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VWC’s Operation Big Fish

VMDO Architects | Courtesy VMDO Architects created an artist’s rendering for the expected design of the new Greer Environmental Sciences Center next to Blocker Hall auditorium. This center was generously given to the college by an anonymous donor in honor of former President William T. “Billy” Greer.

BY KIERSTEN NEWNAM krboyd@vwc.edu

In fall 2017, the Greer Environmental Sciences Center will open for students.

The eco-friendly building remained a secret for about six months under the code name “Big Fish” until the project was unveiled at former President William T. “Billy” Greer’s retirement celebration on May 20. An anonymous donor gifted the center in honor of Greer and surprised him along with the rest of the school. VMDO Architects will design the state-of-the-art

building.

“Yeah the code name was ‘Big Fish’ for the Marlins. The story is that the anonymous donor and some of their representatives got Hourigan Construction involved, and they started a selection process for choosing an architecture firm to do the design,” said Joe Atkins, a principal at VMDO Architects.

“We got a very funny email, it sounded like we won a fake sweepstakes that we’d been invited to compete in for design services for a college in Virginia, that would remain nameless, for a project that they

couldn’t describe. So it sounded phony, but we responded and quickly found out that it was real. We got very excited about it, and we were lucky enough to come out on top,” he said.

A small group of faculty collaborated with the architect firm, the anonymous donor and the construction company. The faculty members who were behind the project included Dr. Maynard Schaus, Dr. Soraya Bartol and Dr. John Haley from the science departments along with Mita Vail and Suzanne Savage from advancement.

“That tight-knit group worked together

Commandeering the commons Village I and Village II community areas were transformed into dorms due to a need for extra housing

BY ALEX MCCOMB ramccomb@vwc.edu

An absence of common spaces in residence halls has led to a decreased sense of community among residential students.

Village I and II residence hall lounges were converted into housing by the college four years ago because of an increase in enrollment and an inability to build.

“It was done purely because of space and inability to borrow money,” Director of Resident Life McCarren Caputa said.

Former Lead Resident Assistant Melinda Bertram lived in downstairs Rose Hall her freshman year, the first year the hall lounges were converted into

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Kayla Skeete | Marlin Chronicle Junior Shania Dineen studies in the Village II commons outside Residence Life.

very carefully and then all the while had President Billy Greer’s legacy in mind, his retirement and really honoring the stewardship of both the campus and the environmental sciences during his tenure,” Atkins said.

New advantages and opportunities are in store for Virginia Wesleyan after the new building becomes active in the academic year of 2017-2018.

“I hope that it brings more opportunities

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INSIDER LOOK: FYE

BY JASMINE DRIGGS jtdriggs@vwc.edu

First Year Experience (FYE) is designed to help students engage and succeed both academically and socially in Virginia Wesleyan’s liberal arts learning community, according to the VWC catalog.

Del Carlson started FYE in the 1980s. It is an 11-week program that equates to a full one-credit course because of the meetings that take place during Scene II Orientation.

Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics, is also the director of the FYE Program.

Wilkinson performs many jobs such as overseeing the faculty members who teach the program, overseeing the peer advisors who serve for the program as well as setting the goals and objectives for the course.

The faculty members who teach the course attend training sessions in the fall, spring and over the summer to ensure that they have all of the necessary material to teach the course.

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VWC club fundraising rules change

BY ASHLEY A. KLINE aakline@vwc.edu

SARAH ANTOZZI scantozzi@vwc.edu

This semester, VWC’s Student Activities Office changed the policies governing fundraisers for clubs and extracurricular organizations.

The changes were amended a few times, however. The initial changes were largely reversed because of student feedback.

The changes were made to avoid “the fundraising overload VWC has experienced in years past,” according to an email sent to club

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presidents recently by Kate Griffin, director of student activities, Greek life and commuter services.

In the past, various fundraisers on campus competed with one another, creating a situation in which students ran out of resources to contribute. According to Griffin, many clubs and organizations were not receiving impressive profits considering the amount of money put into their fundraisers. Griffin said this reflected the lack of sufficient resources on campus, and that fundraisers held off campus have proven more successful.

At first, the school implemented a new rule mandating that all fundraising on campus be philanthropic.

Clubs and organizations were asked to move other sorts of fundraisers off campus.

Griffin described this as an initiative to prompt clubs and organizations to make greater use of the other resources available to them for funding. The Student Activities Office keeps a budget for clubs. Seeking funds using this route will save time and energy. “My goals are to give students the push to access the monetary resources that are already

in place rather than pushing themselves into fundraising,” Griffin said. Funds from the Student Activities Office can be requested by filling out a form found on the school’s website titled “Request for Supplemental Funding.”

Griffin further suggested that smaller clubs and organizations seek financial resources from cosponsorships with organizations on campus that tend to have access to larger funds such as Wesleyan Activities Council, sororities and fraternities.

Director of Community Service Diane Hotaling, said that the new restrictions “cast the net wider, force you to think more creatively and to use your skills and to learn new things and to connect better.”

Students’ responses to these changes were mixed. Some students appeared to view these restrictions as a practical change to school policy.

Math Club and Science Club member Seth Antozzi said, “There were a whole lot of fundraisers going on and not a whole lot we were gaining from it. We can still do them off campus, which will make a lot more money, and she (Griffin) also told us if we need more money, we can just go talk to her.”

However, others viewed them as major roadblocks for clubs and organizations.

The rule change “met with a lot of concern from student leaders,” Griffin said. “It needed to be fixed.” She sent an email to all students on Sept. 24, asking for opinions and ideas on club fundraising rules.

“A lot of people responded very quickly, which told me something,” Griffin said. People were “very passionate” about it. The survey showed students’ agreement that fewer fundraisers should be held at a time and they should be shorter in duration.

Therefore, the initial rule change was reversed. “Registered clubs may request to conduct fundraisers on or off campus (both charity and for-profit),” Griffin wrote in an email to club presidents on Sept. 25. They should fill out their request forms a week ahead.

However, to guard against “fundraising overload,” each fundraiser should be only one to three days long. Fundraisers used to last a week or a month sometimes, and Griffin said that was part of the problem because they were “cutting into everyone’s profit.”

Also, Student Activities will try to have no more than two or three fundraisers at a time. “The more fundraisers there are going on at one time, the less anyone’s going to make a profit out of it,” Griffin said.

As in previous years, clubs should not advertise a fundraiser before getting approval for it from Student Activities. Since the work-study workers in Student Activities check the forms daily from Monday through Friday, an approval will typically take no more than two days. The rule is there partly so that Student Activities can help advertise the fundraiser in its Monday-morning, campus-wide emails, “This Week @ VWC.” The Student Activities Office is also willing to advertise offcampus fundraisers so that students can continue to show their support.

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Kayla Skeete | Marlin Chronicle Students now have flat screen televisions, couches and small tables in the hallways of Village I. residence rooms. Bertram was later a resident assistant in that same residence hall.

“It just made it a lot more difficult to foster the kind of community that residence life and the college is asking us to,” Bertram said.

As a lead resident assistant, Bertram had an apartment on the floor with a common space. She explained that “it was easier for me than other RA’s to build community because I had a space of my own that I kind of gave up for common space.” Bertram would leave her door open, even when absent from the building, for her residents to come and use as a community space.

