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Move it National challenge encourages JMU to step up its fitness

Michael Boyles remembered as vibrant, talented and passionate

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A cultural kickoff

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Artist Wole Lagunju (right) explains his artwork to Shaheem Sabor, an aspiring poet and student from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Lagunju is originally from Nigeria, and his work appears in the Denver Art Museum and the World Bank. His exhibition, which took place on Wednesday in Duke Hall, was a part of the Furious Flower Poetry Conference. The conference will continue through Saturday and will include events such as poetry jams and roundtable discussions and critiques. More photos online at breezejmu.org.

Thrown to the sharks JMU alumni to propose their product on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ By natalie miller The Breeze

Rough housing Madison Rugby Football Club fights through challenges to claim spot as one of the nation’s top teams sports | 11

americatronica Funky bluegrass band to perform at Clementine Cafe tonight life | 9

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locations. Similar to the charging stations found in both Carrier and Rose Libraries, business ownFor some, the phrase ers can install Amber in “shark tank” conjures up images of circling grey fins their buildings or in pubpoking above the water lic places. It can also be and an impending sense installed in restaurants, of fear. But for two JMU airports, bars and even alumni, and other viewparks. Business owners ers tuning in on Friday who install Amber may night, “shark tank” now choose to charge a fee, or has a different meaning. allow their customers to Political science major use the station for free.

Bill Shuey (’14) and indusIt was a common, irritating circumstance that trial design major Kyle Byrd (’14) will be debutinspired Shuey’s vision for ing their original product the charging station. for millions of viewers on “I was sitting in Billy ABC’s show, “Shark Tank”, Jack’s and my phone was for a panel of five big-time dying,” Sheuy said. “This investors. is a pain everyone experiLast year, Shuey and ences and I wanted to find Byrd teamed up to crea way to solve it.” ate a model for a public Shuey began drafting courtesy of kyle byrd phone-charging station. his idea for Amber last Named Amber, the sta- Class of 2014 alumni Kyle Byrd and Bill Shuey will October. He asked around tion is designed to be debut their phone-charging station product, Amber, on for potential designers to help bring his concept to easily installed and used ABC’s “Shark Tank” this Friday at 8 p.m. in public locations. reality.

“Amber was the first material used to conduct a “I had the idea, but didn’t know how to do the charge,” Byrd said. “Amber stones are also said to give building,” Shuey said. “If you don’t know how to do a feel of security and peace of mind, which is what we something, find someone who can.” want to bring to our customers.”

Byrd offered his design skills to help Shuey create Amber is a 24-inch-wide, 12-inch-tall phone-charging station that attaches to wall outlets for use in public see sharks, page 10

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Jesse Matthew charged with abduction with intent to defile in relation to case of missing U.Va. student Hannah Graham

crown and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament.

“I explored the opportunities of coming back, but it wasn’t in the cards,” Martin said. “They wanted to go a different direction, and sometimes it’s time for a change. That’s what I was told. It’s what happens.”

Foley said the prospect of him taking over for Martin was on the table throughout the process back in the spring and summer. He’s in his 10th total year with JMU after serving as an assistant from 19972003, and then coming back as the associate head coach in 2009.

In a press conference Wednesday night, Chief of Charlottesville Police Ti m L o ng o announced that Jesse Matthew is in custody in Jesse Matthew Galveston, Texas.

This statement was among the latest updates regarding the investigation of 18-year-old Hannah Graham, a secondyear University of Virginia student who disappeared the morning of Sept. 13.

According to Adam Lee, a special agent of the Richmond FBI office, Matthew’s arrest was the result of “very effective police work” from a deputy in the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.

Longo also said that Matthew’s extradition to Virginia is “currently underway.”

On Tuesday Det. Sgt. Jim Mooney obtained an arrest warrant charging Matthew, 32, of Charlottesville, with abduction with the intent to defile. He was also charged with reckless driving after he met with police voluntarily on Saturday. He was reportedly seen driving away in a reckless manner in his sister’s 1997 light blue Nissan Sentra and speeding off from an Albemarle County location.

“This [Tuesday] afternoon, we reached that point where the commonwealth felt we had sufficient probable cause to seek an arrest warrant [for Jesse Matthew],” Longo said.

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Less than a month after losing alumna Megan Gruneisen, JMU has already lost another one of its own.

Michael Boyles, a sophomore media arts and design major died suddenly on Tuesday night. Although Boyles wasn’t at JMU this semester, many of his friends who he left behind still felt a strong connection to him.

Ashleigh Balsamo, a junior media arts and design major, went to Osbourn High School in Manassas, Virginia with Boyles. The two met her senior year and were physics lab partners. Balsamo said that Boyles was an intelligent, talented singer and actor who was involved in choir, chorus and theater during high school.

She added that Boyles was “one of the funniest people” she had ever met, and would constantly make people laugh by breaking out into song and cracking jokes.

“He wasn’t afraid to be himself,” Balsamo said. “[He] put you in a good mood — it was contagious … he was very outgoing and so vibrant.”

Balsamo and others who knew Boyles were shocked to hear of his

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Veteran men’s soccer head coach Tom Martin will not return after this season

After almost three full decades, JMU announced Monday that the school’s longest-tenured head coach will not return for another season.

Tom Martin, in his 29th season at the helm of JMU men’s soccer, will leave the program at the end of this season. He’s at the end of his three-year contract and the athletic department chose to go in a different direction.

Current associate head coach Tom Foley will take Martin’s place at the end of the season later this year.

“I do wish that it was entirely my choice, but it’s out of my hands,” Martin said. “So I just have to deal with it.”

JMU Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne said he notified Martin about the decision back in the spring. The decision to go with

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Tom Martin, JMU’s men’s soccer coach for the last 29 seasons, will be replaced by associate head coach Tom Foley at the conclusion of the season.

Foley was made in early summer.

Bourne said the decision was ultimately his, but that he worked with others in the athletic department as well.

“I felt strongly that we needed a change in direction with our program,” Bourne said. “And as a result, when you look back over the last several years, seven years, our performance was not where we wanted it to be. And I felt like it was time to make a change with the head coach.”

The contract extension Martin is currently under was put in place in 2011 after JMU won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season

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On this day in 1997, two JMU students contributed to a “face-off” column in the Editorial section of The Breeze discussing the nature of a recent local crime in which a Harrisonburg man who “claimed to have AIDS was charged with attempted capital murder after spitting on a police officer.” One student argued on the behalf of the spitter, saying that the thought of a man using AIDS as a weapon was “ludicrous,” and that the police overreacted. In opposition, the other student pointed out that the police officer’s alarm at the threat of AIDS was reasonable because he could have had an exposed wound on his face, subjecting him to the deadly disease, so she would have had the same reaction.

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TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Rutgers University in New Jersey is mourning two students who died over the weekend — one after a gathering at a fraternity house and another after a bear attack.

Caitlyn Kovacs, a 19-year-old sophomore, died early Sunday morning after she was taken to the hospital after appearing to be in distress while with a group at a fraternity house Saturday night.

Another student, 22-year-old Darsh Patel, was killed Sunday in a bear attack in a wooded area of Passaic County, according to a statement from Chancellor Richard Edwards.

Authorities found the bear near Patel’s body; the animal was euthanized.

FERGUSON, Mo. — Tensions again boiled over in Ferguson, as a crowd of people smashed the windows of at least one store and three people were arrested in the Missouri suburb.

Tuesday’s demonstrations, which spilled into Wednesday, are part of a series that wracked the city, though violence had lessened in recent weeks and come as the nation awaits grand jury action on the case that touched off the summer of discontent.

By Tuesday night, a crowd estimated at about 200 had gathered and rocks and bricks were thrown at police. Windows at Beauty Town, on West Florissant Avenue, were broken and a fire was reported at another store.

DENVER, Co. — Hundreds of Denver-area high school students in the Jefferson County Public Schools District walked out of classes at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday morning, continuing several days of protest over controversial changes being proposed to their history curriculum.

Students and teachers there have been up in arms about a proposal that would require history lessons to promote citizenship, patriotism, and respect for authority and not “condone civil disorder, social strife, or disregard of the law.”

The policy would also guide teachers to “present positive aspects of the United States and its heritage.”

IRBIL, Iraq — Aircraft from the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates struck a dozen small oil refineries in eastern Syria on Wednesday in an effort to deprive the Islamic State of one of its main sources of revenue.

Pentagon spokesman Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby described the airstrikes as the next phase in U.S. efforts to degrade the Islamic State’s ability to operate. He said the Islamic State earns $2 million daily from sales of refined products from the refineries.

It was unclear how sophisticated the targeted facilities were or how easily the Islamic State would be able to replace them.

BEIJING — A Chinese court convicted a moderate Uighur scholar of separatism and sentenced him to life in prison Tuesday following what human rights advocates called “a show trial” likely to worsen ethnic tensions in the far west of China.

The scholar, Ilham Tohti, had operated a website critical of Chinese policies against Uighurs, Turkic-speaking Muslims who call China’s Xinjiang region their homeland. Authorities arrested him at his home in Beijing in January, following several years of detentions and official harassment. Human rights groups deplored the verdict and the trial, which was held last week in a closed court.

MEXICO CITY — As President Enrique Pena Nieto touted to bankers in New York City earlier this week that criminal violence had fallen sharply in Mexico, armed commandos in the city of Guadalajara carried out a brazen daylight abduction.

Their target: federal legislator, Deputy Gabriel Gomez Michel.

