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By DANNY INAL & NIKOLAI PERRY The Breeze This November, voters will see three statewide ballot measures alongside their choices for representation. Three proposed amendments to Virginia’s state constitution are now in the hands of voters, dealing with issues of abortion and reproductive health care, same-sex marriage and voting eligibility. The Breeze sat down with Dukes to see what they thought of the proposed amendments, asking about their thoughts on the amendments.

Amendment 1: reproductive care access

The first ballot measure would amend the Virginia Constitution to ensure individuals retain the freedom to make reproductive care decisions, including abortions and birth control. The proposed amendment would also institute protections to prevent healthcare workers and patients from being punished for these decisions and allow for restrictions on thirdtrimester abortions — excluding cases when the patient’s health is at risk, or the pregnancy can’t survive. Overall, Dukes seemed to agree that the proposed changes to codify the right to choose to have an abortion should be enacted. “[Pregnancy] can have so many negative implications on women’s lives. I think it’s really important for women to have the right to choose,” freshman business management major Rorie Flinn said. Along with concerns about negative health implications, some Dukes shared concerns about equality of access to healthcare decisions. “Allowing for a woman to choose what they would want to do with their own body, at the end of the day, is their choice. Everyone should have that same opportunity,” said Truc Truong, a freshman computer information systems major.

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How Dukes are voting on Virginia constitutional amendments on Nov. 3

Others, like Kristina McWhinney, a junior psychology major, found some solace in the idea of the ballot measure passing. “A lot of us weren’t expecting Roe v. Wade to be overturned … and I think at least having that security in Virginia, knowing that we all have those rights on a state level, it really is important, and it provides a sense of relief,” McWhinney said. Not all students agreed, though. Henry Fitzpatrick, a freshman business management student, expressed his reservations. “I feel like people have the right to do what they want to do … I don’t know … I’m going to decline on that one because of how 50/50, how controversial that would make it,” Fitzpatrick said.

Amendment 2: same-sex and interracial marriage

Currently, the right to get married as a gay or interracial couple in Virginia is only held up by United States Supreme Court precedent. Amendment 2 seeks to protect same sex marriage in Virginia should the Supreme Court precedent fall, along with marriages regardless of sex, gender or race, and would require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law. Most of the students interviewed agreed with the proposed amendment. “Marriage equality should be implemented within Virginia,” Truong said. “Not that many states have the opportunity for people of different backgrounds to have the marriage that they want. I have a gay brother and friends, and I would want them to have the same opportunities that I have as a heterosexual person.” Students also brought up the tax implications involved with the right to get married, especially the inequalities between same sex and hetrosexual couples.

Nicholas Luces, a junior physics major, said, “The gay marriage thing … there’s actually a lot of tax and insurance reasons that go into it that I actually didn’t know much about, and obviously I think it’s only fair if you know those people, those couples get the same rights as non-gay marriages.”

Amendment 3: felons’ eligibility to vote

The last ballot measure asks Virginians about restoring felons’ right to vote upon release from incarceration and guaranteeing the fundamental right to vote. The measure also proposes shifting the preexisting prohibition on voting from applying to those found to be mentally incompetent, to those who lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. When asked about the proposed change to restore felons’ right to vote, Dukes had a variety of complex and nuanced opinions. “Depending on what kind of felony it is, [the felony] could warp the type of political views [a felon] could hold,” junior physics and math major Ezekiel Luebeck said. While some students disagreed with letting felons vote, others discussed the complex situations felons could be in. “[Felons] are still going to be impacted by who’s chosen, and also Black people get discriminated against in the judicial system at such a higher rate, especially with drug charges. And if you get arrested for possessing, and then your right to vote is taken away. I think that’s really unfair,” senior international affairs major Laila Peterson said.

Are Dukes going to the polls?

According to the Center for Information & Research On Civic Learning for Engagement (CIRCLE)’s National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), in 2024, 53% of college

students voted. That’s higher than the 52% of students who voted in the 2016 presidential election, but lower than the 66% of students who voted in the 2020 presidential election. When asked about their willingness to vote, some students felt unchanged after learning about Virginia’s proposed amendment changes.

“I don’t really believe in [the midterms] ... I feel kind of disillusioned as a voter.” - junior physics and math major Ezekiel Luebeck

“I don’t really believe in [the midterms],” Luebeck said. “I feel kind of disillusioned as a voter.” Other Dukes said that they wanted to vote even more than before after learning about proposed amendment changes. “I do appreciate interviews like this. This just makes me want to go and [vote] early too, so that I don’t have to worry about it later on,” Peterson said. To the Dukes who already planned on voting, the issues addressed in these amendments bolstered their agency to vote even more. Read more online at breezejmu.org CONTACT Danny Inal at inaldm@dukes. jmu.edu & Nikolai Perry at perry3ae@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

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JMU breaks ground on new $115 million CHBS building

By EMMA BROWN & SARA HELWE PAGET The Breeze

Cheers and applause rang from near the Grace Street Courtyard as University President Jim Schmidt and other officials dug purple-and-gold shovels into the construction site of the new Health and Behavioral Studies (CHBS) building. The Virginia General Assembly approved $115.3 million for the new building in the state budget, passed June 29. Schmidt and JMU and government officials contributing to the construction of the new building held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday afternoon, following a healthcare workforce forum that morning.