Alumna Kelly King-Pack said about residence hall commons that “it was awesome because as a transfer student, I didn’t know anyone, and everyone hung out in the common areas.” KingPack said some common space activities included movie nights, playing games, doing crafts and just talking.

King-Pack said that “it really made an impact on the sense of community.”

McCarren Caputa said “the most recent change from lounge to room happened four years ago when we had

a giant spike of enrollment.” Caputa elaborated that Virginia Wesleyan College did not have enough funding to build new residence spaces, and the only option available was to create more space in existing residence halls.

Caputa added that “the same year we doubled up the downstairs rooms in the Village IV townhouses,” because we “also needed premium housing for upperclassmen.”

Caputa said that she believes that this creation of needed space was done in the “most feasible, student-friendly way possible, however [she] would really like the lounges back.” Caputa acknowledged that “we have no common space, we have no gathering hangout space, and that is a detriment to our community.”

When the indoor lounges were taken away, Dean of Freshman and Director of the Batten Center Jason Seward helped to develop the outdoor common spaces. Picnic tables, outdoor grills, chairs and hammocks were added to natural outdoor patio areas around the residence halls. The most recent additions to outdoor common spaces were several picnic tables near Batten lawn

and the Library. Caputa said the success of these tables was discussed in their division meeting and hopes to further develope any space where students gather to be social.

Buckingham said there have been multiple cycles of transition for these spaces between lounges and residential rooms, corresponding to enrollment fluctuations and lack of available housing. Buckingham said Virginia Wesleyan’s newly developed Strategic Plan calls for 1,000 normal residence students on campus, “which is about 150 more beds than we have right now so we have to do some more building.”

Buckingham said as the college grew and Village III was developed, “we had enough space to accommodate everyone, and so the spaces in Bray Village were converted back into lounge space.” Caputa said she hopes enough space will be opened through upcoming expansions for converting the rooms in Village I and II back into lounges.

for the undergraduate research program. I think it helps with the whole quality enhancement plan that the school is looking forward to. There will be new labs, more space, more instrumentation for people to go out and do things; it just adds a whole new component to undergrad research,” Stephanie Reidell, a junior here at Virginia Wesleyan and president of the Science Club said. “I feel like that big space between Blocker and V4 is so empty and wasted; we needed something there,” she added.

One of the main design objectives was to frame the quad and give other students who are not particularly involved in the science programs a way to experience the building.

“There is a wing on the east side of the building that forms a portal or gateway that you could walk under to get to Village IV. You’d be able to experience the building and walk through it even if you weren’t in the sciences programs. It’s a way of engaging the larger campus community,” Atkins said.

The anonymous donor felt that environmental sciences was a great area for Virginia Wesleyan to utilize for future development, being that the school is ranked one of the most sustainable campuses in the country.

“I think what was so great about this idea as a gift for the college, and for President Greer, was that the donor had a particular deep understanding of the college and saw the environmental sciences as a great niche for Virginia Wesleyan moving into the future,” Atkins continued.

Greer’s legacy lives on, not only in the new science center, but through the students he has left lasting impressions on.

“I know that President Greer is a friend to the bees. Last year in beekeeping class, we needed some protective equipment and building equipment to build new hives, so Dr. Margolies was like, ‘Go talk to Greer and see if he can help us out.’ So another student and I went to talk to him, and he wrote us a check to help us afford equipment because he just had a real passion for science. So I am glad he gets to leave a physical legacy behind,” Reidell said.

The Millenial’s Election BYTAYLOR ROCHE-DUTCH tdrochedutch@vwc.edu

Sixteen republican and six democratic candidates are in the running to compete in next year’s presidential election. Reality television star turned politician Donald Trump and self-proclaimed liberal socialist Bernie Sanders remain in the headlines. Whoever wins this election impacts the future of every single student here at Virginia Wesleyan, affecting how much loan debt students leave school with, whether students have health care once they graduate and what the job market will look like when graduates enter the workforce.

More students are attending college than ever before with an estimated 20.2 million students enrolled in fall 2015, according to the website of the National Center for Education Statistics. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the average debt of a 2015 college graduate is over $35,000, which is nearly $5,000 more than it was in 2014. Millennial college students count for a large chunk of voters and can make or break the upcoming Presidential Election.

Even though he would be the oldest president to ever lead the office if he were elected, Bernie Sanders has captured the hearts of many of the young voters in this election. Bloomberg quoted a statement Sanders released in May, regarding the exponentially growing amount of student loan debt: “We need the best-educated workforce in the world. That will not happen if, every year, hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college, and if millions more leave school deeply in debt.”

On May 19, 2015, Sanders drafted a bill called the “College for All Act” that would present $47 billion per year to the states to provide federally subsidized education to all undergraduate students of four-year universities and colleges if it were turned to law. In addition, it would cut the interest rates on existing student

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iStock |Courtesy Bernie Sanders, left, and Donald Trump, right, are major candidates running for president in 2016. loans in half on average, while increasing taxes on many purchases to make up for it.

Other facets of Sanders’ plans include providing universal healthcare, fighting global climate change and creating jobs for recent college graduates. The Harvard Institute of Politics recently polled 3,000 millennials, asking if they believe in climate change, and found that not only do 75 percent believe in it, many of those want the government to protect the environment at all costs. The League of Conservation Voters gives Sanders a 95 percent lifetime score in eco-friendliness based on his past voting records, higher than any of his peers in the Senate. On the job-creation front, Sanders wants to assist recent graduates, who have a 14 percent unemployment rate. He aims to accomplish this by aiding the middle class and by lessening the focus on the wealthy elite, as demonstrated in his recent Late Show with Stephen Colbert interview statement: “The government should actually represent working

people and the middle class rather than large campaign donors.”

Focus on job creation in Sanders’ political plan centers on securing the middle class’ wealth.

Senior Tyler Ettleman said he thinks Sanders’ plan would benefit his family well.

“The parents and grandparents, like mine, who are paying for their kids’ college would have have more social security and financial safety under Bernie’s plan,” Ettleman said. While Sanders might be many college students’ first choice, some students at Virginia Wesleyan are worried that his status as a far-left socialist makes him a hard person to vote for, as they say they believe their vote might be wasted on a candidate who has no real chance of winning.

“Like or dislike Sanders, he will try his hardest to make college more affordable. Still, I do not believe that America will ever elect an open socialist to the presidency. Obama was progressive enough, and look at how the American people have treated

him,” Jared White, a junior political science major, said.

Jessica Seymour, a senior Psychology major, shared the same worry. “I believe that Bernie Sanders would be the best possible candidate for the US Presidential Election, but he is too far on the left to actually win,” Seymour said. Outside of our school, many celebrities have come out publicly as “Feeling the Bern,” including actors Will Ferrell, Danny DeVito, Mark Ruffalo, Co-Founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak and the designer of President Obama’s famous “Hope” logo, Shepard Fairey.

On the other side of the political spectrum is Donald Trump, whose name has not left the headlines for weeks. The real estate mogul gained popularity for his candor, which some have connected to, like VWC student Jared White. “Even though Trump is in the top 1 percent of the 1 percent, he says what the American people are thinking,” White said. While he may not agree with Sanders on most issues, Trump firmly sup-

ports college students as well.

“I’ll see so many young people and they work really hard for four years. They borrowed money.

