For online updates, visit @TheBreezeJMU and @breeze_sports on Twitter and “Like” The Breeze on Facebook.
Check out our video channel,
BreezeVideo
Serving James Madison University Since 1922 breezejmu.org
Vol. 87, No. 11 Monday, October 4, 2010
Rain 59°/44° chance of precipitation: 50%
FOOTBALL
EARLY END TO A PERFECT RUN Even without star quarterback, Delaware beats Dukes 13-10 By MICHAEL DEMSKY The Breeze
PHOTOS BY ROBERT BOAG / THE BREEZE
Starting strong safety redshirt junior Vidal Nelson had seven tackles against Delaware, but it was a series of missed tackles and mental mistakes that led to the loss for the Dukes. RIGHT After going 3-0 for the first time under Coach Mickey Matthews, the Dukes lost their first conference game of the season.
Four games into the season and the JMU football team has begun to see some trends in its play, both good and bad. While the defense continues to shut down the opposition, the Dukes’ inability to score points and play disciplined football finally caught up with them Saturday afternoon. The team started Colonial Athletic Association play with a major disappointment, falling to the University of Delaware, -, at Bridgeforth Stadium on Saturday. Behind a sold-out, yet overly tame crowd of parents and students enjoying the Family Weekend festivities, JMU (-, - in the CAA) didn’t seem to be in prime form from the start against the Blue Hens (-, -). The team missed a field goal, lost a fumble and punted the ball twice to end its four first quarter drives. But the story early on was an injury to Delaware senior quarterback Pat Devlin. Devlin, a transfer from Penn State, was knocked out of the game with a concussion on the second play of the game following a tackle by JMU redshirt junior defensive end D.J. Bryant. The injury occurred after Devlin, who was already nursing a broken left wrist, handed the ball off to freshman running back Andrew Pierce and was hit by Bryant soon thereafter. “On that play, my responsibility was the quarterback,” Bryant said. “So when he came up the field, I thought he still had the ball and I made the tackle.” The Delaware side took issue with the play after the game as they were adamant the tackle was illegal. “The defensive lineman came in and got a late hit on the quarterback,” Delaware sophomore wide receiver Rob Jones said. “It’s a tough loss when it’s your starting quarterback.”
For game analysis, PAGE 9
Delaware sophomore outside linebacker Paul Worrilow backed up his teammate’s words. “Yes, it was a late hit,” Worrilow said. “Unnecessary.” Following the loss of Devlin, the reigns of the Delaware offense were put in the hands of redshirt freshman Trevor Sasek. Prior to Saturday, Sasek’s only game experience was taking over for Devlin in the Blue Hen’s - victory over Duquesne University on Sept. . “Losing Pat was tough,” Delaware head coach K.C. Keener said. “I think it was big that Trevor played a full game against Duquesne and I think he weathered the storm pretty well. Obviously Pat’s one of the best players in the country, so see FOOTBALL, page 10
Campus construction continues Wayland Hall to offer performing arts learning community
PAUL JONES / THE BREEZE
Wayland Hall will be a sustainable building featuring geothermal technology.
New bioscience building on East Campus to group all sciences
By LANI FURBANK contributing writer
By ANNE ELSEA contributing writer
When work on JMU’s sixth Bluestone renovation project is complete, the university will have its first visual and performing arts residential learning community. Construction on Wayland Hall began this summer and should be ready for its residents by summer . The first-year residence hall may have the arts learning community, but it will not be exclusive to just arts majors. Maggie Burkhart Evans, the director of the Office of Residence Life, oversees the design planning and space usage of the building. She and her team surveyed residents of Wayland and Hoffman Halls to get student opinion on the design of the new hall. “I have been so pleased with the positive responses to the major changes we’ve proposed,” Evans said. She said President Linwood Rose was “involved in the design process, and his support of this project has been inspirational. It will be a source of great pride for JMU.” The goal is to select students who have a
JMU will soon add another structure to the skyline of the east side of campus. With the scheduled May completion of the biosciences building, all of the science buildings at JMU will be located on the east side of campus. The building will be , square feet and will cost about $ million. “The primary usage of the building is going to be biology and biochemistry,” said Don Egle, university spokesman. With the biology department currently located in Burruss Hall on the Quad, the new building will have more space for instruction and research, including a microscopy suite and the most up-todate scientific equipment for student usage. “We expect to add a Transmission Electron Microscope,” said David Brakke, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics. “It will also expand our capacity to offer laboratories for key courses that are in high demand from the health professions and pre-professional students.” The hope is flexibility in classrooms would help
see WAYLAND, page 4
ROBERT BOAG / THE BREEZE
State-of-the-art lab equipment will fill the sustainable bioscience building.
see BIOLOGY, page 4
BOARD OF VISITORS
Plans for ‘student success center’ unveiled By MATT SUTHERLAND The Breeze
ROBERT BOAG / THE BREEZE
Charles King, the senior vice president for Administration and Finance, discusses the recent acquisition of the towers of the former Rockingham Memorial Hospital facility.
10/4 INSIDE
3
NEWS Star gazing
Jupiter won’t be this close to Earth for to years.
On Friday, the Board of Visitors announced JMU officially took control of a large part of the former Rockingham Memorial Hospital facility. Charles King, the senior vice president for Administration and Finance, explained to the board that the North, South, East and West towers were formally in JMU’s possession as of Friday. The towers are a large piece of the facility, although JMU will not take complete control of the complex until December . Purchased in for $. million, the former RMH facilities — now known as North Campus — include nine buildings and more than , square feet. “That’s a pretty reasonable acquisition there, as far as square footage,” King said. Randy Mitchell, associate vice president for Student Success, also unveiled a plan to the board to convert the West
5
OPINION Bump this
A new social media site stirs privacy concerns on the road.
Tower into a “student success center.” This will include offices for departments, a dining facility, a health center and experimental classrooms. “We want a building where every student can use everything in that building,” Mitchell said. “This is going to be a very important crossroads of the campus. This intersection with [the West Tower], the library and the student center, this becomes a very dynamic place, so it has to be accessible in that regard.” JMU also plans to demolish the South Tower to make room for a grassy area next to the West Tower. King said this would serve a purpose almost like the Quad. According to King, Carrier Library, Burruss Hall, Phillips Hall and the student center are primary reasons for developing this region. “There’s thousands of students that are in this area and we want to figure out a way to connect the North Campus to the Bluestone campus,” King said.
7
LIFE Wielding wizardry
Students hope to organize a Quidditch team this year.
According to King, JMU will take possession of the Wine-Price Building at Ott St. in December. JMU will renovate the building and transfer its human resources, procurement and training offices there in the spring. The former Cancer Center, across from Miller and Duke Halls, is planned to be converted into a new Office of Admissions. According to King, the admissions office has outgrown the space provided at Sonner Hall. “There’s not a lot of very convenient parking for our guests, and it’s a long way away from the Bluestone Campus, where we conduct the majority of our visitor tours,” King said. “This has easy access off of Main Street, it gives them plenty of room to expand, and they can walk just across [Cantrell Avenue], and be right on the Bluestone campus.” By December , RMH will vacate the entire facility, and it will
see BOARD, page 4
9
SPORTS Costly mistakes
JMU’s penalties for yards were a major factor in Saturday’s loss.