Healthcare workforce forum

Schmidt and College of Health and Behavioral Studies Dean Sharon Lovell convened a forum of top healthcare professionals in anticipation of the CHBS groundbreaking ceremony. Schmidt said that because so many healthcare professionals were going to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, the college wanted to “set aside some time to get really intentional about what [it] should be looking at over the next several years.” Lovell began by introducing members of the panel: • Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Daryl Washington • Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), Scott Fleming

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President of Blue Ridge Community College, John Downey • Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Augusta Health, Crystal Farmer • Director of Workforce Initiatives at the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, Sharon Alexander • Program Coordinator for the Virginia Rural Health Association, Danielle Montague • Executive Director of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Nathaniel Draper • Chief Operating Officer of Valley Health, Tonya Smith • Virginia State Delegate of the 35th District, Chris Runion • President of the Behavioral Health Service Line at Inova Health, Eric Alcera • Chief Executive Officer of Claude Moore Opportunities, William Hazel • Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Marvin Figueroa Lovell began the conversation by asking panel members to share concerns and hopes about the future of Virginia’s healthcare. Panel members shared concerns about healthcare access and recruitment of healthcare professionals, highlighting a shortage of professionals and access in rural areas. “Looking at rural Virginia, we are absolutely concerned about … how we are going to recruit more individuals,” Montague said. “How do we make rural health attractive in our areas where there’s so much need?”

JMU broke ground on the CHBS building on Oct. 26. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

Panel members discussed the responsible use of technology in aiding this lack of access, speaking about how and when telehealth may be used to assist people in these rural areas. “I think we’ve got a great opportunity to address that [lack of access] through a digitalization of the system approach,” Runion said. “It still has to have a human focus to it, but [we also] need to be able to use the technology and make sure … [people] in those communities have access. Ways to maintain the healthcare workforce were discussed, and Hazel spoke about the need for collaboration between behavioral health professions. Alcera added that leaders need to think creatively about where that workforce will come from in the future. Lovell asked the panel members representing hospitals if there were specific workforce innovations they might suggest to other partners, especially on the education side. Smith said that a hospital’s need for information technology (IT) professionals often goes overlooked and that it is necessary in order to implement things like telehealth access. Panel members discussed the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, where Hazel brought up the places where the technologies used in healthcare need to be defined. “The first thing that came up was … do we have a common citizenship understanding for the use of AI? Then the second piece is governance, and then the third piece is safety … the final thing [is] what is the base knowledge that underlies [AI use],” Hazel said. Panel members discussed academic models that could benefit healthcare professionals, with Hazel identifying a need for more

healthcare experience in school before being put into the workforce. Farmer believes that collaboration between education systems and other players is necessary to equip professionals coming into the field. “I think that’s where health systems, educational systems and legislators can come together is education for all the health professions,” Farmer said. “We really want to focus on pre-hospital care, population health … most of what we do is on the outpatient side.” Panel members discussed rising costs of healthcare, and Alcera identified the concern of pressures in healthcare that balance serving communities and managing the cost of care. “I would love to drum up philanthropy and get all of our services across the board, but that’s just not a reality,” Alcera said. “The reality of our service model perpetuates this. We only get paid for what we need to treat.” Schmidt brought up businesses he’d worked with in Wisconsin as former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire that have taken insurance companies out of the middle, pointing out interesting healthcare system models. Read more online at breezejmu.org CONTACT Emma Brown at breezenews@ gmail.com and Sara Helwe Paget at pagetsh@dukes.jmu.edu. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

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Student Government celebrates Halloween By JAMYA RIBBON The Breeze

The Student Government Association (SGA) celebrated Halloween early by dressing out of formal wear and into their costumes as they approved contingency funds and appointed a new Faculty Senate liaison.

A spooky senate

The SGA opened the meeting by suspending house rules to allow “Halloween Senate,” with each committee dressed up in a themed Halloween costume, then they later voted for the best committee. The University Services Committee was declared the winner, with sophomore University Services Chairperson Alex Hernandez dressed as Snow White and the other members as the Seven Dwarfs. The prize was custom committee merchandise.

$3,000 to American Marketing Association

The SGA approved $3,000 to JMU’s chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) to attend the 2027 AMA International Collegiate Conference. The organization offers marketing students hands-on experience with national conferences, workshops and networking opportunities, junior marketing major Maryam Menkara said. Menkara, the collegiate chapter president, said the experience would be a valuable opportunity for students to bring back skills to the JMU community, adding that the previous trip in 2026 resulted in internship and job opportunities for club members. She added that over the years, the club has managed to bring more and more members to

the conference, and that the club was hoping to continue that growth. “In those few days, they’ve become so much more put together and professional, and I think that really shows the impact of all the opportunities they are able to experience,” junior finance major and AMA treasurer Andrew Duffy said. The SGA passed the resolution, which will partially cover hotel and transportation fees in addition to the group’s fundraising.

$1,000 to Madison Dance

The SGA unanimously approved $1,000 to the Madison Dance Club (MDC) to go toward the Madison Dance Fall Showcase. The event, scheduled for Dec. 6, is an end-of-semester showcase featuring jazz, contemporary, tap and hip hop routines, junior health sciences major and MDC treasurer Brooke Magill said. Magill said fees will cover the cost of renting out Wilson Auditorium for the event, as well as a photographer to take team pictures and showcase and dress rehearsal photos. “We’re a club that brings together people who love to dance throughout college, but not at a collegiate or at a D[ivision] I level,” Magill said. “Just a defining community of people who like to dance.” SGA members commended the group’s fundraising efforts, in which they managed to bring in $3,405 from dues, a QDOBA partnership and a Venmo challenge. Read more online at breezejmu.org CONTACT JaMya Ribbon at ribbonjm@dukes. jmu.edu. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

SGA members dressed up in Halloween costumes at their Oct. 27 senate meeting. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

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Midterm elections voter guide

Everything Dukes should know before voting on Election Day By EMMA BROWN The Breeze As the Nov. 3 Virginia midterm elections steadily approach, some Dukes may still be unsure of which candidates to vote for. With Election Day just over a week away, here’s what you need to know before voting.