The brazen hit on a federal lawmaker underscored that in some corners of Mexico, organized crime still does what it wants on major thoroughfares in daylight with no fear of retribution — even if the overall homicide rate trends downward.

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JMU selected as one of 10 schools nationwide to participate in Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge

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Student faces felony charges Jonathan Ringel apprehended after allegedly exposing himself to children

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People often complain that they don’t exercise because they have no incentive; however, between Sept. 27 and Nov. 22, anyone who enjoys outdoor activities can win prizes by competing for JMU in the 2014 Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge, sponsored by North Face.

The challenge, open to all JMU students, faculty, staff and community members, puts the university up against nine other schools: Appalachian State University; California State University, Long Beach; The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University; George Mason University; Michigan Technological University; Spelman College; The University of Central Florida; The University of Iowa and

The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“Think Mother Nature meets March Madness,” Kristin Gibson, the University Recreation Center’s assistant director for marketing and technology, said in an email, “10 schools … will go head-to-head, competing to see who can get the most people in their communities outside and active.”

To participate, anyone interested has to create an account at oncampuschallenge.org and log their outdoor activities with a photo entry, according to Jennifer Merian, a second-year graduate student in the Sport and Recreation Leadership Masters Program and a graduate assistant for Adventure and Team Programs.

According to UREC, the purpose of the program is to get more people outdoors because, young people spend 50 percent less time

outdoors in natural settings than the previous generation. Additionally, the average young adult today spends eight hours in front of a screen and only a few minutes outside.

Outdoor activities worth points for JMU community members include: biking, camping, climbing, frisbee, gardening, hiking, picnics, reading or relaxing outside, stewardship, walking, running, water activities, wildlife, winter activities and yoga.

The first prize up for grabs, according to Merian, is a 25-percent discount on Coleman outdoor camping and hiking gear, available to anyone who registers before Sept. 27. As of Sunday, 68 JMU participants have signed up online.

One on-campus group that will be making a see UREC, page 5

Governing the classroom Former delegate turned instructor gives students a look into Virginia politics with stories of his past

By William Mason The Breeze A.R. “Pete” Giesen is originally from Radford, Virginia, but moved up north for his education, receiving his undergraduate degree at Yale University and his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.

Afterward, he moved back to Augusta County, Virginia. He served as a delegate in the Virginia General Assembly from 1963 to 1974 and again in 1975 before retiring in 1996. He then worked as an executive liaison for JMU until seven years ago, when he was hired to teach in the Department of Political Science.

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Robbery suspects still at-large

I love to tell stories about my experiences, and relive some of them and hopefully the lessons that I’ve learned from them will pass to the students. I enjoy that part of the class and the classroom work, more so than grading the papers.

The Harrisonburg Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred on Sept. 23 around 11 p.m at a residence in the 100 block of North High Street.

The suspects entered through a windorw, forcefully restrained the occupants and stole money before fleeing on foot.

Both subjects had their faces covered, but are believed to be dark skin males.

The suspects were last seen traveling south bound on North High Street.

You take your students on a lot of field trips, can you talk about that?

What are the difficulties of balancing your political career, your business career and family?

That was tough. As my aide once told me, “Pete I don’t know how you do it, you’re doing about five things that oughta all be full time.”

I was running a business, and that’s one reason I stepped down from the business too — I changed businesses too in 1974 ... ’75 when the recession hit. It was actually ’78, before we’d used up all our worth to the company. It was either me go full time on that and really run the company and really try and pull it out, or stay in the General Assembly, and I opted to stay in the General Assembly and turn the business over to my associate. There was that balancing, and the family of six — fortunately I had a wife who was able to take care of the children and stay at home, so she managed to do that. We did in the meantime raise six children, we had some rather tough times that might not have happened if I had been home more. Plus, I was really active in a couple of other nonprofit organizations …

JMU student Jonathan Ringel, 22, was arrested by Rockingham County deputies on Sept. 17 for allegedly exposing his genitals and fondling himself in front of juveniles, according to warrant documents from the Rockingham County Circuit Court.

Ringel was charged with two felony counts of taking indecent liberties with children and is currently being held at the Rockingham County Jail without bond. On the day of Ringel’s arrest, warrants were also issued for his iPhone 5, a Samsung Galaxy III and his two MacBook Pro laptops, which were issued in relation to possible child pornography possession.

Ringel is from Columbus, Ohio, and according to the Delaware County Sheriff ’s Office, Ringel was charged with public indecency and disorderly conduct in January when he was found in a public business masturbating while looking at a juvenile.

On Sept. 2, a 13-year-old juvenile contacted police about a suspicious vehicle, red in color with Ohio state plates, that appeared to be following her around in the Monte Vista Subdivision in Rockingham County. Within two days, the juvenile noticed the same vehicle and driver parked in front of the Mountain View Elementary School.

The juvenile gathered the registration off the vehicle’s license plate, but the results came back negative when ran through Virginia DMV records.

A few days later on Sept. 7, a 9-yearold and 10-year-old were sitting at a playground near a park in the Belmont Subdivision when a male in his early see arrest, page 5

As an instructor, why do you choose to teach by real-life anecdotes rather than practical examples?

I think it’s important if they’re interested in government to really see the actual seat of government, the capitol in Richmond, to watch the General Assembly in action, to understand how the process works. It’s more than just the issues; it’s learning the process of what you can and can’t get done. And I also try to impact on them, that once you’re in government and once you’re elected, you’re there to solve problems, and you solve them with help from both sides of the aisle. I like for them to see that because I like for them to see how the Supreme Court works. I have a good friend who was actually here, Justice Mims. He gives them a half an hour to an hour of his time on a Q-andA when we’re down there. They get to hear from some of the officials that have worked up into the high ranks of the government, the governors office … we have several JMU grads who are there now.

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Pete Giesen, an instructor in the Department of Political Science, speaks about his time serving in Virginia’s General Assembly while balancing his political career, business career and time with his family.

the church, for instance; I was going to national conventions for the Lutheran Church of America at the time. It was just time consuming, I didn’t get much sleep, but I enjoyed it all.

Well, 30 years was quite long to be in there and always be in the minority. And it looked like then that we, as the Republicans, might get into the majority, but in the meantime, because I resigned my seat when I ran for [Virginia] State Senate, I did not have continual service in the Appropriations Committee, and Vince Callahan, who was a colleague of mine, did have and so it was sort of tradition … the senior member would be chairman of the party, not chairman of the committee. So that option wasn’t available for me … it wouldn’t have been available to me, until the Republicans got the majority. The other one would have been the Speaker of the House, and at the time Lance Wilkins was obviously in line for that, and I would have probably not been able to get speaker. It turned out later I might have been able to, but at the time I couldn’t so I decided it was time to step down.

I think that the Tea Party is unfortunately fully grounded in the facts of life as far as the government’s concerned. They seem to think the government ought to be small which I agree, but it also has to solve problems. There are certain problems that no other entity can manage in a state. Mental health, hospitals; private hospitals aren’t going to take mental patients, and so the state needs to do that, the state has to supply the funds to the localities to make certain that we have a strong K-12 educational system, and higher education has fallen to the states because the costs of education has gone up so much. We have to control that cost, and work to keep tuition down where people can afford it. The state has to do some of those things and even though many of us feel that the government has gotten to big ... I still think that the Tea Party, while it’s got a lot of good ideas, it doesn’t understand the reality of of making government work — compromise makes government work.

It doesn’t work if you just say “this is what we’ve got to do and we’re going to do this no matter what.” And that is part of the change I’ve seen in Richmond, it’s been that way in the federal government for a lot longer .. but it’s strayed a long way since what we did in the 1960s and 1970s.

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City Council to hold candidate meeting Harrisonburg City Council will be hosting its first candidate forum on Tuesday, September 30, according to board member Suzi Carter.

“The candidate forums are great opportunities to hear how your potential Council members think and feel about a range of important topics. We urge every Harrisonburg resident to attend,” said Thomas Jenkins, an employee of the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition.

Topics to be discussed at the forum include education, transportation and the local economy.

The forum is free and will take place at Memorial Hall at 7 p.m.

“These forums will help our community think about the future, and will help the city residents to choose leaders who have the vision and ability to make important decisions about everything from ensuring environmental sustainability of our community, to how to support and encourage affordable housing and attract good paying jobs to our area,” Pete Bsumek of the Shenandoah Sierra Club and Harrisonburg-Rockingham Green Network said.

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Michael Boyles, a sophomore media arts and design major, died suddenly on Tuesday night. While at JMU, Boyles was an active member of Madison Equality and regularly volunteered at the LGBT Ally and Education Office. Madison Equality plans to hold a vigil for Boyles sometime this weekend. from front

death, and many of them didn’t realize that he had depression. She said family members had posted on Facebook that he had lost his ongoing battle with the disease.

Junior communications major Shannon Garner said she knew that Boyles had suffered from depression, but that Boyles had stressed that it was “in the past,” and that he didn’t feel depressed after coming to JMU. She was concerned when Boyles didn’t return to JMU this semester and mentioned that he had said he was taking time off after a particularly difficult semester in terms of academics.

Boyles was also a volunteer at the LGBT and Ally Education Program. Though volunteers usually only work for one or two hours a week, Boyles would put in between 12 and 15 hours a week, according Garner, who’s also the program’s student event coordinator.

Garner said Boyles’ sunny persona as well as his passion and commitment to the LGBT and Ally Education Program made the two become fast friends.