Their parents don’t have much.

They work all together and they mortgage their future,” Trump said in a July 23 interview with political website The Hill. “They can’t get jobs and they don’t know what to do.” He said he believes the government should never profit off of the pain of students.

“It’s terrible that one of the only profit centers we have [in America] is student loans,” he said.

While his plans are not nearly as specific as Sanders’, and he does not have a political voting record, Trump’s statements indicate his knowledge of college students’ struggles with loans as well as his ambition to fix this pressing issue.

Trump told The Hill that he aims to create a more lucrative environment for college graduates. “I don’t want to raise the minimum wage. I want to create jobs so people can get much more than that, so they can get five times what the minimum wage is.”

Trump’s view on climate change is that it does not exist and does not need changing. “I am not a believer, and we have much bigger problems,” he said in a recent radio interview with Hugh Hewitt. Trump stated that he is very much a supporter of universal healthcare, but he called ObamaCare “a complete disaster” and would replace it with his own system if elected.

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Kiersten Newnam|Marlin Chronicle Dr. Travis Malone leads his First Year Experience class by engaging students in several ice breaker activities in the Fine Arts Building.

FYE CONTINUED FROM FRONT Wilkinson works side by side with Jason Seward, dean of freshman, and Keith Moore, associate vice president for student affairs, when choosing peer advisors for the program. Both Seward and Moore are faculty advisors for the FYE program. Peer advisors are typically upperclassmen, and they must go through an application and screening process before being selected.

“My favorite thing about being a Peer Advisor is being able to help freshmen transition into the college lifestyle,” Alexis Platt, a junior communication major, said. “As a freshman, I found FYE very helpful.

It really helped me learn how to make my schedule and get the professors that best fit with me. It also showed me what I needed to do to be successful in college,” she continued.

Wilkinson, Seward and David Buckingham, vice president of student affairs and dean of enrollment services, all work together to coordinate the academic component of Scene II Orientation.

Some FYE courses are paired with other classes. This helps students and faculty members stay on track with each other and can help students gain relationships in and out of the classroom.

“I feel that I benefited from my FYE class being paired with my Math 104 class. If I had a question that I forgot to ask during math, I could ask my professor during FYE and she was always able to assist me,” Sonnaē Gibson, a junior recreation and leisure major, said.

The objectives of the FYE classes are clearly defined in the course description: the students will explore the nature of liberal arts learning, connect to the greater VWC community and develop habit of self-governance and personal resourcefulness that lead to college success.

“I try to engage my class in the greater campus community and beyond by either working in small groups, or a group that will guide us through the semester. Sometimes I leave it up to the students to choose our group project, and sometimes I base it off my perceived campus needs,” Moore said.

Some examples of events that Moore’s class has participated in include Habitat for Humanity and visiting the Brighton Gardens of

Virginia Beach.

Each year, the college selects a summer read for incoming freshmen.

Students are required to read the book for the course and must complete it before coming to Virginia Wesleyan in the fall.

A committee made up of approximately ten faculty members, two Student Government Association students and one librarian choose the summer read. Wilkinson gathers book ideas from the faculty members, and then the committee ranks the top three books from the list.

During winter break, these faculty members read and review the top three selected books and bring back their choice to a meeting in January. The committee then debates the books and selects the summer read.

The goal is to find an engaging book that has around 300 pages, is relevant to students and can be viewed from multiple perspectives.

“I think that there is a lot of discussion and activity that focuses on the summer read during Scene II Orientation. In the past, I have used other books that focus on our class. I like to choose books that are visible and engaging that focus on our community,” Moore said.

Wilkinson stresses the importance of connecting to the campus community. “I hope that all students will learn about the resources that are available on campus to help them to succeed in the future,” she said.

Freshmen students are required to attend at least five co-curricular events (CCEs) outside of Scene II Orientation. Wilkinson said that the main purposes of the CCE events are to allow students to connect to the campus community, familiarize themselves with campus resources and hear faculty speak.

“The CCEs are very helpful and I think that it is great requirement.

Not only do you learn about your school and the different things that are going on, it teaches you more about yourself and you learn a lot of great communication,” Gibson said.

Moore said he hopes that freshmen leave his course feeling that they made a difference in the community, or that they experienced a difference through the class project.

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New professors join Virginia Wesleyan’s campus

BY KIRSTEN POWELL kapowell@vwc.edu

Two out of the eight new VWC professors were interviewed to help the students learn more about who was teaching them in the classroom.

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Dr. William McConnell, Education

Q: “What brought you to VWC?” A: “Wesleyan is known for providing stellar, efficient and effective teachers for the Hampton Roads area.”

Q: “How do you like working for a smaller college?”

A: “I really like getting to know students better, and also having the same students several times is nice.”

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Signed submissions are welcome, but subject to the discretion of the editor. Letters are not edited for content, but may be edited for length. The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper may not necessarily reflect the views of the entire staff of The Marlin Chronicle or Virginia Wesleyan College.

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Q: “Where are you from?”

A: “Chesapeake, Virginia.”

Q: “Favorite pizza topping?”

A: “Pepperoni.”

Q: “Favorite book?”

A: “The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.”

Q: “If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive who would you choose?”

A: “My grandfather, he was an inspiration and sometimes I feel like he left too early.”

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Q: “If you could have any superpower what would it be?”

A: “The Force.”

Q: “Where are you from?”

A: “Newport News, Virginia.”

Q: “What brought you to VWC?” A: “The job just fit with my life goal. I wanted to be in a position where I could train future social workers and also incorporate my teaching skills.”

“As a former collegiate student newspaper editor, professional journalist and long-time advisor for the Society of Collegiate Journalists, I understand the role and value of student media at a liberal arts college. Virginia Wesleyan College proudly supports the editorial independence and press freedom of student-edited publications.

We believe that student editors have the authority to make all content decisions and consequently, assume full responsibility for decisions they make.”

--Scott D. Miller, Ph.D President

Dr. Myrtle Clayton, Social Work

Q: “How do you like working for a smaller college?”

A: “It’s a lot different than what I am used to. Getting used to the smaller classes is quite an adjustment.”

Q: “Favorite ice-cream flavor?”

A: “Butter Pecan.”

Q: “Favorite movie?”

A: “Anything with historical context, or romantic comedy.”

Q: “Favorite Musical Artists?”

A: “John Legend, Sade, Foreplay and Jonathan Butler.”

Q: “Favorite color?”

A: “Yellow, Orange and Pink.”

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Times: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Locations: Good Samaritan Episcopal Church (located on Baker Road) Help facilitate the Marlins Youth Community Club.

Children from the neighborhood will learn about gardening and harvest what is grown.

October 16th What is WFD?

Times: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Location: Center for the Study of Religious Freedom (Clarke Hall 108) Take action against hunger on World Food Day. The campus community will come together for food and fellowship. Donations for the food bank are welcome.

October 20th Career and Internship Fair Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Location: Batten Student Center, Main Street.

Stop and chat with employers about part-time, full-time and internship opportunities. This event is open to all students in all majors. Bring updated resumes and come dressed for success.

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Join 19 loveable and love stricken characters as they explore their feelings and take you on a rollercoaster of emotions, featuring powerful heart wrenching drama and some laugh out loud comedy. The play opened on Wednesday Sept. 30 and featured ten students from around campus giving an answer to the question, “is it better to have loved and lost? Or to have never loved at all?”