Who and what’s on the ballot?

This election cycle, Virginia is electing one of its two United States senators to serve for the next six years. Virginia is also electing representatives for 11 Congressional districts for the House of Representatives. In addition, Virginians are also voting on wthree new proposed amendments to the state constitution.

In the race for Senate, incumbent Mark Warner (D) is running against Bert Mizusawa (R). If students are registered to vote in Harrisonburg, they can vote for a District 6 representative — Beth Macy (D) or incumbent Ben Cline (R) — to represent the district in the House of Representatives. Students registered to vote in Harrisonburg can also vote between three candidates to fill two City Council positions. The running candidates are current vice mayor Dany Fleming (D), current councilmember Monica Robinson (D) and former councilmember Sal Romero (I). •

The 3 proposed amendments are:

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to establish the right to make decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion, miscarriage management and fertility care? • Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to remove the ban on same-sex marriage? • Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, to revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration? More information about the amendments can be found on the Virginia Department of Elections website.

Why vote?

Election Day is on Nov. 3. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

A common misconception that students may have is that voting in midterm or local elections isn’t as important as voting for national elections. However, the people running for local office matter deeply to our quality of life, Executive Director of the Madison Center for Civic Engagement Kara Dillard said.

“I always hear students say, ‘Well, my vote doesn’t matter,’ but elections have been decided by two votes, by five votes, in which case a single vote absolutely matters,” Dillard said. “Every election will affect the institution because every election will affect our students.” Harrisonburg residents Mark and Jerrilyn MacDanel, who made local news after their political signs were defaced in 2024, sat in front of the Grace+Main Cafe on campus on Thursday to hand out voter information pamphlets to students. “If students want to make a change, they need to be registered to vote,” Mark MacDanel said. “If you say you don’t ‘do’ politics, politics is going to ‘do’ you.” Lead of the Madison Center’s Dukes Vote initiative and Democracy Fellow Brady Dunn said college students’ votes are extremely important because they make up a large part of the electorate. “College students, specifically Dukes, should get and get out and vote, because this is an essential election,” Dunn, a sophomore writing, rhetoric and technical communication and political science double major, said. “This is going to determine how we are taxed, who we go to war with and how our economy looks.”

How and where to vote

Students living on campus who registered to vote using their campus address can vote at Godwin Hall on Election Day. Students living off-campus registered to vote in Harrisonburg can check the voting districts and precinct map to find out where their voting precinct is. Read more online at breeezejmu.org. CONTACT Emma Brown at breezenews@gmail.com. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

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‘Hello pals!’: Freshman art student shares work online as ‘Artsy Addie’ By KAYLA KATOUNAS The Breeze

Addison Rhudy begins almost every video posted to her artfocused social media accounts with the same introduction: “Hello pals. My name is Addison, I go to JMU.” But it wasn’t always this way. When Rhudy decided to apply to art school, she only had three days left until the deadline. Though she applied to other colleges, she only applied to one for art: JMU. When she received her acceptance, Rhudy said she “burst into tears” — and it was all on video. She shared the emotional moment on her TikTok account, where she posts her art under the username @artsy..addie. Rhudy, now a freshman studio art major at JMU, has over 3,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram. She started posting at 13 years old, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has begun to make more JMU-focused content since starting college. Rhudy said she started to notice her account getting attention after posting a video painting a T-shirt to wear to a JMU football game. “[The video] got a lot of likes, and it kind of freaked me out,” Rhudy said. “And then I had three football players like it, and I was like, ‘Well, I know what you were wearing in the game, but now you know what I was wearing.’ That’s so cool.”

A lifetime of art

Rhudy said she’s been doing art “ever since [she] could finger paint.” “When she was about 3 or 4, she would always get in a recycling bin of all things and pull out plastic jugs and paper towel rolls, and she loved her little hot glue gun,” her father, Jonathan Rhudy (’95), said. “She would make things just out of household items, and that was just one of the early memories for sure of Addison’s creativity.” Addison Rhudy said her favorite artist is Claude Monet, but she also took inspiration as a child from carpenter Greg Zanis. In 2017, Zanis built wooden crosses to memorialize the 58 victims of a shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas. Feeling moved by Zanis’ work, she recreated his memorial using popsicle sticks. “It was the first time that I was struck by something,” she said. “I had heard the current event, and my 8-year-old self was heartbroken at this news, and so I wanted to honor his work.” As she got older, she took art classes in high school but still had no plans to pursue art, instead looking into careers in communications and journalism. Out of “frustration” at the testing required to apply to some college programs, Addison Rhudy said she chose to apply testoptional. Instead, she turned the pages of her SAT preparation book into a ball gown — a project she used in the portfolio that got her into art school.