“Michael [Boyles] was the kind of person that you could talk to for hours and never get bored and he would never get bored; he never ask you to stop talking,” she said. “If you were feeling down that day, he would make sure that, before he left your side, you felt 10,000 times

better. He was the kind of person I aspired to be.”

One of Garner’s favorite memories of Boyles was at last year’s annual Madison Equality Charity Ball.

“Everyone was kind of uncomfortable dancing at the very beginning of the night; nobody really wanted to go out there on the dance floor. Michael had no qualms about not only being the first person on the dance floor, but the only dancer,” Garner said. “So he got out in the middle of the dance floor and started dancing like a crazy person and everyone in the whole room was so comfortable dancing with him … he broke the ice.”

She also remembers watching the Oscars together.

Boyles, she said, not only knew the title of every film and celebrity, but also correctly predicted every single winner. She added that he had aspired to work in the film industry after graduation.

Sophomore media arts and design major Sidney Yi was also equally shocked to hear about Boyles’ death. Yi said she met Boyles last year in a history class through mutual friends.

Yi repeatedly emphasized that Boyles was an exceptionally kind, giving person to everyone he met.

“He was just the kindest person,” Yi said. “He had so much love for everyone else — he just didn’t have enough for himself.”

She said she and Boyles both shared a mutual love for singing and had plans to make videos of themselves

singing covers to various songs.

Unfortunately, Yi and Boyles never got around to making those videos. However, she shared a particularly special moment last year on her birthday, when Boyles took her outside behind Jackson Hall in between classes and sang “Happy Birthday” to her. “[His voice] was gorgeous … at first its was kind of embarrassing because it was in front of all those people, but then it was really, really sweet,” Yi said.

Yesterday afternoon, upon hearing of Boyles’ death, the LGBT and Ally Education Program held a memorial event for Boyles in coordination with their open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Garner said the event was meant to provide a safe place for students who knew Boyles to grieve.

Funeral arrangements were still pending at the time of writing, according to Garner. Madison Equality plans to hold a vigil for Boyles sometime this weekend.

Garner said that she hopes Boyles’ death will bring more awareness about depression and suicide prevention to the JMU community.

“Depression is a real thing,” she said. “We need to understand that people who suffer from depression are people too, and they need to be able to have the resources they need to get better.”

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collective effort during the course of the challenge is the JMU club cross country and track team. The group will be logging their outdoor activity hours to contribute to the challenge, according to Sarah Golibart, a senior English major, vice president of club cross country and track and UREC Adventure TEAM facilitator and trip leader.

Additionally, UREC has planned activities and trips over the eight-week period to encourage outdoor activity. One of these activities is the Peakbagger’s Challenge, an effort to encourage community members to conquer eight regional hikes, according to Merian.

“In general, JMU has a very active student body. I believe JMU encourages this through the programs and services provided by UREC,” Guy deBrun, the assistant director of UREC’s adventure programs, said in an email. “These programs are designed to introduce students to outdoor activities and provide them with the skills to participate in these activities on their own.”

Golibart is excited for the challenge because it will encourage participants to branch out and explore the seldomappreciated beauty of the Shenandoah Valley.

“Some people are not even aware of the beauty of the mountains we’re nestled in. This is not so much a JMU problem, but a college problem. It’s sometimes hard to find the time to go for a hike or go climbing in the national park or forest when you have 80 pages to read, a big paper due and you’re in three clubs.”

Sarah Golibart

Senior English major, vice president of club cross country and track and UREC Adventure TEAM Facilitator and Trip Leader

“Some people are not even aware of the beauty of the mountains we’re nestled in.

This is not so much a JMU problem, but a college problem. It’s sometimes hard to find the time to go for a hike or go climbing in the national park or forest when you have 80 pages to read, a big paper due and you’re in three clubs,” Golibart said.

On the other hand, working and studying on a college campus makes it easy to get stuck in the JMU “bubble” and fail to take advantage of the opportunities for outdoor recreation nearby, according to Merian.

However, Merian is optimistic of JMU’s chances in the competition.

“JMU is in a strong position to win due to our proximity to a plethora of outdoor resources including a national park, national forest, rivers, lakes, cliffs, wilderness areas, a mountain resort and others,” Merian said. “What’s more, we have a highly engaged student body and collaborative community, which gives us an edge on the competition.”

Gibson also believes JMU has a chance due to the universities drive instilled in members of its community.

“We are JMU — we can do anything when we get behind it,” Gibson said. contact Morgan Lynch at lynchma@dukes.jmu.edu.

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U.Va. student Hannah Graham has been missing since Sept. 13.

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These charges were made after police searched Matthew’s apartment and seized his 1998 burnt orange Chrysler coupe on Friday.

Charlottesville Police Capt. Gary Pleasants told The Huffington Post that several pieces of clothing were taken from Matthew’s apartment, along with several other unnamed items.

There has been some speculation that these pieces of clothing were Graham’s, but that information has not been confirmed.

Th e C ha r l o tt e s v i l l e Police are still waiting for the results of the items they submitted to the forensics

team, which they expect to arrive within the next couple of days, according to Longo.

A missing poster of Graham has been updated, and the previous $50,000 reward for any information leading to her whereabouts has been increased to $100,000.

But the recent developments regarding Matthew haven’t stopped the search for Graham.

“This case is nowhere near over,” Longo said. “We have a person in custody, but there’s a long road ahead of us, and that long road includes finding Hannah Graham.” contact Erin Flynn at breezenews@ gmail.com.

arrest | Suspect matches description from several past incidents of indecent exposure from page 3

20s with reddish-brown hair, matching the description of Ringel, approached the children. The man allegedly exposed his penis to the juveniles and asked them to touch it — telling the children he would punch them in the face if they told anyone, according to court records.

The Harrisonburg Rockingham Emergency Communications Center ran the license plate information received from one of the juveniles, and after removing one letter, a return from Ohio was found for a 2004 red Ford, which had been recorded at two separate traffic stops in Harrisonburg. In both incidents, the driver’s name was noted as Jonathan E. Ringel.

Further research led police to Ringel’s address in Harrisonburg at 330 North High St. His driver’s license description was found to be similar to the descriptions given by the juveniles after their incidents.

After the reports on Sept. 2 and Sept. 7, police looked into other incidents and found similarities between Ringel and the descriptions offered by victims.

On Aug. 2, two juveniles, ages 6 and 7, were playing in their front yard when an adult female noticed a vehicle with Ohio plates stop

in front of the residence. The vehicle circled back around the block, stopping in front of the residence again, where the woman allegedly observed the driver to be fondling himself as he watched the children play.

On Aug. 22, a male described with red hair and a beard or goatee in his early 20s had reportedly exposed himself to a 9-year-old and 10-year-old as they walked down the street. According to statements, the suspect said something to the children as they passed before moving the vehicle forward and showing them his penis in his hand.

On Aug. 30, two 9-year-olds and one 10-year-old noticed a red car driving slowly by a park in Bridgewater. One of the juveniles described the driver as having red hair and a small beard, and witnessed the driver “shaking his belly” as the children walked by.

The 10 juveniles involved with the investigation are all residents of Rockingham County and range in age from 6 to 13 years, according to court records. A person found to have taken indecent liberties with children can be found guilty of a class 5 felony, which can carry imprisonment for no less than a year and no more than 10 years. contact Patrick Mortiere at breezenews@gmail.com.

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LEFT President Barack Obama delivers remarks at U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Change Summit, held at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22, 2009. RIGHT Marchers take to the streets of New York City on Sunday at The People’s Climate March, which made a statement in front of the leaders attending the U.N.’s annual Climate Summit on Tuesday.

‘Neither marchers nor speeches yield policy’ The effects of climate change have already begun, and our response is not effective enough This past Sunday, New York City became home to the largest climate march in history — the People’s Climate March — attracting hundreds of thousands of individuals from around the country and the world. This march set up the stage for the U.N.’s Climate Summit on Tuesday, a one-day forum for world leaders to deliver promises of reducing global emissions that are affecting the atmosphere. Yet, I could not agree more with the The New York Times’ observation that “neither marchers nor speeches yield policy.”

Even though President Obama has signaled that he would like to reduce America’s carbon emissions by 30 percent in 15 years, some within Congress are doing all they can to prevent legislation that can achieve this. The reason for blocking this and similar legislation is two-fold.

First off, the oil and gas industries have powerful lobbying arms, as they have spent over $1.6 billion in lobbying from 1998-2014 ($68 million in 2014 alone), according to The Center for Responsive Politics. It’s easy to blame the big bad oil companies for Congress’ lack of action on climate change, but we share responsibility as well.

According to a Gallup poll conducted this year, one in four Americans are not concerned about the effects of climate change, and those who fall in this category do not believe that climate change is a result of human activity.

Fortunately, the international science community provides ammo to those who wish to influence Congress by voting certain members out and persuading their fellow peers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — a 26-year-old U.N. organization with representatives from 195 countries — recently

stated that there is a “95 to 100 percent chance that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid20th century.” Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main culprit of this warming, since it comprises roughly 70 percent of the greenhouse gases that have been emitted since 1750 — half of these harmful gases were accumulated in the last 40 years. As a result, the earth’s temperature has increased .85°C since 1880, with 1983-2012 assumed to be “the warmest 30-year period in the last 1,400 years” in the northern hemisphere.

According to a Gallup poll conducted this year, one in four Americans are not concerned about the effects of climate change, and those who fall in this category do not believe that climate change is a result of human activity.