Body cameras tape the way to safety A new semester brings improvements to the department of security. Officers now wear body cameras when incidents occur as a precaution.

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Virginia Wesleyan security guards now wear body cameras to increase campus safety. The college employed this new security tactic at the beginning of fall October 30th semester.

According to Jerry Mance, the director of security Tidewater Guitar at Virginia Wesleyan, “The purpose of the new body Orchestra cameras is to assist and help and make sure the camTime: 7:30 p.m. pus remain safe.” The idea behind the body cameras Location: Hofheimer Theater is that once a student/person in an incident realizes they are being recorded, they will adjust their behavThey perform traditional ior and act appropriately. music of Central and South The body cameras will not operate in the same way America, plus classic and as a parking lot camera in terms of being on 24/7. modern compositions by its Security officers will manually turn on the cameras members. Public ticket prices when they are called to an incident. range from $10-15; free to “They are turned on…that way there’s an accurate the VWC community with ID. record of what’s transpiring,” Mance said. “Situations de-escalate when folks realize they’re being recorded and, therefore, if it’s deescalating, then the campus is becoming safer,” he continued.

Students’ opinions of the body cameras are both favorable and unfavorable. Junior Jaquelyn Gabaldon does not think the cameras are necessary.

“I think that it is a waste of money because it shows that security is more worried about getting kids in trouble and protecting themselves as opposed to keeping us safe and steering us in the right direction,” Gabaldon said.

Students like Gabaldon want to see more useful safety devices such as cameras in the parking lots.

Virginia Wesleyan and its security department have looked into putting safety cameras in the parking lots on campus; however, this has not been carried out due to funding issues.

“Cameras cost money...putting together a package for a parking lot would go into the tens of thousands of dollars,” Mance said. “We got seven or eight parking lots here and the outfit of camera for the parking lots would need wireless, wireless components, and again you’re talking big money.”

Courtesy|Thinkstock Virginia Wesleyan is not the first school to use body cameras as a security measure. Police departSeptember 4 ments across the country are implementing this 10:59 a.m. |Vandalism tactic to help protect the officers as well as ensure Batten Lot professional conduct. According to the Des Moines Vehicle’s tire slashed.

Register, The Burlington Community School District adopted this technique, and equipped administrators September 8 with body cameras to record their interactions with 1:29 p.m. |Violence Against Women students and parents. The purpose of this move is to Village I increase accountability, Superintendent Pat Coen said.

There are some security officials who disagree with Visitor banned from campus. the movement, according to the Register. Ken Trump September 8 of the National School Safety and Security Services 10:43 a.m. |Sexual Assault called it a “substantial overreach” by school leadResidence Hall ers, one he would not want to see replicated in other districts.

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“They’re not in the dark alleys of local streets on the midnight shift,” Trump said. “They’re in school September 18 with children.”

10:22 a.m. |Larceny/Theft At Virginia Wesleyan, with the fall semester not Blocker Hall even midway through, Mance said the body cameras have already been used successfully.

Scale stolen from lab.

“It was a success, and again the body cameras are September 26 very important because it records and cameras don’t 8:25 p.m. |Controlled Substance lie, so when you have five or six different stories, you break out the camera and you have what you have,” Village II he said.

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Virginia Wesleyan security continues to make new efforts to ensure the safety of those on campus at all September 29 hours.

Along with the LiveSafe app, the body cameras 3:35 a.m. |Vandalism represent security’s utilization of all resources and Village I technologies to maintain and improve campus safety.

Student’s door vandalized.

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THe Great Mc Debate: The Political Spectrum Once a right where equality was demanded, voting has now become an irrelevant act that many believe holds minimal value in the big picture of government triumph. Why vote? That is the question to ask as we are surrounded by the whirlwind of an upcoming presidential election. Why vote Republican? In terms of taxes, Republicans believe in equality for all. While, Democrats believe in progressive taxation that would penalize those hardworking citizens of a high-income level, Republicans follow the idea of a flat, fair taxation for all. Republicans feel that taxes can be oppressive to a citizen’s monetary freedom, and that taxes should be used to fund services that are imperative and authorized by the Constitution. Rather than a restrictive punishment, Republicans believe that tax relief will create jobs that are essential to helping our economy prosper. The Republican Party believes strongly in an increased military defense budget. According to the conservative website, Republic Views, Republicans believe that raising the military budget is the only true way to “restore the health of a defense industry weakened by a combination of neglect and misguided policies.” Without a strong military, how can we expect to maintain a place of superiority in the global hierarchy? Republicans believe in a strong economy, a strong military and a strong sense of nationalism. No matter where you stand politically, voting is important. So get up, get informed and vote right.

Some people are open about their political views. Some people prefer to keep them quiet. If you were to ask me, I would tell you that I am a proud liberal. The main reason why I am liberal is because of our strong devotion to social justice. We believe that everyone should have equal freedom and opportunity. No one should be treated like less of a person because of who they are. We believe that love is love. When the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to get married, we all celebrated.

Reaching marriage equality was a huge milestone. People are gay because they were born that way; therefore we believe that they should have just as many rights as straight individuals. We support women’s rights. Why should a woman make less than her male counterpart when she works just as hard? Why should the government tell women what they can and cannot do regarding their own bodies? A lot of people have the misconception that women’s rights are about dominance over men and killing babies. Supporting women’s rights does not mean that men’s rights should be taken away. It means that men and women should be equal. Supporting a woman’s right to birth control does not mean that we like to kill babies. What we do believe is that there are times when a woman cannot afford to become pregnant. Depending on the pregnancy, she might need to make the difficult choice to have an abortion and no one should criticize her for that.

Yes, I do believe that there are times when it is better to put the baby up for adoption, but regardless, it is her right and I will support it. Due to our strong beliefs on social justice, I am proud to identify as a liberal.

White-washed feminism

October is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Support the Red Flag Campaign

BY DOUGLAS HARDMAN Feminism: I think we pretty much get the idea by now. However, there seems to be a bias in the media when it comes to the portrayal of feminism. While all outlets and platforms to promote the idea of feminism are constructive, it seems as though white celebrities get the spotlight over black celebrities. If that doesn’t cause problems in the fight for equality, then I don’t what does (disclaimer: I will be covering more than just feminism to get the point across).

Over the past couple of years, feminism has become a beacon in our society. Celebrities are finally identifying as feminists, making statements on social media outlets and using their platforms to get the idea across. But it becomes a problem when we only see white celebrities taking this stand when celebrities of all races are doing the same.

In a sense, it comes down to representation. Who are these white celebrities appealing to? Probably the white youth that is following them. Sure, some black girls or Asian girls can look up to this celebrity too, but where is their representation? Where is the black or Asian role model telling them they matter and are equal? Well, they are there, but the media is whitewashing the feminist movement by allowing them to slip under the radar.

Let’s take a look at some key examples. Do we remember the VMAs that just took place? Remember Miley Cyrus’ insane antics and wild outfits? Well, what I remember is Miley Cyrus donning dreadlocks instead of her short blonde hair.

But I don’t have a problem with that. I know plenty of white women who have dreadlocks. Some people call it “cultural appropriation,” but to each his own.