She documented the trip and posted it to Instagram, where the official SADAH account collaborated and added her post to their page. “As much as I had a wonderful time, it taught me [graphic design is] not what I want to do with my life,” Rhudy said. “I think a lot of college people are constantly thinking it’s about figuring out exactly what’s for you, and some of it’s process of elimination.”

‘Hello pals!’

Rhudy said she’s started to get recognized more for her social media content — people have started to call her “Addie,” when she normally goes by Addison in real life — but she still considers the accounts to be her own “creative scrapbook.” “I’ve been posting … almost daily, not out of obligation, but since I was 13,” Rhudy said. “I don’t feel complete if I don’t document, because it just feels part of my process now.” While her motivations are often personal, she still considers the impact of her posts on the people who view her videos. “What I’m trying to create online is just a space that proves like trial and error. Like it’s not perfect,” Rhudy said. “Some days you’re going to look at your work and be like, ‘This is so ugly,’ but someone else could look at it and be like, ‘This is beautiful.’ So if somebody sees me, it’s kind of cool because I’m like, ‘Oh wait, if you’ve seen my work before, you’ve seen my process.’” Beyond her social media, Rhudy said she wants to show people that “art is healing.” She’s done this by teaching art lessons to children and doing art with her grandfather following his Parkinson’s diagnosis, because she learned that art can help with memory and motor skills. “I want to do something in some way — which this is very abstract — but something to show people that everybody’s an artist, and that sounds so cliché, but everybody’s capable of being creative,” Rhudy said. “Like Picasso says, ‘Every child is an artist. [The problem is] how to remain [an artist] once [he] grow[s] up.” CONTACT Kayla Katounas at breezecopy@gmail.com. For more on the culture, arts and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

Pursuing her artistic education

Rhudy lives on campus in Wayland Hall, which houses a learning community for students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. She met her roommate, freshman music education major Connie Hwang, through JMU’s online housing portal. As roommates, they said they spark each other’s creativity through an exercise involving both visual art and music. Rhudy will draw something and put it on Hwang’s keyboard, where she then creates a song based on the artwork. “The way I talk about music and the way she talks about art bounces off of each other because they do go hand in hand,” Hwang said. Rhudy also draws inspiration from experiences offered at JMU. Recently, she went on a graphic design-focused field trip to New York City with the School of Art, Design and Art History (SADAH). “I thought she approached the trip with a great mindset, asked a lot of great questions on a lot of our visits, and even dressed for the occasion,” David Hardy, assistant director of SADAH and graphic design program coordinator, said. “She’s an art student, so still asking questions that relate to creativity and having those students on the trip is great, and it adds another dimension to the overall experience.”

Addison Rhudy has over 3,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram. Photos by Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

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Why JMU students are picking up a paddle and heading to the courts By SOPHIA ABOUSAMRA contributing writer There’s nothing like saying you’re playing pickleball “just for fun,” only to lose a few points and have it become personal. Whether you’re drawn to the sport for the social aspect or the competition, pickleball offers a perfect mix of both. At JMU, that combination has attracted hundreds of students to try out for the university’s Club Pickleball team, turning what might start as a casual game into something much bigger. Senior psychology major and JMU Club Pickleball President Carter Davis first picked up a paddle during his sophomore year after hearing his friends talk about the friendships they’d built from the team. “I tried out having no idea what pickleball even was, and it turned into one of the highlights of my college experience,” Davis said. “I was hooked from day one.” Since Davis first joined, the club has grown significantly. More than 200 students tried out in a single semester, and the team now travels and competes in tournaments across the East Coast. 10 club members even traveled to China to compete in an international tournament last semester. Along with Davis, senior finance major and club vice president Lana Ung has watched

that growth since joining as a freshman. She estimated the competitive club has grown from about 20 members, compared to the approximately 39 players on the competitive roster now. “I was one of six girls my freshman year, and we now have 14, which is a really big improvement,” Ung said.

But even amid the club’s shift in focus toward competition, Ung plays pickleball for reasons beyond winning. “I think pickleball is such a social sport, which is the main thing I love about it,” Ung said. “I think it’s also a great way to meet people.” Ung said she had never picked up a pickleball paddle before college but quickly became

Pickleball has become a popular pastime for many college students. Jason Michalowicz / The Breeze

hooked on the sport. She said the combination of competition and socializing makes it easy for players of different skill levels to get involved. That combination of friendship and competition is what Davis believes makes the club special. “The most important thing about this club is the culture,” Davis said. “It gives you that competitive drive and team mindset you had in high school sports, while also being one of the best ways to build friendships at JMU.” Davis said one challenge is that some students don’t know how to play or struggle to find other people to play with. The club is interested in hearing what students would like to see, including more opportunities for open play and other events, she said. For a sport that starts with nothing more than a paddle, a ball and a few friends, it’s hard to know where a game might lead. Maybe it’s a new hobby, a new group of friends or even a competitive passion you never expected to find in college. CONTACT Sophia Abousamra at abousasl@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more on the culture, arts and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @ TheBreezeJMU and Instagram @BreezeJMU.

Virginia Film Festival honors films ahead of awards season By JACK MCGUINNESS & RYAN TIBBS contributing writers

The 39th year of the Virginia Film Festival (VAFF) was hosted in Charlottesville from Wednesday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 25. Screenings were shown at the Violet Crown and Paramount theaters on the Downtown Mall. The crowds at the festival arrived at screenings early, eager to get good seats. After the films, the audience outside discussed what they had just watched while leaving the theater. While the films and panels themselves were the stars of the show, the conversations in the lobbies after the movies ended were just as entertaining.