Due to this warming, it is estimated that by 2057 all the reservoirs along the Colorado River — which provides 27 million people with water — will dry up. Likewise, the Midwest could experience an average crop yield loss of $20.4

billion by 2020 due to this warming. And of course we cannot forget about the polar bears’ home. As of 2012, the Arctic covered the least amount of area since satellite imagery began in the late 1970s, due to losing amounts of ice roughly 1.74 times the size of Texas. This ice loss caused Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to claim that there is “dangerous potential for conflict in the Arctic,” because of recent significant military buildup from the eight Arctic nations in response to disputed territorial claims.

And all of this ice ends up in one place: the ocean. Since 1880, global sea levels have risen eight inches. It is estimated that the sea could increase by another 1 to 8 inches by 2030, an additional 4 to 19 inches by 2050, and eventually 4 feet by the year 2100. These figures were once considered to be unimaginable in the 2007 IPCC report, which predicted that the worst case scenario for 2100 was an increase of only 2.6 ft.

This is now an optimistic estimate in the 2014 IPCC report.

Some may argue that I am employing a scare tactic and that these are merely predictions of the future. And I agree. This paints a scary future and these are mere predictions. However, the IPCC has constantly revised its reports because its predictions do not adequately represent what the unforeseen future holds for our beloved earth.

Yet, we control our own future and can attempt to mitigate the damning consequences of global warming.

Michael Garcia is a public administration graduate student. Contact Michael at garci2ma@dukes.jmu.edu.

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From a junior whose father is part of the military aid that Obama tasked to combat Ebola and is completely proud of what he’s about to do.

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City streets don’t just belong to students

We (The Dean’s List) feel compelled to set the record straight. In staff. Printing costs for our classy publication were not insignificant. the Sept. 17 Breeze column “Risqué Business,” we believe the writer As a JMU-approved vendor, our calendar sales will also generate made a number of misleading accusations about The Dean’s List and funds for the Kappa Alpha fraternity, as well as fees for the university. its fall 2015 calendar based on false information The more profit we make, the more our and with the intent to damage our business. charities will receive. However, if reveThe Dean’s List is a forWhile we respect his right to freely express his nues do not exceed expenses, there will be no profits. personal opinions, which is protected by the profit company.

We have First Amendment, we take great offense when We have printed 1,500 calendars, and never presented ourselves he denigrates what we are doing and how we there is no guarantee that we will sell enough to make a profit. The writer is choose to do it. to be anything else. As The Dean’s List is a for-profit company. We doing his best to discourage people from far as we are aware, it is have never presented ourselves to be anything buying our calendar, but the charities else. As far as we are aware, it is still politicalwill lose out. In this economy, charities still politically correct to ly correct to make a profit in America. We are are begging for contributions and conmake a profit in America. also generous compared to most small starttributions have declined dramatically. up businesses. We intend to make a profit, but We invite the writer to tell us of any donate 25 percent of those profits to charities. other business in America that promises to contribute 25 percent of its profits We have been open and forthright about these points in all our publications. We see no ethito charity. We challenge the writer to cal problem here. match us and donate 25 percent of his company’s profits to charity, Like most businesses, The Dean’s List also has substantial expens- assuming his company makes a profit. es. While he may have a future as a writer and social critic, we can only assume that the writer has had no formal business education. Timothy Mulligan is a junior business management major.

We have employed a number of talented JMU students as videogra- He is also the president of The Dean’s List, Inc. Contact phers, photographers, graphic designers, website designers and sales Timothy at mulligtp@dukes.jmu.edu.

Noisy, destructive neighbors are disturbing South Mason Street

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recommendation of the week TV: ‘Skins’ (2007-2013) | 7 seasons (6-10 episodes each) Imagine if shows like “Degrassi” and “Gossip Girl” actually went as hard as they thought they did back in 2009. Travel almost 4,000 miles across the Atlantic (or turn on your computer) and you might just get those empty promises fulfilled by a British cult favorite. Though shorter than most American dramas, “Skins” did with one episode what shows like “One Tree Hill” did in five seasons. It had real twists and turns (that couldn’t have been predicted a mile away), and writing that connected you to the characters in a surprisingly short amount of time. The show had three “generations” of friend circles, whose adventures were depicted in two seasons each, with a final seventh season highlighting where three of the most popular characters ended up years later. It may seem like a small series about British teenagers being, well, teenagers, wouldn’t seem interesting, but “Skins” (and British TV in general) is a worthwhile watch that will definitely lead you to some other great shows.

I am writing to you as a resident of Harrisonburg, not as a JMU student.

There are many residents that are fed up with the amount of disrespectful and destructive students who walk up and down South Mason Street. The house parties are out of control. They cause unnecessary amounts of foot traffic. The students are loud, disruptive, wake people up (small children included) and throw trash in our yards.

Just this past Saturday night, our fence was damaged — this isn’t the first time, either.

It’s very frustrating that this continues to be a problem. Students stagger and stumble their way through our neighborhood; some are barely able to stand, much less walk, and there seems to be no law enforcement in sight.

As residents with families, we shouldn’t have to put up with this behavior. Just because we choose to live in a beautiful neighborhood that happens to be home to partying students does not give them the right to be disruptive and destructive to our property.

I will fix my fence — yet again — but not without a very bad taste for all students that walk our street searching for parties. If the students would just be mindful of residents and leave our stuff alone this would not be a problem. We do nothing to provoke this behavior from them.

I plan on sending a letter to the president of JMU and the city of Harrisonburg.

Jacqueline Boone is a resident of Harrisonburg.

Chloe Donnelly | Dear Maddy

Dear Maddy, The Hannah Graham disappearance has made me wary to go out to parties or travel anywhere alone at night. What can I do to stay safe on the weekends?

—Anonymous The disappearance of the U.Va. secondyear student Hannah Graham was sudden and unexpected, but as we are well aware, it’s not the first time that something like this has happened. For example, a few weeks ago, a mother of two from Indiana was rescued after being kidnapped and held imprisoned for two months. Hopefully, Hannah Graham will return home safely. For everyone else, it’s important to be aware of our surroundings and to implement safety precautions — especially for women. Here are some ways for you to keep yourself safe and sound: Use the buddy system: Many of us have heard this piece of advice before, and that is because it is exponentially important — especially at night. Make sure you do not walk anywhere, go anywhere or do anything alone. When you separate yourself from others, you immediately become vulnerable and are more likely to be targeted by any predator who is watching. Staying in a group is ideal, but remaining in pairs is vital.

Utilize the Campus Escort Service: If you don’t feel comfortable walking somewhere by yourself at night, absolutely do not hesitate to contact the JMU police for an escort (540568-6911). They are there for a reason, and it’s

always better to be safe than sorry. are at all times: If anything were to happen, Trust your gut: Some people might feel your friends and family would not know foolish taking extra safety precautions, but where to begin. It’s always important to keep if your instinct is telling you that something tabs on yourself and your friends, especially doesn’t feel right, listen to it. Odds are that on weekends when you’re going out. you are probably feeling weary for a reason.

No iPod at night: Keeping your headIf a party seems potentially endangering, or phones in at night and/or when you are alone if you meet someone is a safety hazard. who seems shady, do If you cannot not dismiss your gut hear, you are limfeeling. Trust yourIf a party seems potentially iting your ability self and avoid any to stay aware; you endangering, or if you person or situation might not hear a meet someone who that makes you feel car coming or a person coming uneasy. seems shady, do not Lock your doors: up behind you. It’s dismiss your gut feeling.

Whether it’s your car worth it to have a doors or the door to tuneless trek than your room or apartto risk your safety. ment, always make Wa t c h y o u r sure that it is locked drink: For women — especially when no one is home. You also in particular, who are usually the targets of may want to form habits of locking the door sex crimes, it’s always a good idea to keep even when you are home as well as check- track of your drink at parties. Do not set it ing the peephole whenever anyone knocks down or leave it anywhere, and be aware (especially at night and/or when you aren’t of who is around you. It’s easy for something to be slipped into your drink without expecting any visitors).

Make sure someone knows where you anyone noticing. If you do leave your drink

somewhere, don’t risk it — just find a new drink. It’s not worth it!

Avoid strangers: Your parents have taught you this from the beginning of time: “Don’t talk to strangers!” Don’t worry about being rude; if someone you don’t know (or don’t know very well) makes you uncomfortable, you don’t need to justify removing yourself from his or her presence. Do not invite strangers into your home, and do not make risky decisions with strangers. Even if it’s a friend of a friend, do not put yourself in any sketchy or intimate situations with someone you do not trust.

SafeRides: DO NOT DRIVE DRUNK, DO NOT GET IN THE CAR WITH A DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN DRINKING AND DO NOT WALK ANYWHERE ALONE. Call a cab, take the bus, walk (with a group/buddy) or call a sober friend or SafeRides (540-568-7433). Be patient while awaiting your ride and always carry cash (perhaps in the back of the case of your cell phone) in case you need a cab. A $10 cab ride is worth avoiding such huge risks.