My problem with this is that people considered her edgy and creative while, earlier this year, Zendaya (a half-black, half-white female) was criticized for donning dreads, and was told she smelled of “patchouli oil and weed.”

Zendaya is just one example. Nicki Minaj, the Trinidadian rap queen is probably one of the most influential people in the feminist movement, so why is she constantly painted in a bad light? She advocates for positive body images for people of all shapes and sizes, for girls to stay in school, for men to be selfsufficient and for equal love. However, the media portray her as an angry, sexcrazed and drug-using female. If we could, again, recall the VMAs when Minaj called out Miley Cyrus for trash talking her to the media. She wasn’t praised for standing up for herself, she was criticized for being an enraged and crazy black woman.

Let’s talk briefly about Caitlyn Jenner. Yes, she made a brave choice and is using her platform to promote transgender awareness. However, we cannot call her the face of the transgender movement when so many have been here before her (aka Laverne Cox), advocating the same thing. Jenner now receives the spotlight and praise for doing what she should be doing, but we’re now ignoring these other advocates in favor of her.

My last example involves Viola Davis, who just won the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series (a feat never before accomplished for black actresses).

Her acceptance speech touched on how black actors and actresses need to be equally represented in TV and movie roles. And can you guess? She was attacked for focusing on black actors when “all actors matter.” In reality, she wants black actors equally represented in the same field that has praised and raised white actors. Equal representation sounds a lot like feminism doesn’t it?

The lack of representation in the feminist movement is pretty upsetting. We need role models like Zendaya (who actively promotes equality and representation), Nicki Minaj, Laverne Cox and Viola Davis to speak up and talk about equal opportunity and equal representation. Yes, we need the white female celebrities, but our view on feminism should not rest solely in their hands. We need to strive for a more equitable society, but we cannot do that when we continue to whitewash the world.

Letter to the Editor Want to voice your opinion? Disagree with an article? Do you want to address an issue that we haven’t written about yet?

We will be accepting letters to the Editor for the upcoming issue! Please submit all letters to the Editor-in-Chief, Kellie Lagoy, via email at kalagoy@vwc.edu Policy: Letters must be submitted by 12 p.m. on October 8, 2015 to be considered for publication. Student, staff, and faculty are eligible participants. There is a 350 word maximum, and it must include your name, email, and phone number for verification. All entries will be reviewed, but unedited.

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October marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. All across the world, millions of people are raped. It is a serious epidemic and we unfortunately do not talk about it enough.

“The Red Flag Campaign uses a bystander intervention strategy to address and prevent sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses. The campaign encourages friends and other campus community members to ‘say something’ when they see warning signs (‘red flags’) for sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking in a friend’s relationship.

The Campaign is a project of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, and was created by college students, college personnel, and community victim advocates.” (Taken from http:// www.theredflagcampaign.org) VWC partakes in many events to support the cause, so be on the lookout so you can take a stand.

Benefits of freshman involvment

BY KAYLA BROWN kabrown2@vwc.edu

It feels like just the other day was the first day of classes, and now we are officially in week six of the fall semester. Wow, time flies.

Before you know it, you will be entering the Convocation Center with your graduating class in your cap and gown, walking across the stage, shaking President Miller’s hand and receiving your Bachelor’s Degree; then off to graduate school, a job, service organization or the military you go. The last thing you want to do is look back at your undergraduate years and regret not being socially involved in anything. Virginia Wesleyan is not a cheap college to attend. Why pay all of this money if all you’re going to do is go to class, eat at the cafe then go back to your dorm?

It’s important that you enjoy the social experience and get involved, while still focusing on your academics. I remember during my freshman year, I was involved in five organizations by the end of the fall semester. I was the first out of my group of friends to become involved in a club or organization on campus.

I would constantly encourage them to become involved, and do something besides hang out with each other in the dorm all of the time.

There is a world outside of your friend group.

Explore it. I truly enjoyed my freshman year because I was involved in community service and various clubs and organizations. Being active on campus led me to attend campus events, meet people that I might’ve never talked to and gain skills that I will be able to use in the professional world.

One of the best benefits of being involved

is the opportunity to write your experiences on your resume, and explain how those particular skills that you gained will be beneficial to the company that you’re applying to. College is the perfect time to branch out, network and make different connections with different people. It is vital to network with faculty members and peers because you never know who they know. As the old saying goes, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Therefore, make the connections for not only professional gain, but for personal gain as well.

I’ve also learned a lot about life and other random things that I would’ve never learned from the people that were in the same clubs and organizations as me. With these experiences, I have grown so much as an individual.

Luckily, getting involved on our campus is easy. There are more than 50 clubs and organizations on our campus, meaning that you’re bound to find one that interests you. If not, then you can always create your own club. All you need is five people and a faculty advisor.

Becoming a member of a club or organization is not the only way to become involved.

There are also weekly volunteer opportunities offered through the Community Service office, and a variety of intramural sports offered throughout the year through RecX. The opportunities to become involved on our campus are limitless. Don’t limit yourself, and don’t let your college years fly by without becoming involved in something. After all, you only experience your undergraduate years once. Afterwards, you’re officially in the “real world.”

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SportS the

DUGOUT

New year, ready to cheer

Patrick Kane’s sex scandal is getting little to no media attention.

JAMIE CRAWLEY is a senior majoring in communications

Anthony Dellamura |Marlin Chronicle

The cheerleading team practices a new and complex routine led by a representative of the National Cheerleading Association.

BY WYNTER BOND wcbond@vwc.edu

The Virginia Wesleyan cheerleading team is expecting great things this new season.

“The team this year is already further ahead than they have been in the past few years in regards to stunting and technique,” departing cheerleading coach, Jennifer Lewis, said. This suggests that the stunts will be more complex and sure to get the crowd pumped for the game at hand.

Lewis said the cheerleaders will also try to integrate the crowd more so this season through more crowd chants. Also making a reappearance will be Fight Song Saturday.

A pertinent question concerning the cheerleading team is the issue of whether or not the squad of twelve members (six returning, six new) compete. No ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) cheerleading competition exists currently, but Lewis said several spirit coordinators and cheer coaches from ODAC schools are looking into the possibility of starting one.

Virginia Wesleyan has not

competed in a cheerleading competition in the last few years, mostly because of the pricey commitment. The expenses of these tournaments include competition entrance fees, food, hotel accommodations and transportation fees, all rounding out to about $500-$1,000 per competitor.

Lewis expects to compete in one or two of these events with the assistance of fundraising.

There are local competitions with a college division that Lewis is interested in which will eliminate a chunk of the cost.

Returning junior Georgia Walker started cheering for the college her freshman year.

“Last year was our come-up season,” Walker said. “We had a steady coach, and steady team members. There were still several obstacles in our way such as how to fund for traveling, but all in all we pulled it together.”

Walker realizes how important being a team is. “The thing about cheerleading is that each individual member of the squad could be phenomenal and have all-star skills, but if you don’t learn how to work with each

other, then none of those skills matter,” she said.

Lewis expresses that cheerleading is a sport, despite the popular belief.

“Cheerleaders are athletes,” Lewis said. “It may look easy to some, but to be done safely and correctly, there is a lot of technique and skill that goes into even the simplest of cheers,” Lewis said.

Lewis explained that, all sports, cheerleading has its own rules and guidelines.

