose potential communists in Hollywood. The committee would soon question many famous personalities concerning their political beliefs. Katherine Hepburn and Edward G. Robinson

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were among those targeted, as were author Dashiell Hammett and his longtime companion, playwright Lillian Hellman.

Friday October 21, 1872 Mr. John H. Conyers becomes the first African-American admitted into the United States Naval Academy.

Saturday October 22, 1962 The Kennedy administration announces to the American public that the Soviet government has constructed ballistic missile sites on the communist island of Cuba, thereby formally acknowledging what would become known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The intense diplomatic maneuvering and compromise, on all sides, would avoid the calamity of a third world war.

Sunday October 23, 1942 The Western Taskforce leaves Norfolk Naval Station to participate in the first joint Allied amphibious invasion in North Africa under Operation Torch.

Monday October 24, 1945 Through a collaboration of 23 nations, an organization committed to peace and the advancement of the human race begins, known as the United Nations.

Tuesday October 25, 1965 Humanitarian and Civil Rights activist Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in a South African prison.

Wednesday October 26, 1947 Former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is born.

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BITS OF A&E #BlackArtMatters A showcase of poetry, music, paintings and more, #BlackArtMatters will provide a snapshot of the best art from African-American students at North Cafe on Oct. 20 from 7-9 p.m. The event aims to serve as an initiative to form collaborative efforts among students and spread awareness of the many talented artists at ODU. Politics Meet Art at Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries Coinciding with the 2016 presidential election, “Affairs of the State: Photography by Tim Davis and Michael Mergen” addresses the diverse political and civic landscape of the U.S. The exhibition will showcase work from photographers Tim Davis and Michael Mergen. The exhibition will run from Oct. 21 through Nov. 27, with the opening reception taking place Oct. 21 from 7-9 p.m.

Chesapeake Gets Cheesy The First Annual Hampton Roads Grilled Cheese Festival will take place Nov. 6 at the Chesapeake Conference Center from 12-6 p.m. Competitors will hand out samples of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup to attendees in the hope to be voted fan favorite.

Experience ‘The Magical Music of Harry Potter’ The Virginia Symphony Orchestra will bring the music of Harry Potter to life Oct. 29 at the Sandler Center for Performing Arts. Music crafted by John Williams will take the audience through the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with spellbinding scores from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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Catch ‘Night of the Living Dead’ at Pretlow Planetarium Pretlow Planetarium presents “Bad Movie Night: Halloween Edition” Oct. 28 with a screening of the original “Night of the Living Dead.” The event will kick off with pub-style trivia at 6:30 p.m. and the movie will screen at 7 p.m. “Bad Movie Night” takes place every first Friday of the month with a showing of a classic sci-fi movie on the dome.

Tim Seibles: The Man, The Professor, The Poet Laureate Christina Marable Contributing Writer "I guess you could say I am not who I am. I always suspected there was something about me."

The opening lines of Tim Seibles’ poem “On Being Mistaken” sums up Virginia’s newest Poet Laureate.

A creative writing professor and a three-time National Book Award nominee, Seibles could be arrogant, pompous or even intimidating, but he is none of those things. A caring professor and a great poet, Seibles’ warm demeanor and bright smile reflect his poetry, which gracefully approaches the challenges of humanity.

Born in Philadelphia and graduating Southern Methodist University in 1977, Seibles was a high school English teacher for 10 years before receiving his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Vermont College of Arts. Seibles had a humble beginning but he was a man of clearly defined beliefs, some idiosyncratic.

He has passions, few hobbies.

“I play tennis, but I play it passionately. I also play guitar. Music is very important to me, but those are not hobbies. I’m passionate about poetry,” Seibles said.

Poetry is the center of his universe.

Seibles began writing at 19. He writes about things that move him.

If it grabs in an unforgettable way then he’s called to write about it, which does not always mean that he is writing well, he has added.

“Whether it be sex, politics, the mystical world, other planets, loneliness, family or the difficulty of being the single self, those are the things that allow me to break the silence, to say something,” Seibles said.

A poet who primarily uses the free form, Seibles said that the content de-

termines the form. He is clear that writers can’t claim the final expertise in art, but they can spend a lot of time thinking about what they can do. He hopes that he has made fewer mistakes as he has gotten older and that his precision is commiserating with the beauty and the usefulness of art and of poetry.

Seibles loves all genres, but he chooses poetry because it allows him to go into a lot of directions in a short period of time.

“I could work on a poem about my mother and after that start a poem about insects or race, or the corruption of organized religion,” Seibles said. “If you were a novelist, the novel itself would have to be faithful to a certain set of directives. But each poem is a different cosmos.”

For his poetry, Seibles moves in a lot of different directions in a short period of time. Although not as long as novels, he can spend a lot of time working on them, sometimes more than a year if they are long and complex enough.

Seibles is a teacher by trade. In addition to his decade-long dedication to secondary teaching, Seibles has been a professor at Old Dominion University for 21 years. Teaching has taught him a lot.

“The most important thing about teaching is that it reminds you what it meant not to know certain things.

I was born in 1955 and there are certain things that I’ve seen and done.

The 60s are not a part of the consciousness of someone born in the 90s. I was around when there were hippies present and the black power was around, and once upon a time there were handshakes that were only between black people. Those things were real to me,” Seibles said.

“The proceeding generation doesn’t think of previous realities

because they haven’t lived it. For students in their late teens and early twenties, that part of my life may hold no reality. It’s just the nature of being new in the world,” Seibles said.

Seibles is excited and grateful for the opportunity. However, he was not sure that he would be appointed as the Poet Laureate. Though he was a finalist, he did not hear anything for more than a month. Then he received a call from the governor’s office, but he didn’t get it in time. When he did call back everyone was gone, so he waited until Monday but still was not positive. He said that he had to be guarded about it, but still felt hopeful.

“When I finally received the news, I was thrilled. I know a lot of poets who rarely get much of a spotlight.

I’ve been fortunate.”

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Seibles is hoping that he will become a proactive ambassador for poetry.

“I want to defeat some of the fear that people have of poetry,” Seibles said. “Poetry is just one person talking to another. Literature is ultimately about community, and I would like to make that better understood.”

“One of the most important things you must do is sustain your curiosity, interest, learning and seeing further than you currently do,” Seibles said.

“If you’re not interested in changing and growing then you’re already dead.”

Seibles’ latest book, titled “One Turn Around the Sun,” will be released Valentine’s Day 2017.

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'Bitch Media' Co-Founder Andi Zeisler on Commodifying a Movement

ment critiquing marginalization in punk scenes, a subculture whose “progressive facade” concealed much sexism. After belittling coverage about boyfriends and outfits instead of demands and opinions, Riot Grrrl stopped talking to mainstream media, allowing them to misinterpret the movement however they see fit. Thus, the core ideology of “girl power” was stripped of all political bearings and, as Zeisler put it, “Frankensteined into the biggest pop culture narrative of the decade.”

This major shift in gendered commodification began with the Spice Girls, who made the motto their own.

With no political stance and relatable, legible identities, the group was “created to be a vehicle of marketing to

an audience of preteen girls,” Zeisler said.

“One-stop girl power shops” made the motto less about “the power of actual girls, but the power to sell things to them,” Zeisler said. Products evolved into a less pro-girl, more antiboy narrative that heavily influenced now deep-seeded gendered markets.

“Girl Power” is only one of many troubling elements taken from legitimate political movements that Zeisler said become “endangered by the demands of capitalism.” “Femvertising” is a new wave of advertising, which previously shamed women into consuming. Whether dishes weren’t shiny enough, whites not bright enough or skin not luminescent enough, ads have historically made women buy products to fix problems.

However, campaigns from Dove and Secret use preconceived notions of beauty standards and the wage gap to “reap the rewards of flattering women instead of shaming them,” she said.

Dove’s infamous campaigns to conjure up self-esteem and ask women to "#ChooseBeautiful" tell us “beauty is a choice, and the power of this choice is in your hands.” Dove, owned by Unilever, who markets the less empowering Axe products and Fair & Lovely skin lightening cream, shouldn’t “get to be the progressive brand simply because they had acknowledged beauty standards were a thing women we subjected to,” Zeisler said.

Secret’s ad used the same tactic, taking on gender wage gaps. A woman musters the courage to ask for a raise

in their commercial, suggesting this is the “brand of choice for progressive customers.”

While “femvertising” is well-meaning at heart, agencies pat themselves on the back and award “progressive” campaigns such as RAM’s, which merely acknowledges women drive trucks.

Zeisler said true change would be the “number of women heading up advertising agencies, [and]...changing the way we think about beauty as standard measure of what women are worth.” Collective changes like these are hard, incremental and kind of a bummer, while marketable feminism is quick, digestible and optimistic.

Feminism in general has been embraced in the 21st century more than ever before due to celebrity endorsement.