Chloe Donnelly is a junior justice studies major. Contact Chloe at donnelcn@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Christina Yonkoske | contributing columnist

Let’s talk about debt, baby With loan rates and tuition prices on the rise, the only thing that seems to be dropping is student’s bank accounts

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American religious scholar Adam Kotsko tweeted in November, “We ask 18-year-olds who are less educated and need immediate cash: college students. Also, what they don’t to make huge decisions about their career and financial future, when a month ago they tell you is that student loans can’t be discharged in bankruptcy; once you take one out, had to ask to go to the bathroom.” you’re stuck with it forever. Is the goal of the banks to rob students of their money, or The transition from high school to college is a sizable one, but the biggest change help the future? The government needs to keep a close watch on student loans, making is that students have to pay for their education directly. Unfortunately, it has become sure they are beneficial and fair. Most students taking out loans are anywhere from 18 to increasingly difficult for students to sustain the cost of a college education, which is 30 years old. They should not be paying off their college loans for the rest of their lives. only going to hurt the future of the economy and the world.

According to a recent NPR article, every year more than The government should make a college degree more attain20 million students apply for federal financial aid using able by increasing higher education funding, regulating the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), loans and simplifying the federal student aid application.

These lenders take advantage which is the hardest form you will ever have to fill out.

Students should not have to go broke because they choose Included in this dreaded application are more than 100 of a borrower’s lack of to go to college. questions that are used to determine a student’s eligibilunderstanding, and target those Thousands of schools nationwide rely on federal aid and ity. The form asks questions about your family, requires details on assets, investments and taxable and non-taxstate funding to make their tuition affordable. Yet, these who are less educated and need able income for both the students and the parents. funds have decreased dramatically in the past several years. immediate cash: college students.

According to a CBS News article published last year, every A form this complicated is confusing for an 18-yearstate except for North Dakota and Wyoming is spending less old, and has also been described as “intimidating and per student on higher education than they did before the bewildering” in a Aug. 11 NPR article. Yet, the scariest part is that if you make a mistake filling out the form, 2008 financial crisis. you could get nothing. In fact, according to an article The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says that of these states, 36 reduced funding by more than 20 percent, 11 published in the True Jersey blog in July, at least 165,000 cut back by more than one-third and the last two have reduced funding in half. Because college students applying for financial aid may have been denied loans and grants of this, public colleges and universities have no choice but to raise tuition, discourages because of a decimal point error. If this is the case, the government should make some students to attend college and puts added stress on those who do. The government adjustments to this form to make it easier for students to fill out. needs to increase funding for community colleges, public universities and national The cost of college is absurd, and nothing is being done to make the process of scholarships and grants in order to make a college degree more affordable. affording an education easier. Students are essentially paying thousands of dollars to Student loans were designed to make adults feel financially comfortable, but now earn a degree in order to land a job which they will need for the rest of their lives to they have those same adults shaking in their boots, knowing that they are most like- be able to pay off their debt. ly going to come out of school in debt. According to a Forbes article published last By increasing funding, regulating loans and simplifying the federal student aid August, the total amount on student loans in the United States is well over $1 trillion. application, the government could make a college degree attainable for all. Until that Unfortunately, students are subject to predatory lending by private lenders, which is happens, the best and brightest are going to become the lowest and poorest. By hurtdefined by America’s Debt Help Organization as “any lending practice that imposes ing our students, we are only hurting ourselves. unfair or abusive loan terms on a borrower, or convinces a borrower to accept unfair terms using deception and coercion.”

Christina Yonkoske is a freshman hospitality management major. Contact These lenders take advantage of a borrower’s lack of understanding, and target those Christina at yonkoscm@dukes.jmu.edu.

Louis Gaertner | contributing columnist

2014? More like ‘1984’ The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is infrining upon basic human rights The awaiting CISPA bill “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,” which was passed in the House of Representatives and is congruent with the president, is yet another erroneous example of our government’s abuse treading on the rights and freedoms of U.S. citizens.

We saw the negative effects on Americans’ lives through the Patriot Act, which was passed under the Bush Administration during the beginning of this “counter-terrorist” agenda, which has only grown in force. Next was the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill that was signed into law by President Obama in 2012. This bill gave $662 billion to, among other things, the growth and militarization of U.S. armed forces, including the growth of the militarization of the police force.

We have very evidently seen this through the recent Ferguson, Missouri, events of last month, resulting from the death of an unarmed 19-year-old boy by a police officer. Yet, isn’t our executive administration always lamenting about how citizens should not have guns, because of the cynical view of having to baby and coerce individuals to safeguard them from themselves? Yet, when it comes to advancing tanks, guns and gear for the

We are at a period that is beginning to resemble the premise of the book “1984.”

respective police forces across the country, it’s somehow reasonable, and even necessary? Things don’t add up.

But back to the NDAA bill, as stated, it authorizes $662 billion in funding for what President Obama described as “an act addressing national security programs, Department of Defense health care costs and counter terrorism within the United States and abroad.” There’s also military modernization; NDAA has no doubt already added billions of dollars funded to the militarization of localized police forces across the entire country. What’s even more controversial about this particular bill, though, is contained in subsection 1021-1022 of Title X, subtitle D: entitled “counter-terrorism.” This authorizes the indefinite military detention of persons the government

suspects of involvement in terrorism — including U.S. citizens arrested on American soil. What this subsection does is infringe on our basic rights of habeas corpus, which, unlike those who oppose congressional conflict, is written into the Constitution as a right that we should obtain indefinitely as American citizens.

Now this CISPA bill, which is yet again pushed by congressional support of the executive, deals with preemptively “defending” against cyber terrorism. What this bill actually does is allow, under law, for private corporations and businesses to give detailed information about our lives such as our search, text, email, online store accounts, word and endless other technological privacies, including complete “cloud” access of each U.S. citizen to the federal government.

Where does the madness end? We are at a period that is beginning to resemble the premise of the book “1984.”

Unless awareness grows, and people stand up against this growing tyranny, things will get a lot scarier, very quickly.

Louis Gaertner is a junior political science major.

Contact Louis at gaertnlp@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Groove grass Colorado-based band brings their unique sound to Clementine Cafe in downtown Harrisonburg tonight

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Bluegrass and funk have symbiotically grown to produce a bountiful harvest: The Magic Beans.

One minute you’re consumed in 24-year-old Hunter Welles’ mandolin skills, which transcend traditional pickin’ norms. The next moment, your head whips to stage right as Casey Russell, 25, layers in a funk line protruding from his Moog synthesizer. Scott Hachey, 24, merges into the soundboard mix with some gritty, jazzy, sometimes twangy, classic rock-inspired licks off his hollow-bodied Gibson. All of this is backed by Josh Appelbaum, 27, laying it down on bass and Cody Wales, 26, on drums.

What kind of label can possibly tag such a mixed sound? While the transcendance of genres is still light years away, the Beans did something as unique as their sound.

“We kind of made up our own genre name to try and fit all of that together, which is basically ‘Americatronica’ as we call it,” Russell said.

It’s difficult to simply throw the Beans into the ever-growing jam

band pigeonhole, despite their confession to most “shameless jam band” norms. The sound is rich, contrasting and as fresh as the thin Colorado air they breathe in at home.

“It’s an eclectic mix of everything and that’s what people like about it,” Russell said.

The five met in Boulder as some members attended University of Colorado Boulder. The band officially took off as The Magic Beans in 2010. The state has unofficially served as the mecca for jam music for some years now. Bands from the east flock to Mile High country to dip their toes in what Hachey describes as the “super heady mecca that Colorado has become.”

The territorial lust goes both ways though.

“You guys have such a rich scene, especially for the jam community,” Hachey said of the East. “We definitely watch it.”

It was this home turf nurturing that allowed the Beans to sprout quite a following, making it easy for them to hit the road with confidence.

“It’s kind of like the whole New England area in one state,” Hachey

said. “There are tons of cities where you can go play and there will be potential people to show up.”

Their versatility in sound helps the Beans cater to any audience.

With such diverse influences, it was inevitable for funk, rock, bluegrass and Americana to collectively clad their music.

“I like to play bluegrass one day and then the next hour I like to play some funk,” Hachey said.

“We didn’t sit down like The Avett Brothers and say we’re going to wear vests and play funk with a bass drum on stage.”

They released a successful double album back in March, “Sites” and “Sounds.” The first shows off their grassy side aimed at a casual drive, and the second, according to Hachey, is meant for your weekend rager as the group delves into a space-funk odyssey.

The current tour unofficially kicked off in Denver a few weeks back as they supported Philadelphian legends, The Disco Biscuits. Bassist Marc Brownstein and keyboardist Aaron Magner sat in with the Beans that night. see GROOVE, page 10

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Hunter Welles, electric mandolin player of The Magic Beans, performs at Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival in Ozark, Ark. in 2014.

TV review

Saving ‘Gotham’

FOX’s new series shows the background of Batman

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Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bolluck, left, and Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon wait to tape scenes on the set of “Gotham” in Brooklyn, N.Y.

By LEAH POULLIOT contributing writer

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TOP Various vendors set up internationally-inspired booths at the commons on Monday. RIGHT Valarie Ghant of the Center for Multicultural Student Services played a tambourine during a musical demonstration which emphasized harmony among the community. LEFT Junior computer information systems and business analytics major Anh Lan Nguyen participated in International Week festivities on Monday by performing traditional Chinese lion dance.

This year, the theme for International Week’s is “One World, Many Stories.” The Office of International Programs aims to create a culturally inclusive space on campus where students can share their many stories and experiences. The week kicked off with an international bazaar on the commons this Monday, Sept. 22. Events will continue through Saturday, Sept. 27, and will include a study abroad fair, poetry readings, trivia nights, a yoga day and a JMU World Cup Soccer Tournament. The Harrisonburg 17th Annual International Festival will be held in Hillandale Park on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m.