“Like many sports, clear rules and expectations for both sideline and competition are outlined by a governing body. Like many sports, cheerleading is competitive because teams compete against one another and at these competitions, the primary purpose is to decide who performed better and has stronger skills,” Lewis said.

However, Lewis said that competition is not the principal aim of the team, but rather the main focus of the team is to support the athletic programs at Virginia Wesleyan.

“Regardless of whether we are considered a sport or not, we are

going to keep working hard, keep improving, keep building the program, and doing what cheerleaders are supposed to do--help promote a positive atmosphere and build school spirit,” said Lewis.

Lewis does appreciate how the college embraces cheerleading as a sport.

“As a coach, this team is like a family to me,” said Lewis.

“I am sad to be leaving them because they have been a great group to work with; I have been able to watch them grow both as athletes and as adults. They made showing up to practice enjoyable, and have also taught me a lot about what it means to be an effective coach. I am so glad Virginia Wesleyan gave me the opportunity to be a part of this group.” Coach Lewis is resigning soon due to personal reasons, and a new coach will be picking up where she left off.

Upcoming events for the cheerleading team are the homecoming parade and a fundraiser at the alumni tailgate. More events will be added after the integration of the new coach.

SCOREBOARD Men’s Soccer

9/9 Methodist W 1-0 9/13 @St Mary’s (Md) L 2-0 9/19 Emory & Henry T 1-1 9/23 @East. Menn. W 2-0 9/27 Wash. & Lee L 3-1

Women’s Soccer

9/8 Salisbury L 2-0 9/12 Houghton @CNU L 3-1 9/13 Methodist@CNU W 1-0 9/16 Chris. Newport L 2-1 9/19 @Hollins W 15-0 9/22 Randolph-Macon W 1-0 9/26 @Shenandoah W 2-1

Volleyball

9/9 @St. Mary’s (Md) L 3-2 9/11 Merideth@Roanoke W 3-0 9/11 Randoplh@Roanoke W 3-0 9/12 Ferrum@Roanoke W 3-0 9/12 Mary Baldwin@Roanoke W 3-0 9/15 N.C. Wesleyan W 3-0 9/18 @Bridgewater W 3-0 9/19 East. Menn. W 3-0 9/19 Ferrum@EMU L 3-1 9/22 @Salisbury L 3-0 9/24 Hollins W 3-0 9/26 @Shenandoah W 3-1 9/26 Marymount@SU W 3-0

Field Hockey

9/12 @Frostburg St. L 5-0 9/17 Salisbury L 11-0 9/20 @Washington L 7-1 9/23 @Mary Washi. L 7-0 9/26 @Shenandoah L 5-1

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One of the biggest constants these last few months in the world of sports is the stand against violence regarding women. A large number of football players have lost their jobs just from the mere thought of being involved in any type of scandal involving abusing or causing any type of harm to a woman. Greg Hardy lost a full season plus additional games from a case in which he was fighting for his innocence (whether he was or not isn’t the point). What do these cases have in common?

Whether they were allegations or charges filed, they were all lead stories on every sports show.

This leads me to Patrick Kane.

For those of you who don’t know, Patrick Kane is a star hockey player for the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks. Apparently, there have been allegations levied against him claiming he raped a young woman after meeting her at a bar. Let me make this clear now. In no way, shape or form am I insinuating he’s guilty.

Truthfully, there’s not enough information here to form a constructive opinion. With that said, why isn’t this case being discussed at all? As I write this, I’m watching “SportsCenter,” and I have yet to see them mention this story.

Even the Buffalo News framed the story to paint the picture that the girl was the problem and Kane was the victim. If I could speak candidly, if this was a football or basketball player (I’m willing to throw in baseball as well), I’ll bet this incident makes front-page news and he’s therefore guilty until proven innocent. We’ve seen this before with Kobe Bryant and even Ben Roethlisberger. Why is it like that?

This story, or lackthereof, shows blatant hypocrisy in sports coverage. Many people may say, “Well, hockey is rarely talked about in the states anyway,” and this may be true, but it was only a few months ago when Kane and his team were celebrated heavily for winning the Stanley Cup. What’s worse is that many people on these sports shows are seemingly put on notice to not speak on it. Why is it like that all of the sudden? I’m going to let you all draw your own conclusions, but to me this seems rather fortunate for Kane. If only we afforded other athletes the same benefit of the doubt.

IN THE NEWS:

Patrick Kane, star-forward for the Chicago Blackhawks, is in the media again. His first offense was for assaulting a cab driver in Buffalo, NY.

FOR MORE SPORTS FOLLOW: @MarlinSports

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AT A GLANCE Currier scores for the Marlins and Lakers Homecoming Edition

Senior attack lacrosse player competes in the Mann Cup with the Peterbourogh Lakers

Men’s Soccer

1:30 vs. Shenandoah

Women’s Soccer

11:00 vs. Emory & Henry

Field Hockey

12:00 vs. Bridgewater

Volleyball

11:00 vs. Washington and Lee 1:00 Washington and Lee vs.

Mary Washington @VWC 3:00 vs. Mary Washington

Thomas Mills| Marlin Chronicle

BY MICHAEL WILLSON mnwillson@vwc.edu

Tennis adds new DI coach to program Martin Perry, former Longwood University Coach, takes on the role of director for both the men’s and women’s tennis teams at Virginia Wesleyan

BY JAMIE CRAWLEY jjcrawley@vwc.edu Virginia Wesleyan welcomes Martin Perry as the new director of tennis. Perry will serve as coach for both the men’s and women’s team.

“I couldn’t be more excited to be here,” Perry said.

Coach Perry comes from Longwood University where he was the coach of the men’s tennis team. Coach Perry also brings a breadth of experience to the table as he has been coaching college-level tennis for 16 years.

“I’ve coached at a number of places in different parts of the country,” Perry said.

Some of those places include the aforementioned , Longwood University, Bridgewater College, Colgate University, and The University of Chicago. While At the University of Chicago, Perry won two national titles and coached a slew of All-Americans. Perry comes to Virginia Wesleyan as coach to both the men’s and women’s teams, something he’s been doing for most of his career.

“I came from Longwood, which is a Division I school, and I just coached the men’s team. That was my only time just coaching one team. Most of my experience as a head coach has been coaching two teams, which is what I did at Bridgewater and the University of Chicago,” Perry said.

“I’m very comfortable coaching both, and I enjoy coaching both. I’m looking forward to it.”

Perry is also a practiced recruiter and looks to bring that talent to Virginia Wesleyan. On multiple occasions during his career, he was able to land top-five recruiting classes including landing the number one recruiting class in 2008.

“To improve in tennis, recruiting is obviously the most important aspect of that...

Having an environment that’s built on improvement is big in regards to getting recruits.” It is evident Perry is bringing that feel to the team as his biggest emphasis at this point is for the players to be mentally tough.

“I think Tennis players want to play up to their capabilities, and sometimes they get in the way of themselves with letting their emotions get the best of them,” Perry said.

“So that’s what I’m starting with, making sure our players are mentally tough, knowing how to compete, how to prepare for matches and most importantly representing the school well.”

With a fresh face leading the tennis program, the teams look to make a monumental impact in the ODACs (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) as well as the nation.

Senior women’s player Mia Proctor feels like that is the big goal.

“To make it to ODACs is definitely the expectation for this season,” Proctor said.