“We’re all encouraged to imitate famous people in everything we do,” Zeisler said, from beauty regimens to political ideologies. Beyonce branding herself as “feminist” at the 2014 VMAs sparked a revolution of acceptance, channeling a chain of celebrities to speak up.

When these women define feminism, it’s about going for your dreams and happily being who you choose to be. Headline-grabbing feminism is an “individual identity,” Zeisler said, “rather than...an ongoing movement

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Photo courtesy of Chicago Reader Shannon Jay Staff Writer Andi Zeisler is the co-founder of “Bitch Media,” the independent magazine that served as “sharp-witted feminist responses to pop culture” and is now a major non-profit media organization. Zeisler based her Oct. 4 lecture at ODU on her latest book, “We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl.” She explores feminism’s shift from the third-wave underground punk movement to marketplace feminism, defined as a process of harnessing and celebrating the energy of feminism while depoliticizing it, and it’s change from a movement to a brand.

Riot Grrrl was a women-led move-

for political and social transformation.” Does Kim Kardashian's naked selfie empower all women, or just Kim Kardashian? “The difference is very important,” Zeisler said.

Moreover, the idea that feminism is finding empowerment in any kind of choice, whether it’s the deodorant you buy, car you drive or naked selfie you post, “the more it obscures the fact that choice is actually not really a reality for a vast number of women,” Zeisler said. Just as brands aren’t speaking out on the institutional oppressing in their own ad agencies or in the messages they project, famous women fail to criticize the inherently sexist industries that make them money.

Genuine activism, Zeisler said, counters feminism "as a style choice that these women have the privilege of putting on when it’s convenient, and take off when it’s not.” While the bright light shined on feminism is more positive than not, “we can only go so far embracing this topical, trendy feminism without really reckoning with the ways in which it has not worked for all women,” she said. After the celebration of how far women have come is over, there’s still much to clean up when the party ends.

“We’re all encouraged to imitate famous people in everything we do"

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T.J. Thompson Contributing Writer Emerging from an abyss of social and political unrest over 35 years ago, a holy trinity of thrash invaded the sold-out NorVa on Oct. 3. This combination included half of the “Big Four” in metal, Anthrax and Slayer, with Death Angel opening the night with pummeling bass and guitars shrilling like fallen-angels.

Death Angel began, delivering a performance that energized the crowd. Vocalist Mark Osegueda incited a colossal circle pit while his band spurred on with the chunky guitar riffs for which they are known.

Death Angel was the perfect band to

Slayer Reigns at The NorVa draw this crowd into the lair of rock from another dimension.

Anthrax took the stage next for a gruesome hour, packed full of their protest and angst-filled anthems. Although some question whether the band can still deliver, they brought their massive falsetto vocals and driving guitar riffs. Founding member Scott Ian proved why he is known as one of the greatest guitarists in metal, shredding along with singer Joey Belladonna.

Between songs, Belladonna conversed with the audience, bringing them deeper into the band’s realm.

Although Anthrax has an 11-album discography, their set only covered four albums. Lineup changes coupled with the middle of the bill created a

short performance. Anthrax still pounded their own beats into the hearts of the audience awaiting the main attraction.

As the abyss known as the NorVa grew deeper and darker, the crowd awaited the arrival of the under-lords of darkness reigning supreme for the night – SLAYER! Between sets, a white cloth was draped in front of the stage hiding activity from the congregation. Once the stage was prepared for the dark knights of thrash, the cloth was used as a display of graphic imagery as “Delusions of Savior” played via recording.

The curtain dropped as “Repentless” began. The audience was sucked into the bowels of an existence escaping from current turmoil and strife.

For 90 minutes, lead vocalist and bass player Tom Araya carried them into this underworld Slayer has been

creating since 1981. Following the opening song, they thrashed through “Chemical Warfare,” “Disciple” and “Post Mortem,” thrusting the mass gathered to celebrate such an illustrious career including two Grammy awards.

With songs spanning religion, war, fallen angels, corrupt governments and racism, Slayer had a message to deliver. The peak of their show included “Mandatory Suicide” about the death of a WWII soldier from the soldier’s perspective. Araya then addressed the crowd as a fan was holding a sign asking to play drums (drummer Paul Bostaph is the most recent addition).

“You know what I call that?” Araya said, “I call that love. That’s why we’re all here – love. We love to play the songs and you love listening to them. Now we’re going to play a love song – a Slayer love song!” The band

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ripped into “Fight ‘til Death.”

Founding member and guitarist Kerry King displayed stamina through the 20-song performance in his strap-in for a fast ride playing style. Bostaph proved why he was welcomed back on drums three years ago.

Gary Holt of Exodus fame exhibited why his guitar style was chosen to fill the shoes of founding member Jeff Hanneman, who died in 2013. Holt and King exchanged lead duties.

The evening finished with a foursong finale, including their biggest hit “Raining Blood.” This farewell accomplished their goal of taking the crowd into an abyss spanning four decades. The experience included an intense visual package topped with an extravagant light show and bloody Christ tapestry behind them.

Although a return to reality was imminent, it wasn’t far from the world these three bands created.

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Banks Returns with 'The Altar'

Photo courtesy of diymag.com Lindsey Lanham Staff Writer Banks is back and heartbroken, but don’t let that fool you. This is no pity party. Fortunately, for any listener looking for an album to get them through their most recent breakup,

“The Altar” has you covered.

Two years after the release of her debut album, “Goddess,” Banks has returned with “The Altar.” Released on Sept. 30, “The Altar” showcases Banks’ ability to write and perform.

Jillian Banks is a 28-year-old from California. Banks came on to the

music scene as sort of an enigma.

Before releasing a full-length album, Banks had only released a few singles here and there. That didn’t stop her, though, from fully immersing herself into the music scene.

“The Altar” is as ethereal and dark as ever. Banks has proven again that she dominates the alternative scene with cynical tracks like “This is Not About Us” and “Weaker Girl.” Both tracks reinforce how assertive and self-assured Banks really is.

The album starts off with “Gemini Feed,” which plays into the title of the album. Lyrics such as, “And to think you would get me to the altar, like I follow you around like a dog that needs water,” imply that the altar isn’t a good place for Banks. “Gemini Feed” sets the tone for the album, making it apparent from the start that this isn’t your average heartbroken affliction.

Hit single “F--- With Myself,” proves just how edgy Banks can be. The track explores self-love and worth, and how much Banks does

not care what you think of her. As she whispers through the chorus, “I f--- with myself more than anybody else,” the song becomes daring and showcases how confident Banks is in her music.

“Lovesick,” isn’t about resentment at all. It’s a genuine love song and she “ain’t even ashamed.” Banks takes a break from Auto-Tune and kicks it back with an easygoing beat and simple melodies.

Another track that follows the laidback feel of “Lovesick” is “Mother Earth.” The song takes a break from the general feeling of being pissed off and gives the listener a softer view of Banks. While the track is still enjoyable, Banks is at her best when she’s at her worst.

Other tracks like “Trainwreck” and “Judas” reinforce the brooding theme of “The Altar.” Even with their upbeat tempo, they feature lyrics like, “maybe I’m just better off alone, too numb to deal,” and, “my heart goes beat, beat, beat to the music of this sad same song.”

The album closes with “27 Hours,” which starts as a solemn, piano-led ballad, but then quickly turns back into the pop synth that is Banks.

The track has Banks sounding more scornful than ever with lyrics like, “I got poison in my pocket, told you I was bad news.”

Overall, “The Altar” is a more upbeat version of “Goddess.” Other than the occasional whiny lyrics and overly Auto-tuned voice, “The Altar” is an independent, empowering album.

Banks keeps it real and doesn’t hold back.

“The Altar” also proves how Banks isn’t too keen on sticking with one genre. Some call it alternative R&B, some call it electronic-pop, but whatever you want to call it, it’s damn good. Banks clearly knows what she’s doing, and we keep hoping she does it.

Banks has proven she has the uncanny ability to be a genre bender. No matter what you decide to label her, she’s bound to impress. With her soulful voice and relatable lyrics, it’s an album that anyone can easily enjoy.

Norfolk’s ‘The Birch’ Wins America’s Heart and Taste Buds Jacie Litz Contributing Writer

Not many bars get the recognition of being voted among the top beer bars in the U.S. This honor has come true right here in Norfolk for The Birch. Awarded the No. 5 Best Beer Bar in America, this locally-owned establishment located in the Chelsea district has a beer for the conservative taster all the way to the adventurous connoisseur.

The Birch was given the award by USA Today. Three expert beer judges narrowed down the categories to 20 bars, with the final 10 determined by popular vote.

For the best beer bar, the description from USA Today states, “Stellar selections of local, rare and unusual

brews, knowledgeable bar staff to help narrow down the choice and a great atmosphere make these beer bars must-visits for any craft beer enthusiast.”

The Birch indeed delivers on this definition. With concrete floors, wooden tables and chairs, a log bar and dark green leather chairs, the atmosphere greets you with comfort.