Black also gave some praise to the festival itself for being the only one he was familiar with that honored and awarded producers.

About the Virginia films

The festival also premiered several films made by Virginia filmmakers. One film, “No More Punk Time: The Last Days of Crayola House,” looked at the punk scene in Harrisonburg. The director, Tarik Begic, and producers, Pat Jarrett and Kyle Johnson, spoke about the film at its premiere. The festival had other themes such as “International Oscar Contenders” and “Voices of the formerly incarcerated.” Netflix also treated festival goers to a special screening of their upcoming film “Ink,” starring Jack O’Connell and Guy Pierce. The film follows Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun in the late 1960s and how it was among the first major publications to incorporate edgy front pages to build outrage and sell papers. Aside from the film screenings, the festival also hosted four panels for discussion about the film industry. They focused on film preservation, film careers, pitching projects and production design. Read more online at breezejmu.org

The awards of the event

The event had kiosks throughout the lobby where audience members voted on how much they enjoyed the movies, determining the recipient for the Audience Award. Last year’s recipient was “Hamnet,” which went on to be nominated for eight awards at the Oscars and won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jessie Buckley’s performance. The year before that, Mikey Madison won the Achievement in Acting Award at VAFF for her role in “Anora” and went on to win an Oscar in the same category. Other awards were given to individuals in the film industry for their different achievements. Producer Todd Black received the first Career Producer Honor award at a screening for “The Social Reckoning.” After the screening, he and the director/writer of the film, Aaron Sorkin, held a discussion for the audience. During the panel, Black and Sorkin spoke about the struggles they faced while making the film, especially with their need to tiptoe around legal issues portrayed in the film. This, combined with the pressure of making the follow-up to the highly acclaimed movie “The Social Network,” made the process challenging, they said.

Other award recipients include; • Penny Lane, who received the Chronicler Award for documentary filmmakers for her new film, “Wild Inside.” • James Gray, who received the Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award at the screening of “Paper Tiger.” • Actor and director Tim Blake Nelson, who received the Virtuoso Award for being a multifaceted artist who spoke at a screening for “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,” which he directed, as well as a screening of “The Leader,” which he acted in.

The VAFF held screenings on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

CONTACT Jack McGuinness at mcguinjr@dukes.jmu. edu and Ryan Tibbs at TibbsRA@dukes.jmu.edu. For more on the culture, arts, and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and Instagram @BreezeJMU.

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JMU Flea returns, feeds students love for thrifting By ASHLEY RAYBURN contributing writer JMU Flea returned to campus Saturday Oct. 24, as 10 student and local vendors set up racks of vintage clothing, shoes and accessories on the Union Patio. Since fully transitioning to operating under the Office of Student Life, the flea market has been planned and hosted by Coordinator for Campus Programming Kathryn Manico. After graduating from JMU in December 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management, Manico has hosted recurring programs in the Union like Tea Time, Trivia and Crafternoon. “This is the first time that I’ve put on the JMU Flea, and I want to ensure that the work that was done previously is respected and upheld,” Manico said. “And so, taking that as a learning opportunity with these two fleas to implement that into our spring fleas and then having them as more frequent.” Manico’s goal for the upcoming flea markets is to uphold the original values of the JMU Flea, with the primary focus being selling and upcycling second-hand clothing, accessories and more. As the year goes on, Manico hopes to include students who work in the Office of Student Life with the JMU Flea. “I think that this is a great opportunity for JMU students in Harrisonburg and Shenandoah Valley to come together and be a part of a shared interest ... It helps grow the connections that JMU students have within our community,” Manico said. Sophomore communications and theatre major Piper Brenaman was a vendor at last Saturday’s flea. Brenaman sourced vintage jewelry from her mom’s auction house in her hometown, Colonial Beach, Virginia, as well as early 2000s and ’90s-inspired clothes from different thrift and donation spots. “I went to a lot of the fleas last year, and I really liked what I saw,” Brenaman said. “I also really liked the idea that I could have the chance to make money without locking down a job that I would have to go to every single week.” Brenaman practices shopping second-hand to support her love for fashion and costume designing. Before the flea, she had yet to turn her love for clothes into a side hustle. Now she hopes to continue vending at upcoming fleas. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how good of a price they can get and how much money they realistically can save by shopping secondhand, especially at cheaper places like the JMU Flea,” Brenaman said. “When buying secondhand, you’re saving that article of clothing,

and by being able to reuse it or repurpose it for whatever reason, is helping our environment in a small way.” Junior marketing major Kylie Simmons, a regular attendee of the JMU Flea and thrift lover, appreciates the ability to shop secondhand on campus. At past fleas, she’s bought oversized T-shirts and tank tops to support her alternative style. “I love the fact that pieces could have a story before you’ve owned them. Someone owned this piece before me, and they’ve worn it out and it’s been to so many different places,” Simmons said. “I love that as well as sustainability about [shopping second-hand]. I love pieces being able to live multiple lives and be worn for more than just a year or six months.” Simmons’ favorite seasons to shop at JMU Fleas are early fall and late spring, when the event is hosted outside. “I love walking around to all the different vendors and looking through all of their clothes,” Simmons said. “There are so many different types of aesthetics, and it’s just very intricate. I like wearing a lot of different types of aesthetics, and there’s something for every single type of clothing.” The festival also premiered several films made by Virginia filmmakers. One film, “No More Punk Time: The Last Days of Crayola House,” looked at the punk scene in Harrisonburg. The director, Tarik Begic, and producers, Pat Jarrett and Kyle Johnson, spoke about the film at its premiere. The festival had other themes such as “International Oscar Contenders” and “Voices of the formerly incarcerated.” Netflix also treated festival goers to a special screening of their upcoming film “Ink,” starring Jack O’Connell and Guy Pierce. The film follows Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun in the late 1960s and how it was among the first major publications to incorporate edgy front pages to build outrage and sell papers. Aside from the film screenings, the festival also hosted four panels for discussion about the film industry. They focused on film preservation, film careers, pitching projects and production design. The next JMU Flea will be hosted on Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., where students can expect 10 new student and community vendors. CONTACT Ashley Rayburn at q8qx7l@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more on the culture, arts, and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @ TheBreezeJMU and Instagram @BreezeJMU.