With a new head man and players feeling confident heading into the season, there is an air of optimism throughout the programs as they look to make their mark.

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It is the dream of many collegiate athletes to one day play at the professional level. For senior lacrosse player Josh Currier that dream is reality. In addition to playing attack for the Marlins, Currier also plays for the Canadian box lacrosse (indoor lacrosse) team the Peterborough Lakers.

“I love being a part of two lacrosse teams. Sports have always been a huge part of my life, and it’s nice to have a team to hang out with whether I’m at home or at school,” Currier said.

Currier started playing for the Lakers in 2011. At the time, he was attending the Hill Academy, a prestigious private school in Vaughan, Ontario specifically designed for student athletes. It was through this program that Currier found out about the lacrosse program at Virginia Wesleyan.

“One of my coaches (at Hill) knew Coach Riley (a former assistant coach). He got in contact with him, then asked me if I was interested in going to school in Virginia Beach. Because I have always lived in such cold weather, it seemed like a nobrainer,” Currier said.

In early September, Currier and the Lak-

ers had the opportunity to travel to Vancouver, British Columbia to compete for the Mann Cup, a box lacrosse championship in Canada. The regular box lacrosse season usually takes place during the summer. Because the team made it to the Mann Cup, the season ended up overlapping with the Virginia Wesleyan academic year. Currier was excused from classes for a week and received permission to submit late assignments.

“That is a very special circumstance that the Lakers advanced to the Mann Cup. It’s a big, big deal up there in box lacrosse in Canada. Josh worked with his professors here to get the opportunity to go up there.

His professors were fantastic in giving him the opportunity to work outside the classroom. That’s the only time it’s ever been a conflict,” head coach JP Stewart said.

Currier closely followed the Lakers from the time he was young and is still amazed to be part of the team.

“I grew up watching the Lakers play, and to be a part of the team, and competing for a Mann Cup with them now is a dream come true,” Currier said.

The Lakers played six games against the Victoria Shamrocks. The Shamrocks won four out of the six games, and ultimately won the championship. Despite the

loss, Currier was happy that he was able to compete and is already looking towards the next Mann Cup. “Due to the fact that we didn’t win, I would say just being in (British Columbia) for my first time was a highlight. It was a good learning experience and I’m excited for the next one,” Currier said.

Stewart expresses that in addition to being a strong player, Currier also serves as an inspiration for the younger players.

“Starting with his work ethic, he’s one of our hardest workers. That’s a neat combination when your best players are your hardest workers. I think that rubs off on the younger guys,” Stewart said.

Currier accumulated numerous awards in his past seasons with the Marlins. He made the All Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) First Team every season he has played with the Marlins so far and was named the ODAC Player of the Year in 2014.

“Thinking back, there are just so many neat moments for him. Some of the best stuff has been on the practice field. . . If we had ESPNU or ESPN following us these past few years, Josh Currier would be all over SportsCenter Top 10. Some of the stuff he can do is ridiculous,” Stewart said.

Kemp scores big on ESPN Top 10 Plays Senior midfielder Josh Kemp was featured on “SportsCenter’s Top 10” for scoring the wining goal against Methodist University on Sept. 9

Anthony Dellmura| Marlin Chronicle Josh Kemp, a senior midfielder takes a random shot from midfield and scores in his game against Methodist University on Sept. 9. Here Kemp can be seen controlling the ball in a game against Emory & Henry.

BY MICHAEL WILLSON mnwillson@vwc.edu

It is not every day that a Division III college athlete is featured on “SportsCenter’s Top 10.” Josh Kemp, a senior central midfielder for the men’s soccer team, reached stardom on September 10, the morning following the team’s match against the Monarchs of Methodist University. Kemp’s winning goal, shot from 65 yards out, secured the second slot in ESPN’s famous roundup.

Twenty minutes into the second half of the game, Kemp kicked the ball from five yards past the center strip. The ball soared over the other players’ heads and hit the back of the net, securing the Marlins a 1-0 win.

“When the ball is passed half field, you just have to hit it to

get it there and it just worked out,” Kemp said.

Ironically, Kemp’s winning goal was not intentional. When Kemp kicked the ball, he was just aiming to get it close to the penalty box.

“I was shocked . . . it went in because it wasn’t the way we drew it up,” head coach Chris Mills said. “It was just supposed to be service to the box and he kind of missed hit it. . .

But we always talk about over hitting it if you’re going to miss hit it,” Mills said.

After the surprise of scoring the winning goal, Kemp was also surprised to see himself on “SportsCenter’s Top 10.”

“People were talking about it and I didn’t really believe them, but when I saw it on Twitter, I decided to stay up and look and it was pretty exciting to see it

happen,” Kemp said.

In addition to being featured on “SportsCenter’s Top 10,” Kemp has had many other successes with the Marlins.

“He’s been All Conference for a number of years now.

He’s helped us win the ODACs (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) Championships a couple of years ago. He’s scored a number of big goals for us, obviously the winning goal the other night. He’s a clutch player,” Mills said.

Mills devoted a large part of Kemp’s success as a player to his improvement in staying physically fit.

“He’s gotten better fitness wise. He knows what we expect out of him. We have high expectations for him. I think when he’s on the field he realizes how much we rely on him

in a sense,” Mills said.

Kemp agrees that working out more has helped him improve as a player.

“Freshman year, I came in a lot smaller and I kind of got pushed around. I was never one who was in the weight room or anything like that. That was a wakeup call for me to make sure that didn’t happen. Especially going into my senior year,” Kemp said.

Mills expressed that Kemp’s dedication to soccer has made him both a strong player and role model for the younger members.

“Josh brings a talent that is tough to come by, but I think his passion for the game is something the younger guys can learn from him,” Mills said.

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The WaiT is Over After a decade long hiatus, sequels to two Disney fan-favorites have been confirmed.

Disney is finally set to release the sequels to the hit Pixar films “Finding Nemo” (2003) and “The Incredibles” (2004). Twelve years have passed since viewers filed into theaters to view Marlin search the seas for his son, Nemo, or the Parr family of undercover superheroes fight the evil villain, Syndrome.

According to Box Office Mojo, the two films grossed $1,568,185,353 together worldwide. Now, viewers anticipate the sequels, “Finding Dory” and “The Incredibles 2,” which they are hoping will bring the same renowned Disney spirit to theaters.

“Finding Dory” is slated to release on June 17, 2016 and will follow the frequently forgetful blue fish on her next adventure through open waters. Virginia Wesleyan students are excited for the release.

“I’ve been looking forward to this movie for so long. I just hope it holds up to all the hype,” senior Amber Liones said.

Andrew Stanton, director of the original film, told Entertainment Weekly he originally thought the story was a closed circuit, but then he began to wonder if the “charming forgetful fish ever got lost again.” The story involves an ocean sanctuary facility where wounded animals are treated and re-released into the wild. The

new characters will include Hank the septapus (he’s missing a leg), a white beluga whale who thinks he has a head injury because of the lump on his head, and a whale shark named Destiny, reported Entertainment Weekly. Ellen DeGeneres will once again play Dory.

“The Incredibles 2” is expected to release sometime in 2016, although a specific date has not been set. The original film left viewers with a memorable cliffhanger. At the end of the movie, the audience learns of Jack-Jack’s powers as well as the town’s acceptance of superheroes in their world. Though Director Brad Bird has not yet revealed details about the plot, Virginia Wesleyan students anticipate a continuation of the original story.