The garage door in the front opens to create a breeze and leads to a small patio. Dark-green walls, exposed metal heating ducts and simple wooden art complete the relaxed vibe. The easygoing staff greets you with a smile, hands you a seven-page list of bottled beers, a small food menu and points to the large, chalk written draft board.

The draft board offers 21 different beers. The Evil Twin brewery makes

an Aun Mas Café Jesus imperial coffee stout, which offers a strong coffee flavor with hoppy finish. If dark beer is not your style, try the Berliner Weiss from Off Color brewery, which is slightly sweet and very refreshing.

For a local Virginia beer, try the Icelandic sea salt gose from the Escutcheon brewery, which provides a light hops flavor and crisp finish. For those who enjoy sour beers, the oak aged elderberry sour from the Cascade brewery is a perfect balance of tart and sweetness from the berries.

The seven-page bottled beer list is broken up into categories: light and refreshing, Belgian and Trappist, hoppy and bitter, fruity, dark and complex, tart and barnyardy, sour and wine-like, roasty and malty and ciders and meads. They even offer

a few selections of dog beer. That’s right, man’s best friend can now also enjoy a drink with you.

They also offer a small board of draft ciders and mead. If you enjoy honey, the Viking Blod mead from Denmark is the way to go. With slight carbonation and not overly sweet honey finish, the Viking mold mead is surprisingly refreshing.

If any of this seems overwhelming, don’t worry. The impressive staff can easily offer suggestions based on your preference. For the drafts, half pours are offered so you can sample or build your own flight. The draft menu changes as soon as the keg is tapped out. The bottled beer menu is changed out weekly. Growlers are offered to take home a favorite, which is recommended since the menus

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Their small food menu includes 14 options of cheese, nine options of charcuterie and 10 unique grilled cheese sandwiches. You are able to mix and match the cheeses and meats to create your own charcuterie board.

The grilled cheeses are inspired by the extensive list of beers.

With tasty beers from all over the world, delicious snacks and chill atmosphere, it is easy to see why The Birch was voted one of the Best Beer Bars in America. They are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 p.m. until midnight and Friday and Saturday from 3 p.m. until 2 a.m. They are also open the first Sunday of each month for brunch from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

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'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children' Falls Short

Photo courtesy of IMDB Alyssa Branch Contributing Writer “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is based on the novel

by Ransom Riggs and introduces all sorts of intriguing characters, a beautiful home and monstrous, Slenderman-like creatures. This promising story wavers through excitement and

confusion.

After his grandfather’s mysterious death, Jake (Asa Butterfield) finds himself on an island searching for a glorified children’s home. Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) and her peculiar children live beyond a time traveling cave in the 1940s. Threatened by the lurid monsters, they must abandon the home and fight for their lives.

The film had tremendous potential but somehow got lost in the process.

What could have been an introduction to this fantastical world became a sporadic story, leaving the characters and the attraction behind. The disorder and underdevelopment of characters stand out as the most disappointing elements in this film.

Director Tim Burton’s eminent imagination is expressed in a few ways: the wonderful CGI stop-motion moment, the little girl with mon-

strous jaws on the back of her head and the battle scene between the skeleton and hollow. Unfortunately, the story gradually loses its excitement and becomes inconsistent.

The film’s biggest issue is its lack of character depth. The entire movie could have been solely focused on the home and the strange kids. However, they are rushed and given insufficient screen time. The most interesting peculiars are the ones least shown.

There are twins that can turn people into stone, a little girl with immense strength, a boy with bees living inside of him and many more.

There are quite a few children in this home with extraordinary abilities, but they are defined by their peculiarities in this movie. They all appear happy and perfectly fine with reliving the same day over and over again. Emma (Ella Purnell) hints

at the expected sadness that results from being detached from the outside world but doesn’t go beyond that.

Butterfield had a phenomenal performance, but his character, Jake, simply lacks any defining qualities as a character. He’s a very boring protagonist who seems to ask questions during most of the movie, until the end when he suddenly understands everything and leads the fight against the monsters and the man pulling the strings.

Green is magnificent in her portrayal of the serious and proper, extremely clever and loving Miss Peregrine. The lack of a backstory and screen time, however, ultimately render Green as wasted potential for the film.

The driving force of evil in the story seems a bit silly. Samuel L. Jackson plays a madman that has

transformed himself and his friends into horrific monsters called hollows.

In order to return to their normal self, they are forced to eat peculiar children’s eyeballs. The story presents itself in a confusing and strange fashion, and the characters don’t seem as menacing as they should have been.

Overall, the movie wasn’t bad, but had much wasted potential. The trailers effectively created excitement for this new world, but the movie didn’t live up to the expectations. There’s so much information crammed into this story that, while at times it may be mystical and exciting , it becomes overwhelming and hard to follow for the most part. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is as easy to love as it is to hate.

Shiptown: Seafood Done the Right Way

Kitchen, only two blocks up the street from his newest addition to the Norfolk food scene, Shiptown.

Shiptown is a high-end seafood restaurant and not one of those typical seafood places that pretend to be something they are not. Shiptown is

not like restaurants that masquerade around with a chic facade, claiming overpriced frozen marine life as the fresh catch of the day.

No, Chef Marsh is providing the freshest, and most relevant to what is in season, food for seafood enthusiasts.

His oysters are delivered to him daily, only three to five hours after they are removed from the waters.

One great aspect Marsh mentioned is how his supplier will come back to collect unused oysters and supply him with fresh ones.

When it comes to business operations, it’s important for Marsh to have relationships with local farm, wine and oyster purveyors. He likes to support local business owners, the people that he interacts with and that reciprocate his support. This type of mentality is a positive practice and helps reduce the size of his restaurant’s environmental impact while, in the same motion, supporting the local economy.

Understanding Marsh’s vibe and

influences which have helped shape him into the businessman he is today is a whole other story in itself. Marsh’s restaurant Shiptown, named after a 1970s record label, is not exactly a polished restaurant. This unpolished feel is in relation to the less radiofriendly Shiptown Records, and is the idea behind the workings of his new restaurant, an unpolished, DIY and rock ‘n’ roll mannered establishment.

Despite Shiptown’s general theme, Marsh comments on how he sets up its ambiance by saying, “there’s no specific formula.” He plays music ranging from '60s garage rock songs covered by Spanish-speaking bands, reggae, '70s punk and old country.

In the same way his Spotify playlists constantly evolve, Marsh’s food does, too.

The quality of fresh seafood being whisked out of the kitchen at Shiptown is uplifting and surprisingly healthy. There’s no fryer to be found.

Marsh believes fresh seafood is best appreciated when grilled, sautéed or raw. “I can tell you where all my

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ingredients come from,” Marsh said, noting how that is a rare quality that most restaurants do not possess.

When you step inside Shiptown, the décor is minimalistic: high ceilings, a lot of metal and contrasting standard wooden seating, a bright, welcoming bar and an open kitchen.

In the words of Mr. Marsh, “Customers coming to Shiptown expecting a well-polished restaurant with a twilight ambiance aren’t going to find it.”

Marsh is the sole owner of his restaurants. He prides himself with the “Norfolk DIY attitude” and a kind of roll-with-the-punches type of service.

Patrons shouldn’t let his free-spirited vibe fool them into deciding anything about Shiptown except how soon they choose to pay a visit.

Recommended menu selections: The “Tuna Salad Roll” starter; the “Arctic Char Crudo” and “Oysters on the Half Shell” appetizers; and the “Sea Scallops” or “Linguini & Clams” entrees.

Shiptown is located at 4314 Colley Ave., Norfolk.

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Bon Iver Reflects On Fame With '22, a Million' Michael McCann Contributing Writer

Over five years have passed since the release of Bon Iver’s self-titled sophomore breakthrough album.

Universally acclaimed, the album garnered the band two Grammys, including Best New Artist. After much anticipation, their follow-up album “22, a Million” was released on Sept. 30.

“22, a Million” differs greatly from their previous efforts by approaching their indie folk style with a bit of electronica. Even though the album comes off as avant-garde, it works out beautifully. In between the different workings of the music, there are layered lyrics describing the introspective writing of lead singer Justin Vernon.

The lead track, "22 (OVER S∞∞N),” gives listeners repetitive electronica accompanied with folk music, an orchestral arrangement and a sampling of gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. It's in the lyrics that

listeners hear the inner struggle that Vernon tries to distinguish. The lyrics "Within a rise there lies a scission,” explain that the quick arrival of fame brings a burden that makes it hard to continue music.

In an interview with the New York Times, Vernon said, "A big thing for me on the album was, how do we get something to sound accidental or new or fresh." In the Auto-Tuned track "715 - CRΣΣKS,” the freshness is presented through lyrics of love that either point to a specific person or possibly a high power.

Many of Vernon's lyrics in this album are directed toward God or at least issues of faith. "33 ‘GOD’” is the first single from the album and plays toward this theme—“33” being the generally accepted age of Jesus Christ at his death. The ending lyrics "Why are you so far from saving me?" directly quote Psalms.