The JMU Flea returned with 10 vendors under new management. Photos by Lilly Moss / The Breeze

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‘More than football’

QB Camden Coleman’s journey from FCS to the Valley By MADI PERINI The Breeze

On Oct. 10, 2024, two Richmond football players sat in Bistro 804 eating Philly cheesesteaks — their weekly pregame ritual. On a tiny TV in the corner, the sellout crowd celebrating a 25-yard touchdown from former Duke Taylor Thompson against Coastal Carolina caught their eyes. Both players — former JMU wide receiver Landon Ellis and current fourthyear quarterback Camden Coleman — transferred to JMU the following year. While Ellis was a starter and the team’s leading receiver in 2025, Coleman found himself sitting behind starting QB Alonza Barnett III, not playing a single snap and calling it one of the hardest years of his life. “It was different,” Coleman said. “It’s something that you pour so much time and effort into, and it takes up a lot of your life — it hurt [and] it stung.” When former head coach Bob Chesney, his staff and many player — including Ellis — left for UCLA, Coleman made the decision to stay in Harrisonburg. Though his season hadn’t gone how he wanted, he knew it was special to be a part of JMU’s culture. Heading into 2026, the biggest question lingering was who would be the Dukes’ starting QB: Coleman or third-year JC Evans. Ultimately, it was Evans who took the field for JMU’s season opener against Liberty. Though he didn’t immediately earn the starting role, Coleman made his debut as a Duke to open the second half of the game, going 5-for-9 passing for 57 yards. “[The team] poured into me right from the jump,” Coleman said. “All you can really ask for is a chance, and they certainly did give [me] that.” Following Week 1, Evans was revealed to have suffered a lower body injury, pushing Coleman in as the team’s new starting quarterback. Before JMU’s Week 2 game against Wagner, Evans was seen during warmups wearing a Coleman No. 7 jersey.

“That’s my guy right there,” Evans said. We sit next to each other in church — we spent the summer together. I think Cam is a great guy … and I respect the mess out of him. So whenever he makes a play, I’m excited for him.” In Evans’ absence, Coleman threw 75-for-118 overall, covering 922 yards and 10 touchdowns, leading the Dukes to a win in all four games. “Coleman [is] playing quarterback at a high level,” head coach Billy Napier said. “He has some pulse for what it takes to win and [he] plays the game that way.” Through his journey in college football, no matter the highs or lows, Coleman has found himself in his relationship with his faith and God. “For me, it’s just having utmost faith in [God] and knowing that life is so much more than just football,” Coleman said. “It would have been easy for me to hear I wasn’t the starter at the end of fall camp and just give up and quit. But relying on him, trusting his plan for me and this team and the people around me, my teammates, and knowing that He’s ultimately got a plan.” Coleman doesn’t stand alone in his faith, as he regularly attends church and Bible study with his teammates, including Evans and second-year wide receiver Michael Scott. “It’s so much more than football,” Coleman said. “When you have a lot of people around you with the same mindset, same faith, it’s huge — it’s truly a brotherhood.” In the transition from Richmond to JMU, Coleman has had one important constant in his life: his fiancé Jayanna. “She’s supported me in every way she can,” Coleman said. “She’s always made sure that I didn’t put her above football and that I kept chasing my dream — I love her to death.” Whether stepping on the field at quarterback or leading in his faith with his teammates, Coleman strives for just a little more each week. “My goal is just to be better,” Coleman said. “If I could be better tomorrow than today, I’m doing something right.” CONTACT Madi Perini at breezesports@gmail. com. For more football coverage, follow the sports desk on X at @TheBreezeSports.

Fourth-year quarterback Camden Coleman has started seven of JMU’s eight games. Photos by Caden Burch / The Breeze

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Analysis | How JMU football’s playoff chances shift after loss By LIBBY MERCER The Breeze

JMU faced Oregon in the first round of the 2025 CFP. Breeze file photo

After a 2025 trip to the College Football Playoff (CFP), JMU football is on the short list for the Group of Six (G6) spot in this year’s playoff. However, strength of schedule (SOS) — a main concern in last year’s playoff argument — isn’t something JMU boasts this season. The Dukes rank 129th of 138 FBS teams in SOS, the lowest of any Sun Belt team. JMU stands with a 7-1, 4-1 record heading into Week 9 of the regular season. After its only loss to App State, JMU ranks 39th in strength of record (SOR), another factor used by the playoff committee. “The App State game was not to the standard,” head coach Billy Napier said. “I think the key here is that we evaluate honestly, we take responsibility, we make the necessary corrections, and move forward quickly.” According to ESPN’s Allstate playoff predictor, JMU has less than a 10% chance of making it. Napier said the loss is about the “big picture.” “We can paint this big picture and evaluate where we’re at in the big picture, but then we have to narrow our focus into what we have to do today,” Napier said. Aside from playoff chances, the loss against App State narrows the race for top of the Sun Belt East and eventually who will play in the Conference Championship on Dec. 4. The top-ranked East Division team will face the top-ranked West team. Having played the most conference games in the East thus far — along with ODU, which sits 1-4 in-conference — Georgia Southern and App State are tied behind JMU in record, both with 2-1.