Gotham City is the fictitious city of crime, mayhem and destruction, home to the Batman franchise, and the birthplace of some of the most notorious comic book villains in history. It’s also now the namesake of FOX’s latest show following the rise of FOX young Police Commissioner James Gordon leading up to the story of DC Comics’ Batman. The city is actually “Gotham” modeled after New York City, and its crime mirrors  and exaggerates real-world experience to satirically Mondays at 8 p.m. comment on society. This is what makes me love the idea of this show. I wanted see the raw action of a good cop against belligerent evil and getting crazy with psychopaths and insane criminals. So I strapped in my seat belt and quickly caught up with FOX’s Monday night premiere of “Gotham.”

The show opens with the introduction of a teenage cat woman; her kleptomaniac habits are introduced as she steals some milk and a wallet. She quickly finds trouble and watches the murder of Bruce Wayne’s (Batman’s) parents from the shadows. Cut to the police department, where Gordon saves the day by stopping a rogue gunman without using excessive firearm power.

His introduction really sets the show, since the focus is on Gordon and his troubles and tribulations within the city. Soon Gordon and Wayne cross paths and begin to investigate the murder of Wayne’s parents.

The plot so far really isn’t so bad; it’s a little slow, but it does establish the characters within their roles. However, cheesy, obvious foreshadowing starts to get in the way. That and the fact that Alfred, the Wayne’s butler, is an Australian with a super thick accent. Never would I have expected Alfred to tell Gordon, “Good luck, mate.” No, scratch that, never would I have expected the word “mate” to be used seriously within a piece of dialogue.

After laughing for five minutes straight and regaining my composure, I almost did a spit-take again with the cheesy intro to the future Riddler.

Gordon and his partner, Harvey Bullock, are gathering evidence and ask Edward Nigma, a co-worker and later the Riddler, questions. Nigma asks, “Guess what —” and without missing a beat Bullock cuts him off with, “Just tell me it, if I want riddles I will read the funny pages.” I hope I’m not the only one who was blinded by how in-your-face that reference was.

The introduction to Penguin was more matter-of-factly stated, which sort of took the fun out of it. This goes for Poison Ivy as well, considering she just states her name as Ivy and the viewers can presume from there. There were also several smaller references to Scarecrow and other villains that still have to develop.

I have higher hopes for the show’s original villain, Fish Mooney. With no bad puns and no backstory, the slate is clean from previous Batman tales.

This offers more possibilities for developing her evil characteristics.

With all the one liners, maybe the cheesiness is a homage to the comics, or maybe FOX was just rolling with a new method and seeing if it would work for the show. However, seeing it acted out is cringe-worthy. If there are a lot of “Supernatural” fans out there, then you can agree the first season’s graphics and dialogue were not the strongest; but, the show got good, really good. So, here is to hoping this can mirror what “Supernatural” was in its first five seasons: slow to begin, but once it got the ball rolling, it became phenomenal. We can all dream for a better “Gotham,” and I have my fingers crossed for its success, because who doesn’t like Batman? As of now I see “Gotham” as a comic-y CSI-type show.

Leah Poulliot is a junior media arts and design major. Contact her at poullilc@dukes.jmu.edu.

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SHARKS | JMU alumni create phone-charging station for businesses from front

Amber.

Shuey and Byrd said that Amber is different from other charging stations because it’s more visually appealing, easy to install and offers data security.

Audrey Barnes, assistant professor in JMU’s School of Art, Design and Art History and industrial design coordinator for JMU, supported the students’ vision as it took shape.

“I had [Byrd] in a few classes,” Barnes said “They worked on their design in the studio while still doing all of their other class projects.”

The alumni were sought out by “Shark Tank” producers in the spring of 2014 after Amber was discovered through a portfolio Shuey had created for a company he was an analyst for. “[Shark Tank] found the portfolio, liked our idea and called us up,” Byrd said.

Shuey received an email from “Shark Tank” while on spring break.

“I didn’t really know what it was,” Shuey said. “I called [Byrd] and we thought it was a joke.”

In June the two pitched Amber before “Shark Tank” judges while the cameras rolled.

“I didn’t really know what it was. I called [Byrd] and we thought it was a joke.”

Bill Shuey (‘14) Amber co-creator

“We were fully aware that there were 9, 10 million viewers watching us pitch our product,” Byrd said. “But you get nervous anytime you pitch your idea to someone.”

The two will be watching the show Friday with friends and family.

“To have our students go out and show what they can do makes me proud,” Barnes said.

Shuey and Byrd plan to continue their work with Amber after their debut on “Shark Tank.”

“Once entrepreneurship bites you, it doesn’t let go,” Shuey said. “We’ll sometimes throw other ideas around but right now we have to stay focused on Amber.”

Shuey and Byrd are leading the way for more greatness to emerge from JMU. “Designers create awesome things but rarely bring it to market,” Byrd said. “You have to be brave, but don’t be ignorant. Have the courage to throw your idea out there, but don’t give up if it doesn’t stick right away.”

Shuey and Byrd will be presenting Amber before the “Shark Tank” judges tomorrow night at 8 p.m. To learn more about Amber, visit their website at theamber.co.

CONTACT Natalie Miller at millernk@dukes.jmu.edu.

Art in the veins

Local artists bring the community together to paint

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Amber is a secure phone-charging station created by JMU alumni. Byrd and Shuey will pitch their idea to the judges on “Shark Tank” tomorrow night.

GROOVE | ‘We didn’t sit down like The Avett Brothers and say we’re going to wear vests and play funk with a bass drum on stage.’ from page 9

hear the crackling of a tour-worn amplifier operated by a broke, sleep deprived “Solidifying how much work we’ve put musician. in and seeing people that I consider to They had just rolled into Hartford, be my inspiration treat us as equals and Connecticut on Monday, as described come out on stage with us,” Hachey said. by Hachey via speaker phone from Now, after a sold-out show in Chica- inside their black Chevrolet van. It was go and a packed room in Bloomington, a day off for the group. They had been Indiana, Welles and company are really in Bloomington over the weekend and feeling the power in word-of-mouth on had to scratch off a Rock and Roll Hall the road. of Fame visit due to traffic.

“This tour has proved Allston, Massachuespecially that to us,” “Uncertainty is setts on Tuesday, New Welles said. “Everywhere Connecticut on always a part of it, Haven, we go there’s been more Wednesday, Harrisonand more bands coming but that’s kind of burg on Thursday, and up to us and telling stoback north to Albany, one of the exciting ries. How they’ve heard New York on Friday. The about us through one parts of the road.” road is filled with endless friend in Colorado or this miles for a band trying to person who didn’t actu- Scott Hachey make a name for themally make it to see us at guitarist for The selves on the East Coast.

Wakarusa [Music Festi- Magic Beans “Uncertainty is always val], but their friends did.” a part of it, but that’s Word-of-mouth has lost kind of one of the excitsome of its reign in the last ing parts of the road,” decade as high-dollar, technology-driv- Hachey said. en advertising has squandered the need The Beans take the stage at Clemfor such grassroots organization; how- entine Cafe on Thursday night at 9 ever, it bears indescribable impact in a p.m. alongside South Carolina-based scene rooted in independence.

Dangermuffin.

“It’s really has been incredible to get “Each show experience should be out on the road to a bunch of different quite different from the last,” Welles areas we’ve never been to before and see said. “We try to keep each Magic Beans that overwhelming response and hear show special and different.” about the word-of-mouth traveling like On Thursday, as Hachey queues up that,” Welles said. the opening tune, it will ultimately be up The Beans are tapping new markets, to Harrisonburg to decide if the Beans including all of this East Coast run. With are truly magical. that comes the unknown every time they pile into a room. Not much can be worse CONTACT Stephen Proffitt than playing to a room so empty you can at proffittjs@gmail.com.

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Mary Yoder (left) and a resident of Harrisonburg work on an Artery painting during September’s First Friday.

Even though Artery is held at different locations around Harrisonburg, the setup and idea are the same each time.

“They set up a canvas and encourage civilWhen you think of the word, “artery,” you ians and kids, especially, to contribute anything probably picture something out of your health they want,” Mary Yoder, contributing artist and textbook — but Harrisonburg’s art community Augusta County middle school art teacher, said.

“If Denise Allen sees an emerging theme, she will is giving the word a whole new meaning.

Artery is a troupe of artists working live in push [the kids] in that direction but, if not, she’ll the public sphere to collectively create a single just let them go nuts.”

It’s not just kids that are participating, though. piece of art. On the first Friday of every month, people can enjoy the extended hours of many Store owners around Harrisonburg have caught the creative bug, too. different shops and be exposed to “ D i f f e re nt l o cat i o n s a re a variety arts, including Artery. The encouraged to have a piece of art, group of artists set up a canvas at “Trip came up visual or performing, that anyone different events, allowing others to with the name can see or contribute to,” said Jen add to the painting as they see fit at various locations downtown during ‘artery,’ and we just Edwards, owner of Dragonflies Toys, which was a recent Artery First Fridays. decided to invite location.

Like many of the art projects One example of an Artery conaround Harrisonburg, Artery was the community tribution that’s still on display is not started by one person, but to join in.” a crowd favorite — the Lego Art began with a group of collaboratthat hangs around Dragonflies ing artists; two of whom are JMU Denise Allen Toys. graduates, Denise Allen (‘08) and (‘08) Nate Shearer created photoTrip Madison (‘10). At first, Allen co-creator of Artery graphs of Lego pieces that are held what she called “Joint Shows”, posed in various human situawhere she invited local artists to get tions and are hung around the together and paint. According to store in white frames. The first Allen, these local artists just wanted to get together and create art by “[holding] con- one you see as you walk into the store is a Lego versations with our paint brushes.” After a while riding a motorcycle, getting into an accident and it became difficult for the artists to continue looking very upset at his injuries. Customers only meeting with their busy schedules and obliga- had great things to say about these photographs, describing them as “funny,” “cute,” and a “very tions. Allen knew something had to change.