"666 t" is the aptly titled sixth track off the album. It deals with the devil, but whether it's metaphorical or literal

is left to interpretation. The album ends up hinting at the dark side that Vernon has encountered since reaching his height of fame.

"8 (circle)" slows down the album a bit and allows Vernon's voice to come through clearly. Like "666 t,” he speaks of peril and doom but seems to find a resolution towards the end of the song. Vernon singing "I'm an Astuary King / I'll keep in a cave, your comfort and all / Unburdened and becoming" is a sign of baptism, cleansing him of the darkness that the music industry has embroiled him in.

"00000 Million" closes out the album with its closest attachment to faith. The final lines "I've been to that grove / Where no matter the source is” touch on religion before Christianity. It brings out a universal faith that Vernon expresses in a personal way.

Overall, the album is an ambitious gamble, especially for a band that has not released a full album in a half decade. The type of risk they took could have easily fallen flat, but the album

excels beyond all expectations. The absence of the traditional indie folk from their first two albums doesn’t necessarily result in a loss.

In a press release introducing the album, the band stated, "If ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’ built a habitat rooted in physical spaces, then ‘22, A Million’

Photo courtesy of pitchfork.com is the letting go of that attachment to a place." Through the use of different production techniques accompanied by deeply personal lyrics, Bon Iver has broken away from that habitat. The place is now in the words that Vernon clings to and in his solace in faith and beyond.

Student's Powerful Photo Series Brings Attention to Gun Violence in the Media

From Nathan Croslin's 'Gun Series' Photo courtesy of the artist Larenz Johnson Staff Writer There are many forms of activism in today’s society. Some activists march, some activists tweet and some activists take their art and use it as a platform to speak on relevant social issues.

Nathan Croslin, an Old Dominion University junior and photographer, has recently released a provocative series bringing light to the promotion

of gun violence in the media.

Croslin began photography nine months ago while starting a brand with a friend which required a lookbook.

“I picked up a little point and shoot camera and started taking pictures, after a while people were like, ‘Can I get a pic,’ and after that it just grew,” Croslin said.

The idea for his recent series, referred to as "The Gun Series," stemmed from a video shoot Croslin was involved in that had a scene depicting someone being robbed at gunpoint.

“I looked at this scene so many times like, ‘this would be a crazy series,’ especially with all the police brutality going on now. It just would be a crazy series to show that anyone could be a victim at any time,” Croslin said.

The more provocative scenes from

the series feature two people, one with a gun and one without, depicting the moments leading up to violence.

In these shots the shooter is displayed in black and white, an idea that came from something Croslin observed within present day society.

“I feel like we’re immune to people being killed, especially because of what’s happening in the media.

We look at TV, we play 'Grand Theft Auto,' we see people being killed and we’re like, ‘that’s okay.’ I feel like when it comes to media and killings we’re immune to it, desensitized even, so I desaturated the colors to give that feeling,” Croslin said.

Croslin’s goal of this series was to bring light to relevant social issues.

While police brutality served as an inspiration for the series, Croslin pulled more from the media’s use of violence as promotion.

“I feel that we use weapons and violence to sell so many products, but we refuse to see the correlation between media and actual violence. Many people build their life off of popular culture and if violence is normal in our media it will become normal in our everyday live,” Croslin said.

Croslin has high hopes for his gun series and the impact it has on society.

“My main goal of 'Gun Series' is I want it to get to a point that it’s everywhere. Like 'this is on CNN right now', 'I’m traveling here to speak on this,' I want to be to a point of being known where people seek knowledge, they begin to ask questions,” Croslin said.

With a thriving photography scene emerging on Old Dominion’s campus, Croslin sets himself apart by putting that love of social activism into his work as a photographer.

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“Social activism isn’t something you see often in photography. I’m not a fan of shooting models, I’m not a fan of surrealism, I like realism,” Croslin said.

Croslin isn’t stopping his social activism pieces at gun violence, though.

He currently has more series in the works and plans on releasing one in the next three months. The subject matter will remain unknown until each series is released.

“It’s another series coming, I’m trying not to ruin anything. Put it this way, people will get hints, I have a few prints I’ll be giving away at an art show, but aside from that I’m keeping it under wraps,” Croslin said.

Croslin will be one of the artists featured in the “Black Art Matters” showcase at ODU on Oct. 20, where these mysterious prints will be available.

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The Rise of a New Generation Within 'Kaya Stewart' Adam Flores Editor-in-Chief

Looks can be deceiving. One glance at Kaya Stewart’s presence on her eponymous, full-length debut album reveals an artist who appears to have a bold, rough edge and noholds-barred approach to anything that crosses her path. One listen to Stewart’s teenage voice negotiating her way through the adult contemporary pop soundscape with a barrage of musical influences is a welcome surprise enough to prove otherwise.

The London-born, Los Angelesraised singer may not be old enough to see an R-rated movie unaccompanied, but with a commanding, soulful voice, Stewart’s mature vocal sensibilities can be heard throughout “Kaya Stewart.” The 12 track, 39-minute offering, which dropped on Aug. 12, demonstrates her control and ability to take the listener through different decades and musical genres with the gentle ease of a seasoned vocal diva.

The new album delves in and out of guitar-driven pop, sultry R&B, and infectious electronic music. Deemed radio-ready by critics, Stewart’s vocal prowess could easily be compared to other heavy production artists such

as Kelly Clarkson, Ellie Goulding and even fellow newcomer, Lonnie Angle of Cardiknox. There is no doubt Stewart went big on her debut record simply embracing what naturally came to her in musical approach and style.

The 16-year-old singer-songwriter had a little help from father, Dave Stewart. Stewart himself is a songwriter-producer-musician, but perhaps is most notably recognized as one-half of ‘80s super duo Eurythmics with Scottish singer Annie Lennox. He and Lennox spawned the renown, worldwide 1983 hit, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This).”

Lennox, in her own right as a powerful, commanding vocalist, was a major influence on Stewart’s musical upbringing. The record’s seductive electronica lead track, “Free Fall,” is the exposition leading the listener through a rhetorical collective of teenage-inflicted anthems.

Each track shines on its own unique merits in style and form.

Enlisting the talents of rapper Brooke Candy, “16 Dollars” takes listeners on an emotion-induced surge reminiscent of Maroon 5’s “This Love,” infusing hip-hop, pop and periodic episodes of ‘80s synth soundscapes. Stewart vocally embeds

her Lennox influence with control and finesse utilizing her exceptional vocal range to lyrically embrace each head first and subtle nuance.

“Sleepover” again switches things up as she takes on the gritty, inyour-face, rock characteristics of an Avril Lavigne mixed with driving quasi-Simmons drums and breakout Joan Jett guitar power-chords.

In the chorus sections, she flips the switch trading off raw rock riffs for ‘80s pop production suggestive of all-girl phenoms “The Go-Go’s” and “The Bangles.”

It is most notably within her breakout single, “In Love With A Boy,” where the story starts for the carefully calculating, power-pop singer. In a middle school math class, she penned the lyrics for this hit on the back of her final exam she knew she would fail. The perfect diversion equated to a product that is representative of the sum of all her musical parts.

The song stems from Stewart’s then infatuation with a boy in her math class as she seductively states, “I’m in love with a boy and I see him every day / I’m in love with a boy / But I’ll never say his name.” Billboard asked the multifaceted vocalist if she made known to her crush her yearn-

Students Turned Filmmakers: Campus Moviefest Takes ODU

Robert Younger Contributing Writer On Sept. 29, Campus Moviefest announced the winners of its filmmaking contest at the University Theatre. Out of well over 90 different teams, 16 of their films were presented to a mass audience. Of those 16, only four were selected to advance to the national finale at TERMINUS. The winners are: “Flushed” by the ODU Film Club; “Piece by Piece”

by Dancing Queens; “Familial” by Zack O’Toole’s crew; and “Like a House Condemned” by Phoebe Georgina’s crew.

CMF had challenged ODU students to make a short film within one week for the chance to win a number of grand prizes.

Dozens of students lined the Webb Center en masse for their chance to make their own short film. The contest officially began on Sept. 20 after CMF rep-

resentatives provided the teams with all of the equipment needed.

Of the submissions screened, there was a grand amount of variety at work, including but not limited to comedies, romances, dramas and documentaries.

I spoke with the Vice President of the ODU Film Club, Jake Brinn, and asked him to recount some of the club’s experiences when it came to filming “Flushed.”

“We shot from 5 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.” Brinn said, explaining how the club almost spent 48-hoursstraight working on the film. He further commented on how smooth the production was and how, in spite of some slight hiccups, everything went very well.

As the winner of the CMF Audience Award, The Jury Award and Best Performance, “Flushed” stands as a successful first production for the Film

Club. When asked what he would like for the club in the future, Brinn talked about how they would like to enter more film contests and one day achieve national recognition for the club.