“I mean, there’s no hiding from the fact that App State owns the tiebreaker right in the Eastern Division at this point, right?” Napier said. “We’ve got three conference games left. They’ve got five, and we just got to control what we can control.” Napier said the same thing about CFP rankings. “I mean, there’s five one-loss teams in Group of Six football at this point,” Napier said. “There’s a lot of football left to play. The key for us is to channel all that energy.” Among those five teams is Boise State, with a 6-1 overall record. The Broncos are the current G6 favorite for the playoffs, with a 48% chance on the ESPN predictor and ranks No. 20 in the AP poll. Boise State is 24 in SOR and 80 in SOS — bolstered by a Week 1 matchup against preseason No. 2 Oregon, in which the Broncos took a 34-27 loss. The other teams Napier referenced were UTSA (7-1, 4-0 American), Liberty (6-1, 3-0 CUSA) and the University of New Mexico (6-1, 3-0 Mountain West). JMU Athletics recently announced its impending move into the American Conference, where UTSA and last season’s playoff-ranked Tulane and UNT already compete. Sitting with a Sun Belt slate right now, JMU Athletic Director Matt Roan said the American Conference gives JMU the opportunity to play higher-ranked and perceived teams in conference games. “We want to play the absolute best we possibly can, in order to make that schedule as difficult as it can be,” Roan said. “Assuming we can win those games [and] put ourselves in contention.” The highest team in the American’s SOR is Rice, ranked at 65, and the lowest is USF at 127. While in the Sun Belt, new addition Louisiana Tech is the highest at 45, and the second-highest is Georgia Southern at 90. The CFP initial rankings start on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN and will happen weekly until Dec. 6 — selection day. CONTACT Libby Mercer at breezesports@gmail.com. For

more football coverage, follow the sports desk on X and Instagram @TheBreezeSports.

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2026 record: 3-4, 1-2 SBC

2026 record: 7-1, 4-1 SBC

Place in West Divison: 5

Place in East Divison: 1

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2025 Sun Belt Championship

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Key players on offense: TE Cole Keller

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OPINION EDITOR Katie Mae Yetter

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‘Live on Again’ pressures freshmen Want to praise someone or get something off your chest? Darts & Pats is the place to do it. Submit your own at breezejmu.org.

A “go-away” dart to my annoying RA. From someone who wishes to drink in peace.

A “yes-king” pat to Connor Wood on DWTS.

The beginning of October marks an important decision for students, and it’s not just the strategic planning of their Halloween costumes. “Do you know where BETHANY EARMAN you are going to contributing columnist live next year?” Many freshmen get asked this question extremely early in the fall semester. More often than not, they have absolutely no clue. I certainly didn’t know when I was a freshman. Choosing where to live may seem like a simple decision, but in reality, it implies having figured out a lot of other variables. Students are not just picking which physical building they would like but also deciding upon sharing a room versus having their own roommates, rent prices, landlords, proximity to campus, whether one needs (or can afford) a car and more. Sometimes it feels like committing to a particular friend group or being pushed out of one. What if someone hasn’t found their community but knows their doesn’t want to live with their roommate again? In the month of October (at the ripe old age of 18, being less than six weeks into the life-changing, sometimes tumultuous sensory overload that is shipping oneself to college for the next few years), freshmen are immediately faced with pressure to make this

decision. The main driver for this is the “Live on Again!” contracts, which open up Oct. 1. This first-come, first-served system launches a race to have your entire living situation planned out and committed to ASAP. According to JMU’s website, “The Live On Again! Contract is binding for the entirety of the academic year and will not be cancelled because a student has changed their mind about living on campus. The Live On Again! Contract may be canceled within 5 business days after it is signed.” It’s stressful when faced with a multitude of options and trying to balance many ever-changing factors. Of course, this process is not stressful for everyone; some people know they want to become a resident advisor or live in a Greek house, but for the average student — especially freshmen who just found themselves in this 21,000-plus-student university — it’s a bit overwhelming. Now, one way or another, students do eventually have to make a decision, but it need not be so early. There is absolutely no reason for housing contracts to push next year’s living situations so early. It’s JMU’s housing contracts that might be causing a domino effect with other housing. Many off-campus living options also operate with Oct. 1 deadlines, possibly due to the pressure that JMU’s deadline places on students. In a “Residence Life: Housing Information-JMU” article on upperclass housing, it says, “It’s already time to think about where to live for next year, and ResLife has space for students who want to live on campus! Sign your Live On Again! Contract today.” The article was published on Aug.

From someone who’s happy he’s finally getting his flowers.

An “are-you-kidding” dart to my Monday exam. From someone who wants to enjoy Halloweekend.

A “yay-so-fun” pat to dinner with friends. From someone who loves Panera and their friends.