Together, Allen and Madison decided to open original idea.” It’s zany, interesting pieces like this that make Artery so fun and inviting. up these “joint shows” to the community.

The artists contributing to Artery are well“Trip came up with the name ‘artery,’” Allen said. “And we just decided to invite the commu- versed in the art of creativity, being involved in many works of art in Harrisonburg. Hannah nity to join in.”

This outreach, however, created some prob- Hopkins, another collaborator, is also involved lems of its own. With the community joining in in an upcoming theatre production in Harrisonon the fun, it became expensive to provide paint, burg called “Rumors.”

The next Artery event will be held on Oct. 3 brushes and canvases for each event. Thanks to the Arts Council of the Valley, Artery received the in Denton Pocket Park which is off South Main Creative Inspiration grant in 2013, allowing them Street, across from the Massanutten Regional to buy more supplies and keep the events going. Library. Anyone is welcome to come get their Since its first event, Artery on the Square, in brushes dirty. More information about Artery August 2013, Artery has evolved from just two can be found at facebook.com/mainarterylive. artists to 12. These artists and contributing community members have created more than 20 CONTACT Christina Ramsey at paintings. ramseycl@dukes.jmu.edu.

By CHRISTINA RAMSEY contributing writer

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Rising above

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Junior marketing major Matt Narzikul evades a defender during club rugby practice Tuesday night. The team defeated the University of Mary Washington last Saturday and is now 2-0.

Club rugby team works through injuries and losing captain, hopes for chance at national championship

By Andrew hopkins contributing writer

For anyone who is unfamiliar with the Madison Rugby Football Club, it’s alive and thriving. The team finished third in the nation last year, and has its sights set on a national championship this season.

The Dukes’ “varsity” team stands at 2-0 in the Division II Cardinal Conference alongside six other Virginia schools. There’s also a “junior varsity” team that plays in the Virginia Rugby Union. Mark Lambourne, their head coach, is a former rugby player and native of England. Soon after moving to California, he played for the University of California, Berkeley and won a national championship in 1985. In 1991 Lambourne helped re-found San Francisco’s legendary Olympic Rugby Club.

The Dukes suffered a loss this year when senior captain Jake Saintcross had to leave school for personal reasons. When asked about Madison Rugby, Saintcross showed nothing but love.

“Rugby at JMU works just as hard as any varsity sport anywhere,” Saintcross said. “I mean that. If I had more support from the school as a student athlete I might have been able to balance school and rugby. Rugby isn’t over for me and it definitely isn’t over for Madison Rugby.”

Senior international business major Sean Davidson and senior economics and finance double major Evan Larson agree that Madison Rugby could compete on a Division I level.

The Dukes defeated the University of Mary Washington’s team, the second-ranked team in the conference, on Saturday. JMU has kept up with Division I rugby teams in the past, and is confident that with proper funding they could succeed.

“There is [Division I] and [Division I] Premier, which is like [Division I] on steroids,” Davidson said. “In the past we have beaten [Division I] Virginia Tech and had a very close match against [Division I] Clemson. We got crushed by [Division I] Premier Cal-Berkeley, but it was a great learning experience.”

Meanwhile, the current players aren’t happy about the loss of Saintcross, but don’t like to dwell on the negative. They are adamant about their depth and resilience.

“Having depth is key to this sport,” Dan Wright, a senior sports and recreation major said.

“When one man leaves or gets injured, somebody else has to step up.”

In rugby, players have to be quick on their feet and with their minds. Bodies constantly

Football (2-2)

collide, and the ball can be punted or thrown at any given moment.

“Rugby players have to be smart,” Larson said. “Communications and split-second decisions are essential elements of this sport.”

Club athletes don’t have benefits such as access to athlete-only gyms or certified physical trainers. They’re forced to work out at UREC, which makes it difficult to lift as a team.

In addition, balancing the financial stress of going to school without any scholarship help while playing a competitive sport can be tough to handle.

Davidson compared rugby to football, but there are a variety of ways to score and no padding is worn. A try is worth five points and is similar to a touchdown, except that one must place the ball on the ground in a designated area. Following a try, there is a field goalesque kick attempt that’s worth two points. Another way to score is a penalty kick, which is worth three points.

“In rugby any player can score or make a big hit, it is exciting and unique,” Davidson said.

During the Mary Washington match, there were injuries on both sides. Cramps and icerequiring knee issues occurred frequently. Injuries are common in rugby, but the Dukes are proud of their ability to recover.

“There are a lot of minor injuries like broken fingers, knee damage and concussions,” Larson said. “We have a tough group of guys though, they will be ready to play again within a few days.”

However, there are occasionally major injuries, and Saintcross added that having the medical benefits of a Division I athlete would have been a huge help.

“I couldn’t get a high ankle sprain checked out without having to spend a fortune at a doctor’s office, so I ignored it and it led to a pretty nasty knee injury,” Saintcross said.

Larson and Davidson agree that some can’t-miss matches this season are against Old Dominion University (Oct. 4 , away), Virginia Tech (Oct. 11, home) and Virginia Military Institute (Oct. 18, away). The pair stressed that the team is gunning for a national championship this year.

“We are playing really well,” Larson said. “Not quite our best, but we are very close to being there.”

The Dukes’ next home match is at 1 p.m. this Saturday against the College of William and Mary on the East Campus turf.

Contact Andrew Hopkins at hopkinad@dukes.jmu.edu.

Dukes set for conference rivalry University of Delaware travels to face JMU at Bridgeforth on Saturday By richie bozek The Breeze

Last weekend JMU was dealt its second loss of the season at the hands of Villanova University, falling 49-31. The Dukes will be playing at home for the second time Saturday when they host the University of Delaware Blue Hens at Bridgeforth Stadium.

As the Dukes look to bounce back and earn their third win of the season, here are some of the top storylines to keep an eye on as we head into Saturday’s contest in this week’s edition of Four Downs of the Week.

1. Conference rivals

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Redshirt junior quarterback Vad Lee will lead what JMU hopes will be a more balanced offense this Saturday.

Nearly every matchup against a fellow Colonial Athletic Association opponent can be considered a rivalry, but the University of Delaware may be a bit more than others. This will be the 22nd meeting on the football field between the two schools, including both regular and postseason games, with Delaware leading the series 13-8.

“It’s all about us getting prepared to go and play another game,” head coach Everett Withers said on Tuesday after practice.

The Blue Hens will be arriving in Harrisonburg with a record of 2-1. This week, Delaware snuck into The Sports Network’s Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 Poll at No. 25. The matchup against the Dukes is their first CAA action of the season.

Statistics-wise, the Blue Hens sit in the middle of the pack of the CAA. They are currently ranked seventh in total offense and sixth in total defense.

Regardless of stats and rankings, Saturday’s rivalry atmosphere could make for an exciting game.

“They are very well-coached, they have a great tradition, they are coming off a bye week, we know we are going to get their best shot,” defensive coordinator Brandon Staley said after Tuesday’s practice.

2. Inside the defense Against Villanova, eight JMU freshmen played on defense, five of whom were true freshman and three were redshirt freshmen.

The Dukes have consistently played younger players on the defensive side of the ball all season, with the idea of getting them as much experience as possible. The Dukes feel that this experience is paying off and hope it will continue to pay off as the season progresses.

“We’ve had a difficult early schedule, but they’ve competed their tail off,” Staley said.

“The big thing is in the next few weeks we’re really going to reap the benefits of them playing so early.”

Last Saturday against the Wildcats the Dukes surrendered 563 total offensive yards. On the see football, page 12

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JMU sports to reward its fans New points system allows students to win prizes for using social media, attending sporting events

By Peter Cagno contributing writer

Instead of tweeting that they don’t want to go to class or posting an Instagram of what they ate for lunch two Thursdays ago, JMU students can now put their social media skills to work and win a number of prizes.

JMU Athletics Marketing, with the help of the loyalty program intelligence company FanMaker, created a rewards-based program to help boost sporting event attendance and to further reward and motivate the Dukes’ loyal fan base.

The program, called Dukes Rewards, aims to make students more active and involved in athletics at JMU. “There are challenges across the country with student attendance,” Stephen Pugh, director of marketing for JMU Athletics, said.

“It’s one of those things that we wanted to do to help students get engaged and get rewarded for supporting us.”

Students can earn points by attending any JMU sporting event on campus and “checking in” via GPS with the mobile app powered by FanMaker. Points can also be earned by retweeting and sharing JMU sports accounts on various social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Students connect their accounts to the FanMaker program so it can track their activity.

The only personal information required from students is their name, email and student ID number.

The points can then be redeemed for prizes such as a Duke Dog lawn gnome (10,000 points), limited edition T-shirts (10,000 points each), a signed football jersey (20,000 points) and Beats by Dre headphones (35,000 points).

These reward programs are implemented at several other schools across the country, including the University of Oregon and the University of Oklahoma.

“What makes this program unique is that you don’t only earn points from going to games, but also if you’re interacting with us on social media and helping promote JMU athletics,” Pugh said.