Currently, the club is already hard at work for their next big contest as well as creating a safety video for the ODU Campus Police Department. For those interested, the Film Club is always eager to accept new members and meets at the Goode Theater on Wednesdays and Fridays at 5:40 p.m. It is a good opportunity to engage with fellow amateur filmmakers and pursue the craft of making or working in productions.

Campus Moviefest may be over, but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t plenty of chances for students to make films and let their voices be heard. Also run

by CMF, Seeker Stories is currently accepting documentary submissions until

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May 1. There are also submissions for a Social Justice film or even submissions for an original video game at TERMINUS. At TERMINUS, students will have a chance to have their work exposed to a large audience and major figures from the film and game industry. The fourday convention is full of nonstop entertainment. It is scheduled to take place June 22-25, 2017 in Atlanta, and will be open to the public. CMF finalists are expected to attend.

CMF began back in 2001 when a group of four students at Emory University provided fellow students with all the tools they needed to create their own films in a week. From humble beginnings, that idea has only grown and flourished.

Campus Moviefest is now one of the largest student film organizations in the country.

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ing. Stewart admitted she upheld to her lyrically-driven dream state.

“He doesn’t. I don’t think he ever will,” Stewart said.

The compilation’s overall production infuses a dizzying array of numerous elements within each track.

For the listener, this represents a pleasant aural experience in its unpredictability and contrast in tonal color. There is not a dull moment within each track musically or lyrically. The record’s aesthetic and aural atmospheres are carefully crafted to

have us wanting more.

If there is one drawback, each track does not go beyond the 4-minute marker, leaving the listener on edge wanting more. It is also within this prescribed formula that Stewart masterfully presents her work in short bursts of sonic release.

Deliberate and honest, raw and reflective, “Kaya Stewart” paves the way for what should become, a career and talent worth watching in the adult spectrum of contemporary pop.

Monarch Style: Regan Harris' Trendy Boutique Apparel Kimberly Bering Staff Writer Regan Harris, a junior doubling in communications and dance, confidently walked into Webb Center flaunting a patched green bomber jacket complimented by white Adidas sneakers. A burgundy velvet choker decorated her décolleté area, while beneath her jacket she wore a tight black tank and shorts.

Harris shared her style and why she particularly fancies boutique wear.

“I would say my style is pretty unique honestly, but more trendy on top of classic,” Harris said when asked to describe her style. She focuses on not appearing too overthe-top with trendy fads but keeping things simple with classic staple items too.

A smart way to dress classic with a little bit of eccentricity is boutique shopping. Harris’ clear tote bag, velvet choker, bomber jacket and comfortable black under layers were all found in boutiques or online companies. Although her Adidas sneakers can conveniently be found in most multi-brand shoe stores, she adores the classic trend with a little bit of spunk.

Boutiques contain those essential pieces for everyday wear and unique statement items that could not be found at many other stores.

They are perfect for students who desire to look chic without investing in too much prep time. Getting to class on time is important, but so is looking stylish! An 8 a.m. class is no longer a valid excuse to not look put-together.

Yoga pants and sneakers are the bread and butter of student apparel, but Harris’ interesting combination of the two along with chic accessories add emphasis to her ensemble.

While the comfort factor remains present, the trendy army green jacket and choker change the outfit

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completely. She resourcefully utilized her comfortable clothing in a stylish way.

“I always dress as comfortable as possible to class but still try to make it cute,” Harris explained about her outfit choices. As a dance major, she tries to dress smart so she can still look fashionable both in her academic and dance classes. By doing so, she is able to twirl freely wearing a few of the same pieces in her favorite dance class.

Harris shows us that dressing resourcefully and fashionably are both attainable. Jeans, sweaters, sneakers and baseball caps are all commonly seen examples, but pairing them with different pieces make them street-style approved. Whether you are a dance major or not, finding a comfortable and cute outfit for class can be anything you want it to be.

When asked to describe the style seen at ODU, Harris laughingly answered, “Pretty relaxed, but when people do dress up, it’s all out!”

Students could be wearing a comfy Nike hoodie one day and a chic Michael Kors bag the next.

Being on campus, you see a variety of styles. Preppy, relaxed, sporty, chic, vintage, grunge, quirky and even punk are seen every day. The vast amount of styles to choose from gives students the opportunity to dress in whatever they feel most comfortable in. College is the best time to find a personal style that best suits each student’s individuality.

Regan Harris is a perfect example of how to dress fashionably smart.

Whether you use trending pieces like her or choose to keep things simple, finding your personal style is the most important take-home message. Harris shows us that unique style can be both trendy and classic, so use your favorites to dazzle up your student wardrobe!

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Regina Spektor ‘Remember Us To Life’

Born into a musical household, Regina Spektor was classically trained in piano at an early age. Spektor and her family left the Soviet Union and immigrated to the Bronx in 1989. Despite their financial struggles, Spektor continued to make music a priority in her life. In 2013, her single “You’ve Got Time” was written to be used as the theme song to the Netflix-hit “Orange is the New Black.” The track led to her first Grammy nomination and a BMI Award. Her seventh studio album, “Remember Us To Life,”

was released on Sept. 30 off of Warner Bros. Records.

“Remember Us To Life” opens with the lead single “Bleeding Heart.”

Spektor’s cotton candy vocals emerge from low, synth hums that bubble in the chorus. Dynamic in its sound, “Bleeding Heart” exits as a ballad conversation exchanging, “How long must I wait? / ’Till you learn it’s not too late / How long must I cry? / ’Till you know that you really tried,” in its outro.

Piano keys and percussion bounce

on “Older and Taller,” a song addressing growing old and finding acceptance in the process. “Grand Hotel” is an imaginative, waltz-like story that dances above a dreamy piano arrangement and light string accompaniment. In “Small Bill$,” Spektor delivers a rap-like flow during verses while her voice drifts in the chorus.

The 11 tracks off of “Remember Us To Life” showcase Spektor’s lyrical craftsmanship and musical versatility that’s consistently defined the 15 years of her music career.

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Danny Brown ‘Atrocity Exhibition'

At 35 years old, Danny Brown strays from convention. He’s older than his contemporaries, but he’s never sounded outdated. The Detroit native has always distilled a sense of timeliness in his work. Before he blew up with his sophomore album “XXX,” Danny Brown hustled to put out several mixtapes and his first studio album, “The Hybrid,” in 2010. On Sept. 27, the eclectic emcee released “Atrocity Exhibition” off of Warp Records.

Until recently, success evaded Danny Brown for over a decade. His refusal to conform to a stereotypical hip-hop image prevented him from

getting signed to G-Unit. However, his fearless individuality attributes to his artistry.

The title of his latest album is a direct nod to a Joy Division track.

Danny Brown additionally lists Björk and System of a Down as influences.

Lyrically and sonically, “Atrocity Exhibition” is his grittiest and most experimental work to date. The gothiclike production, reported to have cost $70,000 to clear samples, is mainly handled by Paul White.

In the opening track “Downward Spiral,” Danny Brown feeds his depression with drugs. The lines, “Everybody say, you got a lot to be proud

of / Been high this whole time, don’t realize what I done / Cause when I’m all alone, feel like no one cares / Isolate myself and don’t go nowhere” convey his mental struggle.

Danny Brown rallies fellow rap entities Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt in the Black Milkproduced posse-cut “Really Doe.” Despite his goofy, gap-toothed smile, Danny Brown takes music seriously. The rock star of rap reflects on the different stages of his life and gets high to escape the weight of his thoughts in “Atrocity Exhibition.”

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‘A Seat at the Table’

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From microaggressions to unjust murders, social inequality has infected America at an alarming rate in recent years. It’s always existed, but it’s become much more visible, perhaps due to people in affected communities taking charge and controlling the narrative. Solange’s “A Seat at the Table,” released Sep. 30, is a sonic and soulful exploration of the black experience.

Solange largely draws inspiration in her third studio album from poet Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen: An American Lyric.” The spiritual songstress also draws from personal experiences by putting together vignettes

told from the perspective of her parents, Mathew and Tina Knowles, and mentor Master P. “A Seat at the Table” brings together the talent of Lil Wayne, Sampha, Raphael Saadiq, Troy Johnson, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kelly Rowland, Q-Tip, The-Dream and many others.

Lead track “Rise” is an uplifting journey to self-empowerment. “Weary” criticizes and challenges society’s hierarchical structure. The standout track “Cranes in the Sky” addresses Solange’s attempt to escape sadness.

The inner construction toward happiness is illustrated in the hook, “But it’s like cranes in the sky / Sometimes I

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don’t wanna feel those metal clouds.”

The diverse production behind each track acts as a soft, ambient lighting that sets the mood and stage for each story told. Interludes offer words of wisdom and insight into personal accounts of struggle.