“I’ve always had my mind on that cliffhanger. Disney did a great job of it. But for eleven years? Oh my goodness, that’s crazy,” sophomore Erlene Daniels said.

Bird is hard at work on the sequel. He told Collider that he is three-quarters of the way through the script and already started boarding parts of it.

“The Incredibles 2” faces a unique challenge that the original film did not— the increasing number of superhero films releasing nowadays. Bird plans to tackle this challenge by focusing on the family aspect of the film.

“What you don’t want to do is trot over the same turf in the same way everyone else is,” he said to Collider. “So we’re trying to keep it focused in the area that our film was, which was a little bit more

Apps to Have

Britani Alyse| Marlin Chronicle about characters and relationships and stuff like that, and see where that takes us.”

Students at Virginia Wesleyan, such as senior Kali Fletcher, say they appreciate Disney’s devotion to continuing these fan favorites.

“I’m honestly pretty stoked that we get to see these sequels… I think Disney has really listened to its audience, and that’s why I love them so much,” Fletcher said.

On top of the sequels, Disney continues to release remakes of classic Disney stories like “Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Jungle Book.”

Tune in to ABC every Thursday night at 10 p.m. to watch Season 2 of “How to Get Away with Murder” starring Viola Davis (Annalise). Davis plays a professor of defense law and a defense attorney.

She teaches a criminal law class that she likes to call “how to get away with murder” (hence the title of the show) and hand selects students from the class to assist her with cases handled by her firm.

Throughout the series, dark secrets are revealed to create neverending plot-twists.

Season 1 is now on Netflix.

Calling all iOS users! Download the newest free gaming app, Pop-the-Lock, that is sure to test your hand-eye coordination. To play the game, simply tap your screen once the red tick-mark is on top of the yellow circle. Be quick with your taps, because you’ll be forced to start over with one wrong move!

LISTEN TO THIS: Ryan Adams “1989” cover album of Taylor Swift’s #1 pop album. It has been compared to Bruce Springsteen, and it has a hipster, bluesy feel that only emphasizes the emotional heartbreak in the lyrics, according to various reviews. Fan favorites are “Out of the Woods” and “Wildest Dreams.” Out on iTunes and YouTube now, Ryan Adams brings a new approach to heartbreak and turns even the most upbeat of Swift’s songs into a melancholy trip down memory lane.

With Google Drive, you can store all of your files, spreadsheets, presentations and photos in one place.

The app also allows you to share and edit documents with other people. As the owner, you can share files and folders privately with other users who have a Google account using their Gmail addresses. If you want to have the ability to create and edit essays, spreadsheets and presentations through the convenience of your phone or tablet, downloading the Google Drive app is essential.

BY KERSTIN HOLMAN kaholman@vwc.edu

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Creative Commons|Courtesy This social media app is the place to go when you want to share whatever thoughts you have in your head. And the best part? Everyone’s posts, or what the app calls “yaks,” are 100% anonymous.

You aren’t even required to set up a profile. Users have the ability to create, respond and vote up or vote down yaks. The unique part: you can only see the Yaks of people who post within a five-mile radius of your location. Whether you want to give a secret shoutout to that hottie you spotted in the gym, or you want to see hilarious yaks posted by other students on nearby campuses, Yik Yak will definitely keep you entertained.

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Of the many apps out there, here are a few essential apps to help you in college.

For most students, college is stressful. It may seem like there is nothing that could possibly make these four years any easier.

Luckily, we live in a world where apps not only keep us entertained, they provide us with almost anything we desire. So if you’re someone who is looking for ways to eliminate some stress in your life, here are four apps that will make any student’s time at college manageable.

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RetailMeNot is a handy app that gives you access to over 500,000 coupons and offers from over 50,000 stores. The stores range from accessories, automotive, beauty products, clothing, electronics, furniture, health, jewelry, photography, toys and travel. Anytime you’re shopping online or at the mall, make sure you type in the name of the store you plan to purchase items from to see if there are any coupon codes or sales you can take advantage of, RetailMeNot is your one-stop app for savings.

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If you’re one of those students who hates spending hundreds of dollars on textbooks, this app is your perfect match. Not only does Chegg specialize in textbook purchases and rentals (physical and digital), but it also provides users with online tutoring, scholarships and internship matching. Chegg also provides you with free seven-day eTextbook access while you wait for your book(s) to arrive. If you have any textbooks that you aren’t using, you can sell them to Chegg for more than you would make at your school’s textbook buyback. If you’re looking to save money or make money on textbooks, look into Chegg.

Take Flight at the Beach Interested thrill-seekers or first-timers can safely go skydiving at the Oceanfront...in a building.

BY CYNTHIA GRIFFIN clgriffin@vwc.edu

If you’re ready for a high flying adventure and are between the ages of three and one-hundred and three, you should check out iFLY, the newest hot spot at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. iFLY is an indoor skydiving center and is the first of its kind to be located in Virginia. iFLY is an experiential entertainment company that has created modern indoor skydiving. The company opened their first indoor skydiving facility in 1999.

Since then, iFLY has opened 37 locations around the world in the US. iFLY Virginia Beach is a brand new location within the iFLY franchise. The skydiving center uses a flying tunnel that has the most advanced vertical wind tunnel technology in the world. It is 14

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feet in diameter and 52 feet tall. The tunnel has four 1400 horsepower fans that control the climate in the recirculating flight chamber. The tunnel also has variable wind speeds that go up to 180 miles per hour.

“Since opening for business nine months ago, iFLY Va Beach Indoor Skydiving has flown over 26,000 customers.

Our flyers include about fifty 3 year-old children, one 94 year-old gentleman, and all ages in-between. Kids ages 11 and 12 make up our highest age demographic.

We have flown numerous people with mild to severe handicaps,” iFLY CEO Bob Pizzini said.

The cost and length of a flight at iFLY depends on what package you choose.

The different packages offered depend mostly on your level of experience. The first package, the “Earn Your Wings”

package, is for first-time flyers and is the most inexpensive package. For $59.95, you can take a comprehensive training session and go on two flights with hands on assistance from a iFLY flight instructor. The “Take Flight” package includes ten flights or five double-length flights for $249.95. There is also a family package in which up to five people can share ten flights or five double-length flights for $271.74. This family package also includes five video clips from your flight.

Indoor skydiving is not just something you can do for fun, it is actually considered a sport. Competitive indoor skydiving, also known as bodyflight, is a relatively new sport. With the growing amount of efficient and high-quality wind tunnels, this unknown sport is becoming more and more popular. There are two different types of competitive skydiv-

ing: formation skydiving and freestyle skydiving. Usually skydivers compete to perform a certain amount of moves in a certain amount of time. Athletes can choose to perform by themselves or as a team within different skill classes. After the competition, a winner is chosen from each class. The performances are recorded and judged by a group of skydiving experts and professionals.

With the recent rise of casualties during skydiving flights, indoor skydiving has gained more popularity. It’s a safe alternative to the act of actual skydiving. Those who have taken flight at iFLY Virginia Beach have given the facility and its employees great reviews. They applaud iFLY Virginia Beach’s friendly and helpful flight instructors for making their flight a great adventure.

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