Housing contracts open in early October. Rowan Potts / The Breeze

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7, 2026, before students had moved onto campus. Sunchase, an off-campus student apartment complex in Harrisonburg, mirrors JMU with the ominous words, “Renewal deadline for current residents is October 1st. Now accepting applications for the 27-28 academic year.” Plenty of other colleges have much later housing contract deadlines for returning students. Last year, Virginia Tech’s Housing Application Process opened on Jan. 20. Returning students to Virginia Commonwealth University did not have to officially commit to on-campus housing until the Feb. 6 deadline. Likewise, Christopher Newport University’s housing application for current/returning students opens in January and closes in February. CNU says students should think about housing options “in preparation for the selection process to occur in March.” Even JMU Vice President for Student Affairs Tim Miller remarked on the early timing of JMU’s Oct. 1 contracts in an email to the student body on Sept. 16, 2026 and advised students to wait a few months before acting. “This is my annual reminder that you don’t need to rush into making a commitment about who you want to live with next year and where you want to live,” Miller wrote in the email. “You’ll meet a lot of people this year, especially if this is your first year at JMU, and people you’re close to now may not still be your best friends in a few months. Don’t get pressured to sign anywhere before you’re ready. My recommendation is to wait until the beginning of next semester at least.” While Miller offers wise advice, it’s hard not to feel rushed as spots fill up fast. If JMU moved on-campus housing contracts to a few months later in the semester or even spring semester, as many universities do, other housing companies might do the same. This simple decision gives students more time — a precious commodity these days. They would then have the ability to focus on settling in as a freshman rather than deal with the stress of planning their living arrangements. Additionally, as the months roll by and people’s true colors more clearly emerge, one can better decipher who would be good roommates. Many of the friendships formed during students’ first-ever semester are not the ones that will last into the rest of college. Ultimately, moving the housing contract deadline would be a simple way for JMU to better care for the safety, security and wellbeing of its students. Students can be more confident in their choice, have more time to get to know people and have one less thing to be stressed about in this chaotic season of their lives. CONTACT Bethany Earman at earmanbg@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more editorials regarding the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the opinion desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @ BreezeJMU. Letters and guest columns should be submitted in print or via e-mail and must include name, phone number, major/year if author is a current student (or year of graduation), professional title (if applicable) and place of residence if author is not a JMU student.

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she never consented to. She spends most of the movie conscious but trapped, unable to control her own body. Part of the online discourse points out that Nikki was added to Halloween events because she’s the most iconic and recognizable element of the film, not to celebrate what Bear did to her or any abuse. That’s a fair distinction. Nikki as a character (a horror protagonist, and someone who goes through something horrific) can remain a completely legitimate, standalone costume. However, many feel the dynamic between Bear and Nikki shouldn’t be replicated in any context, because of what the relationship actually represents in the film. The question is specifically about the couples element, about what it means to dress as Bear alongside her and package that dynamic as a fun night out. The defense of these costumes almost always lands on “it’s just a costume” or “it’s dark humor,” but those defenses collapse quickly under scrutiny. Dark humor requires actual critique and subversion, but recreating the aesthetic of a predator-victim dynamic and calling it a couples costume isn’t subversive. Social media is structurally designed to flatten everything it touches. A fictional slasher, a depiction of coercion and a real serial killer documentary all get converted into lighting, sound, and aesthetic. When that becomes the primary way people consume media, the ethical reflexes that should fire when encountering certain content fade. Not out of malice, but because the platform trained people not to feel the difference. Freddy Krueger works as a Halloween costume because it’s already understood as theatrical fantasy. Nobody wearing that costume is asking anyone to engage with the actual mechanics of what he does. The costume operates as pure camp. A couples costume that recreates the dynamic between a character who uses coercion and the character whose autonomy is destroyed is asking something different (whether people wearing it realize that or not). Halloween has always made room for darkness, and that’s not the problem. The problem is that darkness used to require

some awareness of what you were touching. Now, it just requires finding the right TikTok sound to go with it.

Costumes without conscience As Halloweekend quickly approaches, party culture enters an annual ritual of transgression. Halloween has always had an edge. The holiday runs on the macabre, the villainous and the grotesque, and that’s not inherently a problem. The problem emerges only when social media strips the ethical dimension from actual human suffering and gives ELANA LEICHTY it back to us, repackaged as contributing columnist “aesthetic” and “fun” content. That line between archetype and actual harm is increasingly difficult to find. Back in 2022, the Netflix series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” became a widely discussed program on the platform. By October, Dahmer costumes emerged everywhere. Shirley Hughes, the mother of victim Tony Hughes, said in an October 2022 TMZ interview that “if Netflix hadn’t streamed the show, none of the families would be revictimized, and there’d be no Dahmer costumes that year.” Online discourse mirrored this idea; Dahmer isn’t Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger. Those are fictional characters. He was a real person who murdered real people, and their families are still alive. The pushback was loud, but the costumes still showed up everywhere, regardless. eBay ultimately pulled Dahmer costume listings in response to the backlash. The instinctive reaction is to say that fiction is fine, and reality is not. That seems like a clean ethical boundary. But when speaking about more culturally ambiguous cases (the ones where the harm is less direct and the line is genuinely blurry), the conversation gets more interesting. This Halloween, this dynamic is playing out with the hit movie “Obsession.” Universal is selling officially licensed Bear and Nikki couples costumes, and a similar debate has begun to circulate. The film follows Bear, who uses a supernatural wish to force Nikki into a relationship

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