In the 21 tracks of “A Seat at the Table,” Solange successfully brings the black experience into public discourse with great detail. Solange acts a curator with an emphasis on “cure.” She channels anger and pain into upliftment and empowerment, turning poison into medicine for the wounded soul.

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‘Holidays’

2016 | Unrated | 106 min.

A young girl gives her swimming coach a bloody Valentine’s Day gift, three girls get a little Halloweenthemed revenge and a New Years Eve date takes a surprising and deadly turn. These are just a few short movies out of many that encompass the horror anthology, “Holidays.” In this movie, guest directors are all brought on to write and direct short films that put a horrific twist on the holidays throughout the year.

Directors Kevin Smith, Nicholas McCarthy, Gary Shore and many

other talented filmmakers take on holidays like Easter, St. Patrick’s Day and Mother’s Day and put them through different genres of horror in both surprising and inventive ways.

Anthology movies seldom get made since they rarely prove to be successful at the box office. “Holidays” benefits greatly from its independent scope because the producers of the film allow the directors to take their stories into wild, unique and sometimes strangely comedic directions.

The standout segments for Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas are very effective and show a lot of vision. Other segments end up either rushed and not fully realized, like the segment for Easter. Some end up going so broad with comedy that it takes the viewer out of the movie (namely the Halloween segment).

Still, despite a couple of lackluster segments, “Holidays” ends up being a visually enjoyable twist on the holidays we love so much.

“Holidays” is available on Netflix.

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‘Hush’

2015 | R | 81 min.

Maddie (Kate Siegel), a deaf author, decides to go up to a cabin in the woods in order to get away from her relationship troubles and finish her latest novel. Things start to get intense on the night she arrives when a masked stranger begins stalking Maddie and threatening to murder her.

Quickly realizing that she is deaf, the masked man uses this to his advantage to start playing an intricate and deadly cat and mouse game with Maddie. In order to survive the night,

Maddie must use her wits and other working senses to fight off the masked man, keep him out of the cabin and stay alive.

On the surface level, “Hush” seems like it’s setting itself up for a standard home-invasion storyline. Fortunately, the film manages to outwit its audience by inching itself away from the expected clichés of an average thriller.

The film does this by taking very creative directions that enhance the tension in a majority of scenes without ever having to resort to cheap jump

scares.

There are some stylistic choices that are made around the third act that involve an inner monologue from Maddie that excel the movie. Unfortunately, this never becomes fully utilized until the film is almost over.

“Hush” is a fun and intense thriller that involves an interesting protagonist, but sadly director Mike Flanagan doesn’t begin pulling out the punches until just before the closing credits are about to roll.

Hush is available on Netflix.

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‘They Look Like People’ 2015 | Unrated | 80 min.

When Wyatt (MacLeod Andrews) visits New York City, he runs into his childhood friend Christian (Evan Dumouche) who invites him to stay at his apartment while they reconnect. While staying with Christian, Wyatt begins receiving calls in the middle of the night from an anonymous caller that tells him that the world is in danger.

As Wyatt begins mentally unraveling and prepping for a possible endof-the-world scenario, Christian begins to learn more about his long lost

friend. As the truth becomes much clearer to him, Christian becomes determined to stand in the darkness with his friend no matter what is lurking.

Writer and director Perry Blackshear is mostly triumphant with this very low budget horror movie.

Blackshear took the little resources and small cast he had on hand to create something downright creepy and unsettling while making it feel real and organic to his audience.

When the main twist is revealed,

the audience is still left wondering the legitimacy of everything they are seeing and hearing. The misdirect that occurs in the last half of the movie had the potential of ruining everything Blackshear worked toward. In the end, however, “They Look Like People” manages to knock it out of the park with rich storytelling, an unsettling atmosphere and two leads that give the movie sincerity and heart.

This film is available on Netflix.

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SPORTS RECAP Opponent Set for Opening of New Foreman Field The monarchs are set to open their revamped stadium Aug. 31, 2019, against cross-town rival Norfolk State University. All-time, the Monarchs are 3-0 against the Spartans, and the two teams faced off against each other last season with ODU coming out on top 24-10.

Women’s Basketball Picked Third in C-USA Preseason Poll After only losing one player from last year’s team, the Lady Monarchs received two first place votes and were picked to place third in Conference USA. Two time All-Conference USA Selection Jennie Simms is the only Lady Monarch on the eightplayer preseason all-conference team. Last year she led the conference in scoring at 21.4 points per game.

Men’s Basketball Picked Fifth in C-USA Preseason Poll Going into his fourth season as head coach Jeff Jones, the Monarchs have been voted to finish fifth this season in Conference USA. The team finished strong last season winning 15 of their last 18 games.

With four starters returning and four of their seven top leading scorers from last year, the team has a mix of young and experienced players.

This Week in Club Sports On Oct. 21 the Ice Hockey team will host The Citadel at Iceland in Virginia Beach at 10 p.m. The next day Men’s Ruby will battle against UMBC at the Princess Anne Athletic Complex in Virginia Beach at 11 a.m. Men’s soccer will finish out the weekend Oct. 23 hosting Richmond at 3 p.m. at Powhatan Stadium.

Women’s Golf GolfStat Ranking The Lady Monarchs golf team is ranked 44th in the first GolfStat Relative Teams Rankings of the 2016-2017 season. They are the top-ranked team in Conference USA and in the state of Virginia ahead of both Virginia and Virginia Tech. In their first tournament of the fall season, the GolfWeek Conference Challenge, they finished tied for fourth in an 18-team tournament.

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The New Leader of Monarch Tennis Once a toddler using a racket that was half the size of him to swat balloons, Dominik Mueller is now the man in charge of Monarch tennis. On July 29, Old Dominion Director of Athletics Dr. Wood Selig hired Mueller as the new coach. At just 29 years old, Mueller’s hard work on the tennis court has continued to change his life, this time, landing him in Norfolk.

When he begins answering questions about his new program, you can hear his commitment for ODU in his confident voice. His excitement for the season oozes out as he talks about his new endeavor.

“It’s a great school with great facilities and a great team. I wish it was January so we could start the season,” Mueller said.

A year before Mueller was born, Boris Becker, one of the greatest German tennis players of all-time, would win his first of six Grand Slam singles titles.

This resulted in a tennis boom in Germany that became Mueller’s way of life in his hometown of Frankfurt. Raised in a middle class family, he spoke of how he had a great childhood practically growing up on the tennis court.

“I really started playing tennis on the court with softballs when I was five,” Mueller said.

Mueller hasn't only gained a new team on the court, but also a new family member. He smiles ear to ear when asked about his newborn son.

“It’s the best thing that ever happened to me. It's life changing. It's cliché, but it’s true. You

don’t really know until you hold him for the first time, or now that he’s old enough to start interacting and starts talking a little bit. When I get home and he sees me and starts smiling it’s the best feeling,” Mueller said.

His early start helped him to become a great player. As a teenager, he was ranked No. 35 in the International Tennis Federation World Juniors rankings and competed in the US Open and French Open Junior tournaments. In Europe, there isn’t an option to be a collegiate athlete without coming to the U.S. By the time Mueller was 16, he knew he wanted to play college tennis, so he packed his bags and left his home to go to the University of Baylor.

“It was different. I felt really welcomed. The support for athletics in general in the United States is incomparable to Europe.”

In his playing career at Baylor, Mueller became one of most decorated players in the program's history. Winning 96 dual-matches (the most in the school’s history), the third-most singles wins with 120 and the sixth best win percentage winning 77.4 percent of his matches, Mueller left his mark.

Even though he starred in his four years at Baylor, Mueller didn’t think about turning pro. He received his bachelor's in finance and returned to Germany for an internship at Deutsche Bank. This trip back home showed him that this wasn’t what he wanted to do with his life.

Mueller said, “I realized the corporate world wasn’t meant for me. I came back. I knew my passion was in athletics.”

His passion for sports brought him back to Baylor to get his master's in sports management. The former Bears tennis star found his way back to tennis courts as a volunteer coach before working up way up to an assistant.

Because of his in-depth knowledge of the game Mueller has been described as a player’s coach. His age is what helps most because he’s old enough to command respect from players and young enough to speak their language.

“He has his expectations but gives guys leeway in terms of how they want to play. Not telling them you have to do this or have to do that,” assistant volunteer coach Jon Brinkman said.

Having played at the highest level, players know that he’s as credible as it gets. He’s accomplished what they hope to.

"The guys understand that I’ve been there and done these things myself,” Mueller said.

In his short time in Norfolk he’s adjusted well, enjoying his new home. In his first month here he actually lived with assistant volunteer coach Jon Brinkman, who Mueller credits for helping him most in his transition.

“I’ve shown him how things are done around here and told him about player’s strengths and weaknesses," Brinkman said.

It’s his first head coaching job, but he’s prepared for this moment spending the past 5 seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Baylor.

“The committee was impressed with his body of work as a student-athlete and a coach.

