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Vol. 93, No. 12
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
INSIDE TODAY
Farewell to the Arboretum visionary
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sex and the ’burg Two students delve into sexual health and its taboo nature
Retired director and professor dies, leaves behind JMU legacy
opinion | 8
JMU Déjà vu Professor finds himself reliving his undergraduate experience news | 3
Defending tradition
The good ol’ days
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Kay Savary does the "chicken dance" at the annual Senior Prom hosted by the Nursing Student Association on Wednesday afternoon. The annual event brings JMU faculty, staff and students together with residents of nursing homes in Augusta and Rockingham County. Participants were able to enjoy food, dancing and prizes.
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Norlyn Bodkin served as director of the Arboretum from 1985 to 2000.
Longtime JMU baseball coach ‘Spanky’ McFarland and Derek Jeter are more similar than you think sports | 11
social media goes exclusive New website Ello requires an email invitation to create an account life | 9
Drone use remains murky FAA updates regulations, many still await a definitive ruling on use By Chris Kent The Breeze
The average citizen will soon be able to accomplish the difficult task of taking aerial photographs. Unmanned Aerial Systems, or drones, are slowly being integrated into our society. However, as the drones become more prevalent, they are under scrutiny not only by the government, but private citizens. The Federal Aviation Administration recently cited regulations that
would allow for limited civilian use of drones. The regulation, titled “Education, Compliance, and Enforcement of Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operators,” dictates certain rules that drone fliers must follow. The National Policy Notice, published by the FAA, requires any civil or public drone controller to obtain an authorization to operate an aircraft in United States airspace, or a Special Airworthiness Certification. However, the extent to which drones are to be allowed
to be used in the U.S. is not completely defined. AirWare, a software and services company for commercial drones, now has the money to start creating customizable drones. According to AirWare, these drones can be used for anything from videotaping to tracking wildlife in real time. This presents huge potential for new companies and research institutions but muddles policy within the government. see drones, page 4
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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College is probably the best time of our lives, but there comes a point when stress and debt tell us we really just need to graduate already. What is causing this drastically increased graduation time? Why does a four-year degree no longer take four years? opinion | 6
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INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY
All hands on deck
Mark Thompson JMU alum (‘90)
out, and I’m thinking we will be able to start this process sooner rather than later,” Goldberg said. Several items have to be checked off the list before the team can be official. The team must follow JMU’s set guidelines and meet its requirements for creating a club. According to the UREC, some of those requirements include: submitting a draft of a constitution, a list of at least 10 interested students and a committed faculty advisor, a statement of potential injuries and ways to minimize those and a presentation of the club to the Sport Club Executive Committee.
Bodkin served as director of the Arboretum since its inception in 1985 until 2000. He implemented several programs along the way, including botany education and Appalachian trail hikes, where he collected a variety of plants with students who joined him. Bodkin originally came to JMU in 1964 when it was still Madison College. He taught in the Department of Biology until 1998, and influenced the development of the department’s herbarium, a collection of pressed and dried plants available for study. He also advocated for JMU to create an on-campus arboretum. Bodkin originally proposed his idea in 1977 and, according to Mahon, pushed for it until the project was backed by President Ronald Carrier in 1985. Mahon said Carrier gave the go-ahead to allocate land for the Arboretum, and secured an agreement with the Board of Visitors to hold the land in preservation for the purpose of an educational tool and a public garden.
see handball, page 12
see BODKIN, page 5
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Group of students to start JMU’s first club handball team
photo by Atika Chadha
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For the first time, JMU will have its first club handball team. While the sport is currently being played at an intramural level, JMU will soon be part of the handball expansion seen across the United States. The new handball team will be an official club sport in the near future and will play with other handball teams on the East Coast and in national tournaments. But first, it must complete UREC’s process for new sport clubs. Currently the team isn’t a recognized club by JMU and has had just two practices so far.
It’s been about a month since the team’s establishing process began. The formal application process is forthcoming. The team first contacted Chris Jones, the assistant director of sport clubs and youth programs, which is required by UREC for groups interested in starting a sport club. Only the first three prospective clubs will be considered each year. Sophomore marketing major Alex Goldberg, one of the club’s co-founders, has already established the line of contact with Jones. “We’re very early on, but I think when [Jones] sees we have a lot of progress and a lot of attention, guys keep coming
Last week the JMU community lost another one of its beloved members. Norlyn L. Bodkin is remembered as a friend, professor and influence, but most fittingly, the “Father of the JMU Arboretum.” The former biology professor died on Sept. 28 at the age of 77 after a short battle with Leukemia. Jan Mahon, the director of the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, met Bodkin in 2007 when she became the full-time director of the property. Bodkin was semi-retired and still working part time. “He was an enthusiastic lover of plants who enjoyed sharing his knowledge with others and taking students to locations where they could discover plants in their natural habitats,” Mahon said in an email.
“I’ll never forget — I remember digging up plants on these [field] trips and planting them in the Arboretum. And so, the legacy of the Arboretum will last as forever, as long James Madison [University] is around. And to me, he was the one who was primarily responsible for making that happen.”
Sophomore David Cockerill plays handball during an open practice held at UREC on Monday night.
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