When asked if JMU Sports was struggling to get social media hits, Pugh said it wasn’t. “[This was] simply an effort to further engage and reward students for interacting with our brand,” Pugh said.

Dukes Rewards had approximately 500 participants since the soft release of the program earlier this month.

“Students are tweeting and retweeting and hopefully their friends see it and say, ‘Oh, I don’t follow JMU sports but I will now,’ so we’re reaching new people through that,” Pugh said.

Students appear open to the idea of the program. Sophomore finance major Neema Tahmasebi thinks that, although she’s not enrolling in it, it’s a good idea.

“I think it will really help out student attendance if there is an incentive like this,” Tahmasebi said.

In addition to helping gain attendance at home events, Dukes

Rewards compensates fans for showing up by awarding them points when they check in.

The highest point-earning events are football, swimming and diving at 1,000 points, and track and field at 2,000. Other sports vary in point value from 150 to 500 points.

“We’re adding prizes too, such as lunches with coaches and being able to go down on the field at football games,” Pugh said.

If they don’t go to a game, students can also earn 500 points each time they follow or like a JMU sports social media page, and 50 points for each retweet and share.

“I think a lot of students on campus are unaware of how successful our men’s and women’s athletic teams actually are,” sophomore communication studies major Matt Cohn said, who hasn’t enrolled in Dukes Rewards. “It wasn’t until I followed JMU Sports on Twitter that I realized that our athletic teams are consistently ranked in the top 25 in the nation and face other top competition as well.”

Getting as many students on the rewards program and having as many athletic supporters as possible is the ultimate goal of the campaign.

“JMU students already have a copious amount of school spirit,” Cohn said. “I believe that these incentives will only strengthen that spirit and more students will go to games to cheer on their fellow Dukes.”

Contact Peter Cagno at cagnopx@dukes.jmu.edu.

soccer | Martin: ‘I don’t want your sympathy ... I want your work’ from front

“I think the fact that Coach Martin hired [Foley] twice speaks volumes to his ability to not only coach and maintain a good culture on the team, but ultimately it’ll mean there’s an opportunity to be successful,” Bourne said. “I think he relates extremely well to the student-athletes. I believe they respect him and they will work extremely hard for him.”

Martin said he’s happy JMU went with Foley and that he was “100 percent in favor of it,” but it also wasn’t his decision.

Foley said he and Martin have always split responsibilities, so he’s hoping that will help with the transition.

“It’s never been he’s responsible for this and I’m responsible for that,” Foley said.

“We’ve always worked together in almost every aspect of the program.”

In 2012, Foley coached several games as a fill-in head coach after Martin had eye surgery during the season. Foley also filled in for a game back in his first stint with the Dukes. He said those experiences were very valuable for him as he now prepares to officially take over at JMU. Aside from Martin, Foley is also thankful to have worked with with former University of Connecticut head coach Joe Morrone, who he played for from 1987-1990 and coached under in 1994. Marrone is 11th on the NCAA Division I all-time men’s soccer coach wins list, with a record of 417-196-63.

Meanwhile, Martin leads all active Division I men’s soccer coaches in wins with a 472-194-65 career record. He’s also fifth on the all-time coaching wins list.

“Their soccer knowledge, how to run a program, is phenomenal with both men,” Foley said. “I owe a lot to them, and I’m grateful for the opportunity once this

season’s over to move and kind of be in charge of this program here.”

Martin notified the current team about the coaching news on Monday after debating on when exactly to do it.

“There’s no good time to do that,” Martin said. “Do I tell guys in the middle or the late summer when they’ve already made plans to come back for the fall? Do wait until the season is over and just kind of walk off into the sunset? I don’t know what the best time was.”

He said making the announcement wasn’t easy, but he kept it short. He wasn’t quite sure what the overall reaction was, though he did say it was quiet and he’s sure there was some surprise and concern. Players weren’t made available for comment.

“I told the kids … I said, ‘look, I don’t want your sympathy and I don’t want your congratulations, I want your work. And want you to buy in to what we’re doing,” Martin said.

The Dukes followed up by beating West Virginia University 4-3 in double overtime at home Tuesday night. Martin said he wasn’t sure if the team seem to respond to the news it received Monday with heightened play Tuesday, but he was happy with what he saw.

“I was really proud of the guys [Tuesday] night,” Martin said. “Unbelievably proud, the way they responded against a good team. Regardless of my specific situation.”

At this point, Foley said his role hasn’t changed yet. He said he’s remaining focused on the current schedule and the current roster. He also said he’s still handling his typical player development and recruiting duties.

Foley said he does have some ideas in his head for when he officially is in charge,

but he doesn’t want to get too far ahead.

“All I’ve been doing is kind of accumulating information,” Foley said. “And then once the season’s over, then I’ll kind of put my plan together.”

Martin said he had planned on working maybe five more years. He hasn’t really thought yet about whether or not he’ll contribute to the program in the future, possibly on a volunteer basis. He said it’s not up to him, but instead, Foley and the returning staff.

“If they need me, they can find me,” Martin said. “But I haven’t thought that far ahead. I’d consider teaching, I’d consider helping out, I’d consider helping out somewhere else or maybe looking at another job.”

Right now, Martin isn’t sure how the announcement may affect the rest of the season. The only thing he is expecting is some recognition from the fellow coaches he’ll be facing on the rest of the schedule.

That already started against West Virginia Tuesday, when the coaches congratulated him on his career.

Martin said he’s fortunate to have been at JMU for almost 30 years. And now that his term is coming to a close, his experience here is what stands out.

“I may be at the end of my coaching trail at JMU, but it’s not the end of the trail that’s enjoyable for me,” Martin said. “It’s the things that happened along the way and people that you meet and how that affects you in a positive way. And I’m really happy and fortunate to be able to help a lot of people get on with their life. That’s what what we’re supposed to be doing anyway, isn’t it?”

Contact Wayne Epps Jr. at breezesports@gmail.com.

Photo by Daniel Stein / contributing photographer

Head coach Tom Martin (right) and his incumbent and current associate head coach Tom Foley look on from the sidelines during Tuesday’s win over West Virginia University.

Football | Tough CAA matchup looms, defense looks to improve from page 11

ground Villanova rushed for 226 yards. Although this is the least amount of rushing yards the Dukes defense has let up all season, they still sit in the latter half of the league table in that statistic, allowing 272.5 yards per game.

The Achilles heel was actually stopping the passing game of Villanova quarterback John Robertson, who earned CAA Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Dukes, completing 22 of 27 passes for 337 yards and four touchdowns.

Staley says the Delaware offense is similar to Villanova’s in some ways, primarily in their offensive balance.

“They are going to try and achieve that balance,” Staley said.

“They have a really good offensive line and really good core tight ends to try and control the line of scrimmage, and in the passing game try create chunk plays down the field off play action.”

Senior quarterback Trent Hurley is at the helm of the offense for the Blue Hens and is in his third season of doing so. This year he’s averaging 149.3 passing yards per game on the season. Senior wide receiver Michael Johnson is their biggest threat through the air and has been thrown to for over a third of their passing completions on the season.

Staley and the Dukes are also mindful of Delaware’s two primary running backs — sophomores Jalen Randolph and Wes Hills — who Staley feels complement each other notably well.

The key for the Dukes defensively against Delaware will be bringing back what they did in first half against Villanova, and learning from the second half. The Dukes recovered three fumbles and held a 21-14 lead at the end of the first half, but had no

answer for their opponent’s offense in the second half and were outscored 35-10.

In Saturday’s post-game press conference, Withers said he would be becoming more involved on the defensive side of the ball during practice. Withers was formerly the defensive coordinator at Ohio State University and University of North Carolina, among other schools, and has worked for defensive staffs in the NFL. This week Withers said he has been working with the outside linebacker position.

3. Get the running game going again The running game has been a strong point of the Dukes’ offense so far this season. However, the Dukes were held to just 162 yards on the ground against Villanova, nearly 100 yards below their weekly average. Despite this, the Dukes still lead the CAA in rushing yards per game (245.8).

Last week the Dukes had two running backs who saw plenty of touches in the first four games of the season out with injury — sophomore Khalid Abdullah and redshirt senior Jauan Latney.

The coaching staff feels that it was Villanova’s game plan that slowed down the running game, rather that the lack of forces behind the ball.

According to Withers, both Abdullah and Latney are probable for the Delaware game. Miller was wearing a walking boot at Tuesday’s practice, but his playing status is still unknown.

Abdullah started the first two games of the season for the Dukes, but hasn’t seen the game field since leaving in the first

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“They have really good players up front, and they will be one of the bigger teams that we’ve played so we’re going to have to come out and bring our A-game,” offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer said.

4. Growing in the offense Saturday will be transfer redshirt junior quarterback Vad Lee’s fifth game running the Dukes’ offense.

Offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Drew Mehringer is proud of the progress Lee has made.

“Obviously the first couple weeks [Lee] showed his ability to run, and we asked him to step up the passing game and he did that better than I ever even hoped he would,” Mehringer said.

“He’s come a long way.”

Lee has been the Dukes’ leading rusher on the season, averaging about 85 yards a game, fifth best of all rushers in the CAA. Last weekend, out of necessity, Lee broke the school record with 406 passing yards.

The Dukes are looking to get the running game back up to par against Delaware, but would also like to keep the passing game at the level it was against Villanova.

“We’re going to try and be balanced as much as we can with some emphasis on trying to run the ball,” Mehringer said. “Thankfully we’ve seen that our quarterback can do it. It should be a fun game for us.”

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