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Dominik has been categorized as a “player’s coach” and comes from a winning tradition at Baylor. He has been a proficient recruiter while maintaining a solid reputation for developing student-athletes,” Senior Associate Athletic Director Bruce Stewart said.

Mueller truly cares about his new players and doesn’t just care about how well they play.

“I care about what they’re doing off the court as much as what they do on the court,” Mueller said.

He has high hopes for the Monarchs this season. Junior Adam Moundir is preseason ranked No.110 in singles and ranked No.23 in doubles with sophomore teammate Aziz Kijametovic. The team's goal is to win the conference, make the tournament at-large and play deep into May at the NCAA tournament. Under Mueller’s new regime, Monarch tennis has had a strong start to the fall season, participating in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships.

“I think we had a fantastic trip,” Mueller said. “We came here to compete against the best in college tennis and that's exactly what we did. We beat several nationally ranked players and many prominent programs. We learned that we are right there with the elite of college tennis teams and we now have to learn how to win some of those close matches we lost. I'm very proud of how our guys represented ODU this entire week.”

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Monarchs Two Wins Shy of First Bowl Bid Alex Brooks Contributing Writer

The Old Dominion Monarchs have been playing some of their best football in the past few weeks. Amounting win after win, causing them to be atop CUSA. The 4-2 Monarchs are in a great position to make school history.

They are just two games away from sending themselves to the very first bowl game in Old Dominion history. A feat that everyone has been longing for since the Monarchs moved up

to Football Bowl Subdivision. It has been close to four years but this may be the year for ODU to burst on to the Virginia football scene.

For a team that many saw as, not good enough, Coach Wilder and the Monarchs decided to show those analyst and fans that not only are they a good team but they are one of the best teams in C-USA. With six games left (three at home and three on the road) the feel around campus is that the bowl game is just a matter of time now. All they do is go

2-4 in a weak C-USA. Coach Wilder will have to make sure the team doesn't look ahead to what could happen if they make a bowl game but instead focus on the game coming up this week at Western Kentucky.

ODU plays very well at a sold-out S.B. Ballard stadium, so even if they only win the rest of their home games, they will be playing in December, and there isn't much else that Coach Wilder or the fans could ask for The one bright side for Old Dominion is that none of the teams left to face are anywhere

close to .500 on the season.

Their opponents combined record is 8-28-2, which favors the 4-2 Monarchs.

Making a bowl game doesn’t only help this team, however. If the Monarchs can make a bowl game this season, recruits will see how well the Monarchs have acclimated to the move and consider them a serious option to go play football at. With UVA remaining in the dumps, it comes to a two horse race for getting recruits from the Hampton Roads area, which is a college football hotbed. Virginia

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Tech will always get the four and five-star players, but those three-star players may start to funnel into ODU if they see them on National Television during bowl season.

This bowl game would be bigger than just one game. It could setup the future of Old Dominion football. Making a bowl game would mean so much to the program and the school as a whole, and the Monarchs are just are just two wins away from their very first bowl bid.

How NFL Players Are Going to Vote?

Harry Howard Jr. Sports Editor

Bleacher Report surveyed 43 NFL players about who they were voting for in the upcoming election with the results showing that the candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have split locker rooms among race. All of the 21 white players surveyed plan to vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump while only two out of 22 African-American players

plan to do the same. The other 20 black players said that they would vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

With such a divide in locker rooms, there have been minor confrontations and friendships have ended. On April 18, Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan backed Trump at a rally in Buffalo, and it rubbed some of the African-American players on his team the wrong way.

"There's so many things I admire about Mr. Trump, but one

thing I really admire about him is you know what he'll say what's on his mind. So many times, you'll see people a lot of people want to say the same thing. But there's a big difference. They don't have the courage to say it.

They all think it, but they don't have the courage to say it. And Donald Trump certainly has the courage to say it," Ryan said at Trump's rally.

Ryan has also been known as a person who speaks his mind, but this time, it may have cost

him. The NFL is a predominately black league, and although anonymously, his players have let it be known that they no longer think of him them same.

"I see Trump as someone who is hostile to people of color, and the fact that Rex supports him made me look at him completely differently, and not in a positive way," an anonymous African-American Bills player told Bleacher Report.

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Another anonymous player stated, "Rex is such an openminded guy, a really good person. But the fact he could back someone as closed-minded as Trump genuinely shocked me."

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Lady Monarchs Get Lone Goal in Double OT Victory The Lady Monarchs honored their five seniors Carly Goldsborough, Grace Haverly, Lady Monarch soccer hon- Kathryn Hill, Melanie Oakes ored their seniors on Oct.14 and Thyla Peterson prior to the with a 1-0 victory over South- match with flowers and personern Miss. ODU (5-8-1) domi- al plaques with their parents by nated the pitch offensively and their side. held Southern Miss (7-5-1) to “As players, they are all so just five shots all night. different. They have been great ‘”It was an exciting game. role models, great players, and They are a really good team also great students. What an honestly. We gained a lot of absolute pleasure it's been to momentum in the second half. coach them and we still have a It was a little emotional with it lot of time left together,” Hind being senior night and we were said. very pleased to get those points With an emotional start to tonight,” head coach Angie the night, it was a quiet first Hind said.

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half on both sides. USM’s goalkeeper Brittany Taylor stopped everything the monarch offense sent her way. The monarch offense outshot Southern Miss 7-4 in the first half “Our offense really got going there in the second half. We were taking the ball wide quite a bit we just couldn’t find the net,” Hind said.

ODU’s offense had their best half of this young season. Midfielders found forwards on the wing and ODU was able to cross the ball in the box time and time again. They added eight more shots on net in the second half

and accumulated nine corner kicks to USM’s none.

“Our set pieces can use a little bit of work, but we were certainly generating opportunities out there. Credit to Southern Miss, they were resilient and they were dangerous on the break,” said Hind.

Despite the dominant offensive showing neither team had found the twine as time expired.

In the first overtime, Southern Miss was able to control the ball but the results were more of the same, another scoreless period.

A ten minute second overtime period was short lived. Forward

Iris Achterhoff, who was on the ball all night long was able to steal the ball and find Madison Hogan. Hogan in a one on one with the goalkeeper put the ball in the back of the net, beating the goalkeeper's outstretched hands.

“It was a great goal for Maddie. That’s what she does best,” Hind said.

The 1-0 shutout was the third for the Old Dominion defense in their last five matches. The victory is the Lady Monarchs fifth of the season and was a storybook ending on Senior Night.

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Technology TECH IN A SEC World’s Largest Solar Project SolarReserve, a California-based energy company, announced plans to build a concentrated solar power plant in Nevada.

When completed, the plant will possibly be the largest of its kind in the world, and would be capable of providing enough energy to power 1 million homes, comparable to a nuclear power plant or the Hoover Dam. Security Breaches of 2016 According to the security firm Risk Based Security, another major data breach has occurred due to a poorly secured database.

At least 58 million accounts have had their personal data compromised. This breach brings this year’s tally to 2,928 publicly disclosed breaches, with 2.2 billion records exposed.

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Unconventional Horror Games for Halloween

Ross Reelachart Technology Editor

The world of AAA horror games has been in a slump in recent years.

The trend can mostly be attributed to the need to appeal to a wider audience, some of whom might be more inclined to play an action game over a true horror game. Fortunately, small and independent developers have been more than happy to fill the gap with strange and terrifying games that do not follow conventional structures. Here are a few atypical horror games to play during All Hallows Eve between trick-or-treaters knocking on your door.

of an old VHS tape. As they collect and play tapes found throughout the house, Kitty Horrorshow deftly and subtly turns a home into a monster, without a single monster, ghost or serial killer. The terror of “Anatomy” is based solely on the unnerving dialog found on the tapes, and the slightly unreal environment of the empty house.

For $2.99 on itch.io, “Anatomy” is a short and cheap way to experience a game that is more creepy and haunting, instead of merely “scary.”

Senator Wants All-Mail Voting In the wake of accusations of election fraud and hacking over the course of the year, a senator from Oregon and 33 other states have asked the Department of Homeland Security to help secure voting systems during the election. The senator advocates his state’s system where all votes are submitted via physical mail, to counter hacking concerns.

Exchange Your Galaxy Note 7 for $100 Credit If you still have faith in Samsung products after the two recalls of exploding Galaxy Note 7s, Samsung is offering $100 in credit toward a new Samsung phone if you return your Galaxy Note 7. There are also options for exchanging other brands of phones or full refunds. As of the final recall, there were 96 reported incidents of Note 7 explosions, and the recall affects 1.9 million phones.

Anatomy by Kitty Horrorshow Even in the world of indie horror game development, there is already an established trend of relying too heavily on “jump scares,” which are moments when the game surprises the player with a loud noise and a monster jumping out in front of them. While effective on a purely instinctual level, they are often predictable and tiresome. Developer Kitty Horrorshow bucks the trend and demonstrates the overwhelming power of true psychological horror.

“Anatomy” takes place in a dark and empty home, which the player is free to explore through the grainy filters

“Soma,” a horror game that also centers on more than just being scary.

“Soma” trades outright scares for a heavy atmosphere of dread and loneliness, actually featuring a few monsters that try to kill the player. Their presence feels like an afterthought though, as if their inclusion was only for mainstream audiences.

Without giving too much away, “Soma” takes place in an abandoned underwater lab in the future where only darkness and terrible existential horror reside.

What initially seems like a symbolic nightmare sequence ends up being far more surprising, and real, then what many players would assume. “Soma” succeeds in making the player feel more terrified of their own mortality and sense of being, which is a feeling that lingers after the game is turned off.

“Soma” was released in 2015 and is available on Steam for $29.99.

“Soma” trades outright scares for a heavy atmosphere of dread and loneliness

Soma by Frictional Games From the makers of the “Amnesia” and “Penumbra” games comes

Valve’s Prototype VR Controller While Valve’s annual Steam Dev Days conference was not open to the press, news and photos of Valve’s prototype VR controller still got out. Unlike other VR controllers, Valve’s allow users to fully open their hands without dropping the device and the device can detect different “degrees” of grip (you can have a “half-grip” instead of a full-grip.).

Top photo courtesy of Kitty Horrorshow Middle image courtesy of Frictional Games Left image courtesy of Drool

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Thumper by Drool Definitely the most unconventional horror game on the list, “Thumper” earns a spot by expertly instilling tension and exposing raw nerves through its intense gameplay and eldritch imagery. Self-described as a “rhythm-violence” game, in “Thumper” you are a space beetle screaming through a hell of neon and industrial beats at unstoppable speeds. It’s simple one button control scheme will feel over whel ming as the game demands you keep up with its relentless, pounding rhythm.

While a rhythm game developed by two ex-Harmonix developers (Rock Band, Amplitude) may not seem like a scary game, “Thumper” finds a way to create a sense of terror through noise and alien environments. While your goal might be to press or hold the button in time with notes and beats, you are not playing along with a song or dance. “Thumper” has an intense and loud industrial sound more akin to techno-Viking drums than music.

Between the pulverising beat, the screeches of the beetle along the track and the constantly undulating neon hellscape, your brain becomes overwhelmed and unable to find proper footing, creating a hostile and scary environment, “Thumper” is available on Steam and PS4 for $19.99. Play it and just try not to shake with tension while also tapping your foot to the beat.

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The Rise of E-Sports Audra Reigle Staff Writer

There has been a recent rise in popularity in e-sports in the United States. E-sports are defined as competitive video games that are being treated as a sport. Many modern games have competitive aspects to them to allow players around the world to compete against each other, and see who is the best in the world. Such a phenomenon is new in the U.S., but has long been an established institution in other countries, such as South Korea. Just like in traditional sports, there are even leagues for college students to compete against each other to see who’s the best at the

collegiate level.

"League of Legends" is one of many games that hosts collegiate tournaments. "uLoL Rivalries," a collegiate e-sports league, has recently been released by Yahoo and Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, according to Sports Illustrated. Over the course of five weeks starting Nov. 4, 10 rival teams at the college level will face off in "League of Legends", and fans are able to narrow down the 12 rivalries to five through a voting process happening now.

Collegiate teams are also eligible for prizes, many of which are large cash sums. All players on a first place "League of Leg-

ends" team can earn $30,000, and second place players can earn $15,000, according to Engadget. "Heroes of the Storm," a game developed by Blizzard, collegiate tournament winners are offered free tuition.

To support the growing esports population, the University of California, Irvine has recently opened an e-sports arena on their campus. The arena is 3,500 square feet and is home to 80 gaming computers in addition to a webcasting studio and viewing screens. The computers and accessories were all donated to the school by companies such as iBuyPower, Logitech and Vertagear, according to Business Insider.

The University of California, Irvine is also one of many schools across the US to offer scholarships for gaming, according to The Orange County Register. NPR says that Robert Morris University in Illinois started to offer gaming scholarships in 2014. According to myAJC, KontrolFreek, an Atlanta-based company that makes gear for gamers, gave three students who competed in e-sports $3,000 scholarships.

There were 64 teams that competed in the 2016 Heroes of the Dorm, the collegiate version of "Heroes of the Storm" by Blizzard, championships from across the US earlier this year.

In the end, it was Arizona State

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University that took the 2016 championship, according to the Heroes of the Dorm homepage.

Other teams that made it to the Heroic Four were the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the University of Texas, Arlington and the University of Connecticut.

TBS has recently hosted the Counter-Strike Global Offensive and Overwatch championships, according to Engadget. ESPN is another network that provides news on e-sports.

While initially seen as a gamer's version of "real" sports, e-sports has quickly grown into an industry that can attract massive audiences and big cash just as well as any athletic sport.

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Google Unveils "Pixel" Phones and More

Google Daydream is a VR headset made of cloth

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Google, a company known primarily for its search engine and software, recently held a press conference in San Francisco unveiling its new hardware products. After a brief introductory skit reminiscent of the "Silicon Valley" TV show, most of the event's time was spent with various spokesmen and executives giving information about these new offerings.

The most notable announcement was the official unveiling of the Pixel smartphone. This device sports the latest version of the Android operating software "Nougat," a 12.3 megapixel camera, unlimited cloud storage for pictures and a headphone jack that does not require a drill to access. The smartphones are currently available for pre-order and begin shipping on Oct. 20. The Pixel Phone, with a five inch screen and 32 GB of storage, costs $649 up front. The Pixel XL, which features a five-and-a-half inch screen and 128 GB of storage, costs $749. By comparison, the IPhone 7 and 7 Plus have a price range of $649 for the 32 GB IPhone 7 to $969 for the 256 GB IPhone 7 Plus.

The Daydream VR Headset was also spotlighted, noting Google’s expansion into the rapidly growing virtual reality marketplace. This lightweight headset is made from a light microfiber material, uses com-

patible mobile devices (such as the Pixel Phone) as the screen and features a small, lightweight motion controller. The device is lined with cloth, compared to other VR devices which are primarily made of plastic, in the hopes to provide a more comfortable and affordable experience for the user at the expense of graphical fidelity. The device costs $79 and will be available in November.

Several minor products were also announced, including a multipoint router produced by Google. Named Google Wi-Fi, the puck shaped routers allow consistent and fast internet access, along with the ability to see which devices are connected and the option to block said devices. The routers are available individually for $129 or in a three-pack for $299. They will be available for U.S. customers to pre-order in November and will ship in December.

There was also the announcement of the Chromecast Ultra, an upgrade to the company’s existing streaming device. The upgrade adds 4K streaming options and an ethernet port, which the original Chromecast lacked. The product will be available in November with a price of $69.

Google also shed more light on the Google Home, its voice-activated home smart device, similar to the Amazon Echo. The device features a mute button (for those who like they’re privacy) and an audio version of Google Now, named Google Assistant. Just like Amazon Echo, Google Home can be used to browse the internet or control compatible devices with spoken voice commands.

The product will ship on Nov. 4 and costs $129.

Whether these products can match the success of recent Apple products in terms of sale remains to be seen.

The Short, Unfortunate Life of the Galaxy Note 7 Ross Reelachart Technology Editor As of Oct. 11, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 line of smart devices officially shut down. When it was first released in August, it seemed to be merely another smart phone upgrade for consumers. However, over the course of its short three month-long lifespan, it earned itself a bad reputation that Samsung wouldn't be able to shake.

The initial launch of the Note 7 was uneventful for Samsung’s flagship line of smartphones. It was announced, released to sellers and eventually found its way into the hands of consumers. Soon after shipping, reports began to come in about Note 7’s “exploding” or “catching fire.” At first, the incidents could have been attributed to defects in singular phones, or user mishaps. More reports kept rolling in, with at least one Jeep in Florida and one garage in South Carolina lost to such explosions.

At the beginning of September, after 35 reports of exploding Note 7s, Samsung issued a mass recall notice of the 2.5 million devices sold.

Sellers halted sales of the Note 7 and the exploding phone problem was so

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big that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an official federal recall of the Note 7.

Over the next few weeks, Samsung investigated the issue and detailed ways to determine if a new Note 7 was “safe.” Many theories centered on the Note 7’s battery due to most explosions happening while charging.

At the beginning of October, Samsung resumed sales of the new “safe” Note 7s. Previous buyers were allowed to exchange their Note 7s for this newer version. Not more than ten days after sales resumed, reports of these new “safe” phones exploding began to arise again. One Note 7 caught fire on a parked airplane, prompting an evacuation, and another exploded in a Taiwanese woman’s pocket.

After two disastrously failed launches, Samsung was left with no choice but to bring an end to the entire product line. Not only will this put a huge dent in Samsung’s reputation as a device manufacturer, but it will also cost the company upwards of $17 billion, according to Reuters.

If you still have a Galaxy Note 7, please return it, unless you want an explosive collector’s item.

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